Germany Suspends Passenger Flights From Yemen

Germany's aviation authority says the country has extended its ban on cargo aircraft from Yemen to include passenger flights amid the current terrorist threat.

One of the bombs that was mailed from Yemen and found by authorities was routed to London through the UPS hub in Cologne.

German aviation agency spokeswoman Cornelia Cramer said Monday that passenger flights from Yemen were being suspended until further notice.

Yemenia spokesman Eugene Lopez says the airline flies Tuesdays and Saturdays from San'a to Frankfurt.

Germany stopped package deliveries from Yemen over the weekend.

Germany's top security official also called off a planned visit to Israel on Sunday to stay home and deal with issues surrounding terrorists' attempts to mail a pair of powerful bombs to the United States.

A spokesman for Germany's Interior Ministry said that Thomas de Maiziere would not travel to Jerusalem later in the day, as planned, but stay in Germany.

The DAPD news agency cited spokesman Stefan Paris as saying the minister felt that given "current knowledge" of the situation, it made sense for him to remain in Germany. He said the trip would be rescheduled.

Germany has responded to a U.S. request to retain and search all freight arriving in the country from Yemen.

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