Police in Australia are continuing to hunt for more evidence as they investigate a major terror plot targeting the aviation industry. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the plot as “Islamic-inspired terrorism.”“We have succeeded in disrupting a major terrorist plot to bring down an airplane,” Turnbull said. Australian Federal Police Commissioner Andrew Colvin would not confirm reports in the Australian media that the plot involved poisoning passengers with a toxic gas, or using a homemade bomb smuggled onto a flight in hand luggage. Related Image Expand / CollapseSince the arrests, security been stepped up at both domestic and international terminals of Australia’s major airports. Turnbull said the terror threat level would remain the same, at “probable,” despite these latest developments.

Source: Fox News July 31, 2017 16:28 UTC