POLAND TERRORISM
October 1st, 2001
BY BEATA PLONKA, in Cracow, PolandTHE POLISH Ministry of Defence has banned irregular civilian flights from the airspace above the capital Warsaw. Only controlled regular traffic has been allowed in from October 15, along with aircraft owned by the military and emergency services. The country's government has also taken control of all the country's private and club airports. The action follows a scandal created by an investigative press report where journalists smuggled themselves unnoticed onto an aeroplane, in a successful bid to portray the laxness of security ...
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