‘Resurgent’ al Qaeda looking to target planes in Europe, UK security minister warns

In an interview with British newspaper The Sunday Times, Wallace said al Qaeda — the group behind the infamous World Trade Center attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in the US on September 11, 2001 — “still aspire for aviation attacks” and is developing technology to bring down planes.

“The aviation threat is real,” Wallace said in the interview on Saturday night. “(Al Qaeda) have reorganized. They are pushing more and more plots towards Europe and have become familiar with the new methods.”