Wed, Dec 31, 2003 - Page 6 News List

US demands guards on foreign planes

TERROR THREAT The government tightened rules governing foreign carriers that enter US airspace, requiring marshals to be placed on flights it considers vulnerable

AP , WASHINGTON

In Germany, Lufthansa spokesman Thomas Jachnow said that after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Lufthansa had begun carrying "sky marshals" on some of its passenger flights to the US.

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