Turner caught in London
By Jessica Wehrman, Dayton Daily News Staff Writer
Rep. Mike Turner flew into London Thursday morning at the conclusion of a congressional trip to Afghanistan only to be greeted with the news that London Heathrow Airport was closed and that authorities had thwarted a terrorist plan to target flights between London and the United States.
Turner, R-Centerville, had been scheduled to meet with a member of the British Parliament Thursday night and fly back Friday on a United Airlines flight, one of the airlines apparently targeted in the plot. He said Thursday his flight plans were now in question and he was working with the U.S. Embassy in London to figure out when he could return.
Turner said he did not know of the threat until after he had gotten off his flight from Kurdistan to London, which flew over Armenia. He said when he arrived in London, the airport was "in significant disarray," filled with travelers whose connecting flights had been canceled.
Turner was in Afghanistan and Kurdistan this week to meet with soldiers serving in the war on terror
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