Just days before the sabotage of the aircraft, security forces in European countries, including the UK, were put on alert after a warning from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) that extremists might launch terrorist attacks to undermine the then ongoing dialogue between the United States and the PLO.
Días antes da sabotaxe do avión, forzas de seguridade en países europeos, como Reino Unido, foron postas en alerta despois dun aviso da Organización para a Liberación de Palestina (OLP) dicindo que extremistas poderían lanzar ataques terroristas para minar as conversas entre os Estados Unidos e a OLP.