El Al has changed the positions of its departure desks at Heathrow Airport because they were felt to be unnecessarily vulnerable to terrorist attacks. The move involved an exchange of positions with the Kuwaiti and Pakistani airlines. This followed the Arab terrorist attack here last Sunday in which one El Al flight attendant was killed and eight persons were injured.
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