Homeland Secretary John Kelly said Friday the most significant security threat facing North America is a terrorist attack on aviation and that there have been countless threats to blow up planes made against Air Canada and U.S. airlines. Speaking to CTV’s Power Play on Friday, Kelly said there are “dozens and dozens and dozens of ongoing plots to get to the United States or blow up airplanes” by terrorists. “That seems to be their Stanley Cup playoffs,” he said. I can’t count the number of airplanes that have not been blown up in flight, whether they’re United (Airlines) or Air Canada.”Air Canada spokesperson Peter Fitzpatrick said, while it’s policy not to discuss issues of security, he denied the airline has been the target of such plots. “There is no truth whatsoever in the suggestion that Air Canada may have been involved in such threats,” he said in a written statement.

Source: thestar March 11, 2017 01:58 UTC