Britain Today: Radioactive planes alert.

THE investigation into the death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko Alexander Valterovich Litvinenko (Russian: Александр Вальтерович spread to 33,000 British Airways British Airways
in full British Airways PLC

International passenger airline based in London. In 1936 British Airways Ltd. was founded through the merger of three smaller airlines. passengers last night after radioactive traces were found on aircraft.

Experts found "low levels of radioactive traces" on two aircraft at Heathrow airport and were preparing to examine a third in Moscow, the airline said.

Mr Litvinenko, an ex-KGB man and a fierce critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, died last week of radiation poisoning.

The alert involves 221 flights within Europe, affecting an estimated 33,000 passengers and 3,000 staff.

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Publication:	The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Date:	Nov 30, 2006
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