12-02-2006, 11:04 PM
<b>Italian who met spy has traces of poison</b>
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->An official at Russia's Transport Ministry said Saturday that radiation had been found on a Finnair plane in Moscow, and a flight inquiry officer at the Sheremetyevo airport said the Helsinki-bound airbus A-319 had been delayed for several hours. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, and neither would say whether the checks in Moscow were related to Litvinenko's case.
Taneli Hassinen, a spokesman for <b>Finnair</b>, said an initial measurement found slightly elevated radiation levels on the plane, but that they were within the permissible levels. Later measurements found no increased levels and the plane had permission to return to Helsinki with 70 passengers on board, he said.
Another airline, easyJet, said Scaramella had flown with them to London from Naples on Oct. 31 and returned on Nov. 3, two days after his meeting with 43-year-old Litvinenko. The HPA said there was no risk to the public from those flights.
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Now finnair?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->An official at Russia's Transport Ministry said Saturday that radiation had been found on a Finnair plane in Moscow, and a flight inquiry officer at the Sheremetyevo airport said the Helsinki-bound airbus A-319 had been delayed for several hours. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, and neither would say whether the checks in Moscow were related to Litvinenko's case.
Taneli Hassinen, a spokesman for <b>Finnair</b>, said an initial measurement found slightly elevated radiation levels on the plane, but that they were within the permissible levels. Later measurements found no increased levels and the plane had permission to return to Helsinki with 70 passengers on board, he said.
Another airline, easyJet, said Scaramella had flown with them to London from Naples on Oct. 31 and returned on Nov. 3, two days after his meeting with 43-year-old Litvinenko. The HPA said there was no risk to the public from those flights.
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Now finnair?