UK Prosecutors say wife of airliner bomb plotter failed to raise alarm over plan to down jets

UK Prosecutors: Wife failed to reveal airline plot

LONDON — British prosecutors say the wife of a man convicted of plotting to kill thousands by bombing trans-Atlantic airliners was aware of his plans but failed to alert authorities.

Prosecutor Richard Whittam told the Inner London Crown Court on Tuesday that Cossor Ali, 28, supported her husband’s attempts to target passengers on at least seven jetliners in a terrorist plot thwarted in 2006.

In September, Abdulla Ahmed Ali — the plot’s alleged ringleader — was convicted of attempting to bomb airliners bound for the U.S. and Canada and jailed for at least 40 years. The plot prompted a ban on taking some liquids onto planes, inconveniencing passengers across the world.

Cossor Ali denies failing to disclose information about her husband’s terrorism plans.