The '''2006 transatlantic aircraft plot''' was an alleged [[Terrorism|terrorist]] plot to detonate [[liquid explosives]] on passenger [[airliner]]s travelling from the [[United Kingdom]] to the [[United States]], <ref>{{cite web|author=Bob Sherwood and Stephen Fidler|title=MI5 tracked group for a year|publisher=Financial Times|accessdate=August 11|accessyear=2006|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/cbed2e12-28b5-11db-a2c1-0000779e2340.html}}</ref>, reportedly on [[August 16]].<ref name="dmstrikedate">{{cite web|title=Day of terror strikes was planned for August 16|publisher=[[Daily Mail]]|accessdate=August 11|accessyear=2006|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=400114&in_page_id=1770&ct=5}}</ref>. On [[August 10]], [[2006]] the [[Metropolitan Police Service|London Metropolitan Police]] announced that they had arrested key suspects, all British-born,<ref>{{cite web|author=Eric Pfanner|title=Pakistan Says It Played Key Role in Inquiry|publisher=International Herald Tribune|accessdate=August 11|accessyear=2006|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/11/world/europe/11cnd-terror.html?_r=1&oref=slogin}}</ref>, and that the plot had been disrupted <ref name ="BBC-statements">{{cite web|author=BBC News|title=Ministers' statements in full|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=August 10|accessyear=2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4778817.stm}}</ref> as it was "getting close to the execution phase,"<ref name="CNN-SecurityChief">{{cite web|author=CNN.com|title= Security chief: Airline terror plot 'close to execution'|publisher=CNN|accessdate=August 10|accessyear=2006|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/10/us.security/index.html}}</ref>, with a rehearsal planned within two days of the arrests, according to United States intelligence officials.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lare Jakes Jordan|title=U.S. posts code-red alert; bans liquids|publisher=AP|accessdate=August 10|accessyear=2006|url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4108668.html}}</ref> Subsequently, arrests have been made in Pakistan and Italy. <ref name="arrests in Italy">{{cite web|author=FOXNews.com|title=Pakistan: Suspected London Plane Terrorists Have Al Qaeda Connection|publisher=FOX News|accessdate=August 11|accessyear=2006|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,207898,00.html}}</ref> High [[airport security]] measures were put in place at all British and American airports, including a ban on all non-essential hand luggage. Security was also increased at many airports around the world, with a large number of flights into the UK being cancelled.
[[Image:2006-08-10 police raid walthamstow london uk-NOISEedit.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Police at the scene of one of the raids, on Forest Road, [[Walthamstow]], London.]]
