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London: no traces of Polonium on the Russian plane

London, United Kingdom - Yesterday the plane has been blocked at Heathrow

No trace of radioactive substance has been found on board the Transaero plane blocked yesterday at London-Heathrow airport coming from Moscow, as the investigators suspected there was some dangerous substance on board, as for example the polonium 210 responsible for the poisoning of the Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko. The BAA has communicated that after serious controls on the plane it can resume...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 70667
Rome, Italy, 12/02/2006 18:05
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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