Flights to North America still suspended leaving passengers stranded

All flights to the US and Canada from Warsaw's Okecie International Airport were cancelled yesterday. Despite an announcement by Polish national carrier LOT that flights to North America would soon be restored, it was still unclear yesterday evening when normal service would be resumed. As in airports around the world, Okecie was crowded yesterday afternoon with passengers waiting for their flights to the US, with airport officials putting the number of those stranded at 1,600. Defense Minister Bronislaw Komorowski has said that following the airplane attacks on the US, security has been stepped up at all Polish airports. He went on to say, "Procedures should also be reviewed in Poland in the light of the events that took place in the United States." Meanwhile, the police have reported no incidents, after they reinforced their presence at national airports, as well as at the diplomatic missions of the United States and Israel across the country. (Gazeta Wyborcza, pp. 12, 14; Rzeczpospolita, p. A9) P.W.