Nepal Airport on High Alert After Hijack Warning

Al-Qaeda-linked extremists believed to be targeting Asian flights
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 26, 2010 5:08 AM CST
Nepal Airport on High Alert After Hijack Warning
A plane comes in to land at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport.   (Shutter Stock)

Nepal's only international airport has been placed on high alert after warnings from Indian authorities that it could be the target of a terror plot. Intelligence suggests that flights in Nepal and other South Asian countries are part of a new plot by al-Qaeda, AP reports. Travelers using Kathmandu's airport have been warned to expect long delays.
(More Kathmandu stories.)

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