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Three of the eight men on trial had pleaded guilty to plotting to cause an explosion, and seven had admitted plotting to cause a public nuisance.
A final man, Mohammad Gulzar, was cleared at Woolwich Crown Court.
The eight men had been accused of plotting to bring down transatlantic airliners with home-made liquid explosives, disguised as soft drinks.
But after more than 50 hours of deliberations, the jury did not find any of the defendants guilty of conspiring to target aircraft.
The jury were unable to reach verdicts against four of the men in the trial, all of whom were accused of recording martyrdom videos.
During the six-month trial, the jury heard prosecutors allege that the eight men were planning to carry liquid explosives on to planes at Heathrow, knowing the devices would evade airport security checks.
Police said the plot had been inspired by Al Qaeda in Pakistan - and the August 2006 arrests caused chaos at airports throughout the country.
The court heard that the alleged plot could have caused unprecedented casualties, with a global political impact similar to the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
But in their defence, the seven men who had recorded videos denouncing Western foreign policy said they had only planned to cause a political spectacle and not to kill anyone at all.
(BBC)
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