Indian man 'planned to crash aircraft into House of Commons'
An Indian man arrested in Bombay has allegedly admitted to police he planned to crash an aircraft into the House of Commons.
An Asian newspaper quotes police sources as saying the man spent £150,000 on pilot training lessons in Australia, Britain and the US.
The newspaper says he claimed he had taken lessons at the same flight school that trained the hijackers who crashed US airliners into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon.
However, police do not believe he is connected to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network and said he was being held on unrelated charges.
The newspaper names the man who was arrested at Vashi, near Bombay, nearly a month ago.
It says he told police he was planning to crash an aircraft into the House of Commons.
Bombay police recovered a US credit card and a passport with American, British, Australian and Thai visas from him.
