The shadow of terror: Jet faces turbulence

New Delhi: The shadow of terror has come back to haunt Naresh Goyal again. UK authorities on Saturday notified India about the involvement of a Jet Airways employee in plotting to blow up US-bound airplanes - a move that’s now being seen as resulting in reopening of investigations against Jet and its promoter, Naresh Goyal.
In turn, this could lead to a British review of the clearance given to Jet to fly to the UK. As it is, across the Atlantic, the US has withheld permission to the airline to fly there. Given the close cooperation between the American and British governments on terror, London could well go by Washington’s perceptions on what constitutes security risk.
Sources said this controversy might push Jet’s long-pending plans to mount flights to the US into deeper turbulence. This could not have been more ill-timed for Jet, which was given a clean chit by civil aviation minister Praful Patel on alleged links with the underworld only two days ago.
13/08/06 Byas Anand/Times of India

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