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Here's your boarding pass, Mr bin Laden June 3, 2010 - 11:19AM The faked boarding pass displayed on an iPhone as it appeared in LHR News. Apparently it's OK for airlines to make jokes about terrorism ... at least if that airline is British Airways. The beleaguered British carrier is in damage control today as it tries to explain how a photograph of a fake boarding pass made out in the name of Osama bin Laden came to be published in one of its magazines. The photo was published in LHR News, an internal company magazine covering London's Heathrow Airport and first reported by Gadling.com, an AOL-owned travel news website. The photo accompanies an article about a new mobile phone boarding system, which allows smartphone users to print out their boarding passes when they're away from their desks. The photo shows an iPhone displaying an image of the mocked-up boarding pass bearing the name of the passenger: "Bin Laden/Osama". It also shows the passenger as having a Northwest Airlines frequent-flyer number, a seat in first class and a departure date of October 26, 2010. Bin Laden is the founding leader of the terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, the group responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, which led to the destruction of the World Trade Centre in New York and the deaths of about 3000 people. Bin Laden is on the FBI's 10 most wanted list and the US government has offered a reward of $US50 million for information leading to his capture. "A mistake has been made in this internal publication and we are working to find out how this occurred," British Airways said in a response issued through its Twitter channel. On Sunday, British Airways cabin staff launched a new five-day strike, as a bitter dispute with management over pay and working conditions drags on with little sign of a breakthrough. - with agencies [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
