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    Bomb Claim Initiates Review


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    What: Interpol alerted 188 member states to look for disguised bombs after claim of responsibility in UPS Boeing 747-400 freighter en route from Dubai United Arab Emirates to Cologne Germany.
    Where: Dubai
    When: Sep 3 2010
    Who: 2 crew
    Why: The crew reported smoke and fire in the cockpit and was returning to Dubai International Airport, failed to land and crashed.

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    Evidence from examination of the scene and the black boxes does not point to an explosion, however the claim will be investigated, according to the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The “Orange Notice” issued by Interpol on Saturday will be published. The warning came days after several packages were intercepted shipped from Yemin in mid-September, possibly a test run for an Al-Qaeda attack.

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