Two planes from Scandinavian airline SAS were searched for possible explosives after landing in Brussels Wednesday night, a spokeswoman for the airline said, following a bomb alert involving the airport. Authorities found nothing and, after a delay, both planes were allowed to resume operations, she said. One plane was flying in from Oslo, the other from Stockholm, the spokeswoman said. Acting on unspecific intelligence about a possible bomb attack, Belgian air-traffic control had contacted pilots of two Brussels-bound SAS flights to alert them about the situation, the spokeswoman said. Belgium’s federal prosecutors office had earlier said they were informed of a bomb threat but didn’t know how serious the warning was. Belgian media had reported the bomb threat involved two inbound planes to Brussels Zaventem airport. An airport spokeswoman later said operations at the national airport were running normally.<br/>
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Airport screening agents confiscated a plastic handgun produced with a 3-D printer from a man's carry-on luggage last week at a Nevada airport in what a federal official said Wednesday might have been the first discovery of its kind in the US. A report by Reno-Tahoe International Airport police said the white gun was a replica that couldn't fire and was loaded with five .22-caliber bullets. "Whether it's a replica or not, it's not allowed," a TSA spokeswoman said, noting that people in the airplane cabin might not be able to distinguish a real gun from a replica. The bullets were detected on a luggage scanner, according to the police report obtained Wednesday. The passenger was identified as Frederick Vandeman, 64, who told police he was a medical doctor who owns a 3-D printer and wanted to show his work to colleagues. He also said he had flown with the gun from Indiana and forgot it was in his bag. Vandeman, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, declined to comment.<br/>
Low-cost carriers have steadily boosted their presence in the country as more and more flyers embrace budget air travel and shy away from full-service airlines. A total of 26.79m people took to the skies on board no-frills carriers from Thailand's six major airports in the first half of the year, representing 43.9% of the overall passenger count of 61.07m. The share of LCC passenger traffic for the January-June period was higher than the corresponding period last year. In 2015, LCC passenger traffic accounted for nearly 42% of the total, numbering 46.12m out of the total 109.81m registered for the year. LCC passenger traffic through the airports operated by Airports of Thailand in H1 this year jumped 20.7%. <br/>
Boeing said Wednesday it will not increase 787 output and could further cut 777 output unless sales of both jets improve, its clearest indication yet that its production of large jetliners may have peaked for now. "If the market's not going to demand it, we're not going to go," CFO Greg Smith said. "It's not the end of the world" if Boeing keeps 787 production at 12 a month instead of lifting it to 14 as planned, Smith said during the event. "We can still be profitable in the program as I see it today at 12." Analysts said Smith's statement confirmed that Boeing will not overproduce widebody planes and, most importantly, does not foresee an accounting charge for the 787 if output stays at 12. Smith said the company would decide in the next two months whether to cut 777 output further. If it fails to sell enough 777s to bridge the gap to new 777X production, "then we will make an adjustment accordingly," he said.<br/>