Al-Qaida Bombing Fails (Due to Chance)
A Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria, who said he was acting on al-Qaida's instructions, tried to blow up the plane Friday as it was landing in Detroit, law enforcement and national security officials said.
Passengers subdued the man and may have prevented him from detonating the explosives, the officials said.
Federal officials imposed stricter screening measures after the incident. No explanation was given for how screeners missed the bomb in the first place.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., ranking GOP member of the House Homeland Security Committee, identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian. There were 278 passengers aboard the Airbus 330.
There was nothing out of the ordinary until the flight was on final approach to Detroit, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory. That is when the pilot declared an emergency and landed without incident shortly thereafter, Cory said in an e-mail message.
One of the U.S. intelligence officials said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.
One law enforcement source said the man claimed to have been instructed by al-Qaida to detonate the plane over U.S. soil.
The White House was coordinating briefings for the president through the Homeland Security Department, the Transportation Security Administration and the FBI. The president himself is vacationing in Hawaii and has made no plans to return. This is the second terrorist attack in his first year of office, the first one having shot 41 soldiers on a US Army base. Both attacks occurred despite Administration efforts to appease enemies of the US by apologizing for previous acts, closing GET-MO, and giving captured terrorists citizen rights to fight their arrest in US courts (instead of military tribunals.)
A law enforcement source said the explosives may have been strapped to the man's body but investigators weren't immediately certain, partly because of the struggle with other passengers.
Passenger Syed Jafri, a U.S. citizen who had flown from the United Arab Emirates, said the incident occurred during the plane's descent. Jafri said he was seated three rows behind the passenger and said he saw a glow, and noticed a smoke smell. Then, he said, "a young man behind me jumped on him." See Chick's SKYLIGHTER.
Passengers subdued the man and may have prevented him from detonating the explosives, the officials said.
Federal officials imposed stricter screening measures after the incident. No explanation was given for how screeners missed the bomb in the first place.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., ranking GOP member of the House Homeland Security Committee, identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian. There were 278 passengers aboard the Airbus 330.
There was nothing out of the ordinary until the flight was on final approach to Detroit, said Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory. That is when the pilot declared an emergency and landed without incident shortly thereafter, Cory said in an e-mail message.
One of the U.S. intelligence officials said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.
One law enforcement source said the man claimed to have been instructed by al-Qaida to detonate the plane over U.S. soil.
The White House was coordinating briefings for the president through the Homeland Security Department, the Transportation Security Administration and the FBI. The president himself is vacationing in Hawaii and has made no plans to return. This is the second terrorist attack in his first year of office, the first one having shot 41 soldiers on a US Army base. Both attacks occurred despite Administration efforts to appease enemies of the US by apologizing for previous acts, closing GET-MO, and giving captured terrorists citizen rights to fight their arrest in US courts (instead of military tribunals.)
A law enforcement source said the explosives may have been strapped to the man's body but investigators weren't immediately certain, partly because of the struggle with other passengers.
Passenger Syed Jafri, a U.S. citizen who had flown from the United Arab Emirates, said the incident occurred during the plane's descent. Jafri said he was seated three rows behind the passenger and said he saw a glow, and noticed a smoke smell. Then, he said, "a young man behind me jumped on him." See Chick's SKYLIGHTER.
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