Radiation Found on Planes in Probe of "The Spy who killed me"

By TARIQ PANJA
The Associated Press

Filed 11.29.06

LONDON - Authorities found traces of radiation on two British Airways 767 jetliners Wednesday as investigators widened their search for clues into the poisoning death of former Russian spy and Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko.

The airline said it would contact passengers who flew on the two jets.

Home Secretary John Reid disclosed the search following a meeting with COBRA, the government's emergency committee. Reid said two planes had been tested so far and that another would be.

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Photo Captions & Credits: "Andrei Nekrasov, a friend of the late former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, poses for photographs after speaking in an interview with The Associated Press in London, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2006. Mario Scaramella, an Italian academic who met with the Litvinenko the day he fell ill with radiation poisoning was being tested for contamination and was under security protection in London on Tuesday as the unsolved death cast a shadow over British-Russian relations. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)