Terror in the Skies: Stopping the Liquid Bomb Plot

In August 2006, a group of British terrorists came close to carrying out an attack that could have changed the world forever. Their plan: to smuggle liquid explosives onto multiple transatlantic airliners and destroy them over the Atlantic or when they reached North America - killing thousands of passengers. As the threat intensified, MI5, counter-terrorism police and the CIA found themselves locked in a frantic race against time.

Category

Documentary / Special

Original air date

26/07/2026