2006 World Events · Counterterror expansion and networked conflict
Transatlantic aircraft plot disrupted
Authorities disrupted a plot to bomb transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives.
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What this is
A specific-event record selected from the protected World Events source ledger for cross-year research. It is not an exhaustive account of 2006.
Why it matters
It changed global aviation security rules for liquids and passenger screening.
What is established here
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What remains uncertain
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Record narrative
Source-bounded summary
Authorities disrupted a plot to bomb transatlantic airliners using liquid explosives.
It changed global aviation security rules for liquids and passenger screening.
Structured fields
Record at a glance
- Stable record ID
- 2006-006
- Date or period
- 2006-08-10
- Type
- Counterterrorism operation
- Focus
- Terrorism / aviation
- Impact scope
- Global
- Priority
- 4 of 5
- Location label
- London, United Kingdom
- Coordinate precision
- City-level coordinate
- Actors named by the source record
- UK police; al-Qaeda-linked plotters; airlines
- Verification state
- source-start-point; sensitive details require independent verification
Geographic context
A coordinate locator, not a surveyed event footprint
The submitted record supplies 51.5074, -0.1278 with the precision label “City-level coordinate.” Multi-location events, disputed borders, campaigns, and broad regions cannot be reduced to one point.
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2IA — International Intelligence Archive. “Transatlantic aircraft plot disrupted.” World Events record 2006-006. Reviewed July 27, 2026. https://2ix.org/world-events/2006/2006-006/