LYON, France – INTERPOL has requested the UK authorities to provide details of the alleged plot to blow up planes in mid-flight in order to assist other countries to take appropriate security measures and help prevent similar incidents.

INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble congratulated the UK intelligence and police forces for disrupting the planned attacks, but emphasised the need to share this vital information with law enforcement around the world.

'Although the UK has implemented heightened security measures at all airports, we now need to ensure other countries are informed of what possible threats they may also be facing,' said Mr Noble.

'Recent events throughout the world have shown that terrorists who seek to create maximum death, destruction and terror will carry out their attacks on multiple targets simultaneously.

'Knowing this, all countries have a duty to share any information they have which could help other police agencies around the world better protect innocent lives without compromising the ongoing investigation.

'The UK has done this in part by sharing the increased security measures put in place, which INTERPOL has now communicated to all of its 184 National Central Bureaus through the issue of an Orange Security Alert notice.'

An Orange Notice is used to warn police of disguised weapons or bombs and often includes photographs of such devices.

Once additional relevant details of the planned method of attack in the UK incident are received by the INTERPOL General Secretariat, an update will immediately be sent to law enforcement agencies throughout the world to enable them to better identify potential bomb threats to aircraft and passengers.

INTERPOL operates a 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week Command and Co-ordination Centre and using I-24/7, its secure electronic global police communications system, it can instantly alert police around the globe about dangerous criminals or significant criminal events.