Timeline
| Time (UTC+1) | Event | |
|---|---|---|
| 29 June 2007 | ||
| 01:25 | London Ambulance Service crew report seeing smoke in a car parked in Haymarket. Eyewitnesses claim to have seen the car being driven "erratically" and then crashing into bins, after which the driver got out and ran off. | |
| 02:00 | Metropolitan Police officers investigate the vehicle and cordon off the area. | |
| 02:30 | A second car is found illegally parked in Cockspur Street, near Trafalgar Square. | |
| 03:30 | The second car is taken to a car pound in Park Lane. Police manually disable a device in the first car. | |
| 04:00 | A witness sees the police removing gas canisters from the car. | |
| 08:00 | Piccadilly Circus Underground station is closed. | |
| 10:25 | The car is taken from Haymarket and sent to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's research site at Fort Halstead in Kent. | |
| 10:30 | The COBR committee meets to discuss the issue. Piccadilly Circus Underground station is reopened. | |
| 14:30 | Park Lane is closed off after a second suspect vehicle is discovered in an underground car park. | |
| 15:45 | A police bomb investigation robot is seen near the entrance to the car park. | |
| 17:00 | Police cordon off Fleet Street after finding a third suspicious vehicle. | |
| 18:00 | Fleet Street re-opens after nothing is found in the vehicle. | |
| 19:00 | Police confirm that a second device has been located at the Park Lane site. | |
| 20:45 | Police confirm that both vehicles were packed with nails, petrol and gas cylinders. | |
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