The Brits think the sky is falling

[St_Cyrill_of_Tyrrenhaes]

Apparently huge security alert in the UK. Threat level "critical."

No hand luggage allowed on planes. All luggage to be checked in.

Head of Ryanair Michael O'Leary was quoted earlier as saying "Allahu Akbar! £15 per bag, fuckers!"

 

[Otto_the_bus_driver]

Think this might a little more serious than the brits thinking the sky is falling.
Looks to be legit enough.

 

[St_Cyrill_of_Tyrrenhaes]

I appreciate that there may or may not be terrorists wishing to blow me up, I really do. It's just that I simply can't take any warning which is accompanied by a consumer-friendly, colour-coded warning seriously.

What next? Are we going to get warnings about E-numbers and saturated fat content with our terror warnings?

 

[St_Cyrill_of_Tyrrenhaes]

*All* short haul flights in and out of Heathrow cancelled until further notice.

Aer Lingus advises people not to fly to the UK today unless absolutely necessary.

British passport holders at Dublin and Cork are having all their drinks confiscated before boarding planes.

The US also raises its threat level to highest value.

 

[St_Cyrill_of_Tyrrenhaes]

jesus, they must be in bits.

I know. I've only been living here for three years but already the thought of boarding a plane without a glass of Pimms or a G&T is horrendous. Think of what the real Brits must feel like.

 

[Charlie Ville]

Looking at the most recent CNN pictures, Heathrow is chaotic. No hand luggage and security checks is causing huge delays there.

 

[POL]

Petrol prices expected to hit 2.35 a litre

 

[Charlie Ville]

Petrol prices expected to hit 2.35 a litre

And Clare will beat Kilkenny in the semi-final of the Hurling.

 

[o'huallaigh]

Air France, KLM, Olympic Airlines and the rest of them have cancelled flights into Heathrow.

 

[Proinsias]

Thankfully I'm flying out of Southampton tomorrow, so it should be cleared by then and Southampton is a pretty small airport, so just how big can the delays get (says he, tempting fate)