BRKG Detroit: Nigerian Lites 'Fireworks' During Plane Landing
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Passenger Subdued, Lit Substance In Air
December 25, 2009 - 3:01 PM | by: Mike Levine per Mike Levine and Sarah Wolff, with help from WJBK FOX2 Detroit
A passenger on a Christmas-Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit was subdued after the passenger tried to ignite a powdery substance during landing, sources told FOX News.
The passenger is now in custody and witnesses are being interviewed by authorities, according to a statement from the Transportation Security Administration. One source described the suspect as a Nigerian man.
An FBI official would not say whether the suspect was trying to hijack or harm the plane, and a Department of Homeland Security official would not say whether investigators are looking into that as a possibility.
Northwest Flight 253 was carrying 278 passengers when it declared an emergency shortly before touching down at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, an airline official said. Some minor injuries were reported, the airline official said.
Initial reports said the suspect tried to ignite firecrackers, but a federal law enforcement official said investigators are still trying to identify the substance.
The FBI is leading the investigation into the incident, and agents from the Detroit Field Office are on the scene, according to an FBI official. The FBI official would not say whether agents from a Joint Terrorism Task Force were involved in the investigation.
Officials from the FBI and DHS, which oversees the TSA, would not offer any further information about the passenger's identity or possible motives.
The TSA statement said authorities will "continue to monitor the situation" and provide updates "as necessary."
"All passengers have deplaned and out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened," the TSA statement said.
Flight 253 was scheduled to arrive in Detroit at 11:40am, but arrived shortly after noon, according to Northwest's web site.
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December 25, 2009 - 3:01 PM | by: Mike Levine per Mike Levine and Sarah Wolff, with help from WJBK FOX2 Detroit
A passenger on a Christmas-Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit was subdued after the passenger tried to ignite a powdery substance during landing, sources told FOX News.
The passenger is now in custody and witnesses are being interviewed by authorities, according to a statement from the Transportation Security Administration. One source described the suspect as a Nigerian man.
An FBI official would not say whether the suspect was trying to hijack or harm the plane, and a Department of Homeland Security official would not say whether investigators are looking into that as a possibility.
Northwest Flight 253 was carrying 278 passengers when it declared an emergency shortly before touching down at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, an airline official said. Some minor injuries were reported, the airline official said.
Initial reports said the suspect tried to ignite firecrackers, but a federal law enforcement official said investigators are still trying to identify the substance.
The FBI is leading the investigation into the incident, and agents from the Detroit Field Office are on the scene, according to an FBI official. The FBI official would not say whether agents from a Joint Terrorism Task Force were involved in the investigation.
Officials from the FBI and DHS, which oversees the TSA, would not offer any further information about the passenger's identity or possible motives.
The TSA statement said authorities will "continue to monitor the situation" and provide updates "as necessary."
"All passengers have deplaned and out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened," the TSA statement said.
Flight 253 was scheduled to arrive in Detroit at 11:40am, but arrived shortly after noon, according to Northwest's web site.
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Passenger Subdued, Lit Substance In Air
December 25, 2009 - 3:01 PM | by: Mike Levine
per Mike Levine and Sarah Wolff, with help from WJBK FOX2 Detroit
A passenger on a Christmas-Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit was subdued after the passenger tried to ignite a powdery substance during landing, sources told FOX News.
The passenger is now in custody and witnesses are being interviewed by authorities, according to a statement from the Transportation Security Administration. One source described the suspect as a Nigerian man.
An FBI official would not say whether the suspect was trying to hijack or harm the plane, and a Department of Homeland Security official would not say whether investigators are looking into that as a possibility.
Northwest Flight 253 was carrying 278 passengers when it declared an emergency shortly before touching down at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, an airline official said. Some minor injuries were reported, the airline official said.
Initial reports said the suspect tried to ignite firecrackers, but a federal law enforcement official said investigators are still trying to identify the substance.
The FBI is leading the investigation into the incident, and agents from the Detroit Field Office are on the scene, according to an FBI official. The FBI official would not say whether agents from a Joint Terrorism Task Force were involved in the investigation.
Officials from the FBI and DHS, which oversees the TSA, would not offer any further information about the passenger's identity or possible motives.
The TSA statement said authorities will "continue to monitor the situation" and provide updates "as necessary."
"All passengers have deplaned and out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened," the TSA statement said.
Flight 253 was scheduled to arrive in Detroit at 11:40am, but arrived shortly after noon, according to Northwest's web site.
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Passenger Subdued, Lit Substance In Air
December 25, 2009 - 3:01 PM | by: Mike Levine
per Mike Levine and Sarah Wolff, with help from WJBK FOX2 Detroit
A passenger on a Christmas-Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit was subdued after the passenger tried to ignite a powdery substance during landing, sources told FOX News.
The passenger is now in custody and witnesses are being interviewed by authorities, according to a statement from the Transportation Security Administration. One source described the suspect as a Nigerian man.
An FBI official would not say whether the suspect was trying to hijack or harm the plane, and a Department of Homeland Security official would not say whether investigators are looking into that as a possibility.
Northwest Flight 253 was carrying 278 passengers when it declared an emergency shortly before touching down at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, an airline official said. Some minor injuries were reported, the airline official said.
Initial reports said the suspect tried to ignite firecrackers, but a federal law enforcement official said investigators are still trying to identify the substance.
The FBI is leading the investigation into the incident, and agents from the Detroit Field Office are on the scene, according to an FBI official. The FBI official would not say whether agents from a Joint Terrorism Task Force were involved in the investigation.
Officials from the FBI and DHS, which oversees the TSA, would not offer any further information about the passenger's identity or possible motives.
The TSA statement said authorities will "continue to monitor the situation" and provide updates "as necessary."
"All passengers have deplaned and out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened," the TSA statement said.
Flight 253 was scheduled to arrive in Detroit at 11:40am, but arrived shortly after noon, according to Northwest's web site.
twincougars
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Air Passenger Claims Terror Ties, Arrested
December 25, 2009 - 3:01 PM | by: Mike Levine per Mike Levine and Sarah Wolff, with help from WJBK FOX2 Detroit
An airline passenger claiming to have ties to Al Qaeda was subdued after he tried to ignite a powdery substance just before landing in Detroit, sources told FOX News.
The passenger, one of 278 passengers flying from Amsterdam to Detroit, is now in custody, according to a statement from the Transportation Security Administration. One source described the suspect as a Nigerian man.
Witnesses are being interviewed by authorities.
One FBI official would not say whether the suspect was trying to hijack or harm the plane, and a Department of Homeland Security official would not say whether investigators are looking into that as a possibility.
However, the FBI has already issued a bulletin about the case to other law enforcement agencies, one source said.
Northwest Flight 253 was close to touching down at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport when it declared an emergency on board, an airline official said. Some minor injuries were reported, the airline official said.
Initial reports said the suspect tried to ignite firecrackers, but a federal law enforcement official said investigators are still trying to identify the exact substance.
The FBI is leading the investigation into the incident, and agents from the Detroit Field Office are on the scene, according to an FBI official. The FBI official would not say whether agents from a Joint Terrorism Task Force were involved in the investigation.
Officials from the FBI and DHS, which oversees the TSA, would not offer any further information about the passenger's identity or possible motives.
The TSA statement said authorities will "continue to monitor the situation" and provide updates "as necessary."
"All passengers have deplaned and out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened," the TSA statement said.
Flight 253 was scheduled to arrive in Detroit at 11:40am, but arrived shortly after noon, according to Northwest's web site.
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December 25, 2009 - 3:01 PM | by: Mike Levine per Mike Levine and Sarah Wolff, with help from WJBK FOX2 Detroit
An airline passenger claiming to have ties to Al Qaeda was subdued after he tried to ignite a powdery substance just before landing in Detroit, sources told FOX News.
The passenger, one of 278 passengers flying from Amsterdam to Detroit, is now in custody, according to a statement from the Transportation Security Administration. One source described the suspect as a Nigerian man.
Witnesses are being interviewed by authorities.
One FBI official would not say whether the suspect was trying to hijack or harm the plane, and a Department of Homeland Security official would not say whether investigators are looking into that as a possibility.
However, the FBI has already issued a bulletin about the case to other law enforcement agencies, one source said.
Northwest Flight 253 was close to touching down at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport when it declared an emergency on board, an airline official said. Some minor injuries were reported, the airline official said.
Initial reports said the suspect tried to ignite firecrackers, but a federal law enforcement official said investigators are still trying to identify the exact substance.
The FBI is leading the investigation into the incident, and agents from the Detroit Field Office are on the scene, according to an FBI official. The FBI official would not say whether agents from a Joint Terrorism Task Force were involved in the investigation.
Officials from the FBI and DHS, which oversees the TSA, would not offer any further information about the passenger's identity or possible motives.
The TSA statement said authorities will "continue to monitor the situation" and provide updates "as necessary."
"All passengers have deplaned and out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened," the TSA statement said.
Flight 253 was scheduled to arrive in Detroit at 11:40am, but arrived shortly after noon, according to Northwest's web site.
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twincougars
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Firecrackers disrupt transatlantic flight to Detroit
The firecrackers caused panic on board the plane
A passenger on board a transatlantic Northwest Airlines flight set off firecrackers as it was arriving in the US city of Detroit, the airline says.
The blast caused panic on board the Airbus 330, which had flown from Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Several people were slightly injured.
The passenger suspected of setting off the firecrackers was subdued and taken into custody.
An FBI spokeswoman told the BBC the agency was investigating.
Susan Elliott, spokeswoman for Delta Airlines - the parent company of Northwest - said 278 passengers were on board Flight 253 when the incident took place at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Friday afternoon.
The flight landed safely at the airport just before 1200 local time (1700 GMT).
At least one passenger was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor.
The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating.
The BBC's Imtiaz Tyab in Washington says many questions are being raised about how the passenger managed to bring the firecrackers on board.
In a statement, the US Transportation Security Administration said a search of the aircraft and all baggage was taking place in a "remote area".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8430612.stm
A passenger on board a transatlantic Northwest Airlines flight set off firecrackers as it was arriving in the US city of Detroit, the airline says.
The blast caused panic on board the Airbus 330, which had flown from Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Several people were slightly injured.
The passenger suspected of setting off the firecrackers was subdued and taken into custody.
An FBI spokeswoman told the BBC the agency was investigating.
Susan Elliott, spokeswoman for Delta Airlines - the parent company of Northwest - said 278 passengers were on board Flight 253 when the incident took place at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Friday afternoon.
The flight landed safely at the airport just before 1200 local time (1700 GMT).
At least one passenger was taken to the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor.
The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating.
The BBC's Imtiaz Tyab in Washington says many questions are being raised about how the passenger managed to bring the firecrackers on board.
In a statement, the US Transportation Security Administration said a search of the aircraft and all baggage was taking place in a "remote area".
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How was he allowed to board the aircraft with incendiary material?
Maureen
That's what I would like to know....
Kevmoley
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Delta Flight 253, an Airbus 330 carrying 278 passengers, was arriving in Detroit from Amsterdam when a passenger set off firecrackers aboard a plane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The event caused some minor injuries and confusion among passengers. Flight 254 landed at 12:01 p.m. ET, 21 minutes later than scheduled.
According to a report on MSNBC:
An explosive device went off in the lap of a 23-year-old Nigerian man aboard a Northwest Airlines flight sometime before landing in Detroit on Friday . It is being viewed as a possible terrorist attack. A U.S. counterterrorism official said the man left Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, then boarded the Northwest flight in Amsterdam Friday.
The Transportation Security Administration issued a statement about the Christmas Day firecracker incident on Delta Flight 253:
“All passengers have deplaned and out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened. A passenger is in custody, and passengers are being interviewed.”
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According to a report on MSNBC:
An explosive device went off in the lap of a 23-year-old Nigerian man aboard a Northwest Airlines flight sometime before landing in Detroit on Friday . It is being viewed as a possible terrorist attack. A U.S. counterterrorism official said the man left Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, then boarded the Northwest flight in Amsterdam Friday.
The Transportation Security Administration issued a statement about the Christmas Day firecracker incident on Delta Flight 253:
“All passengers have deplaned and out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened. A passenger is in custody, and passengers are being interviewed.”
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Perpetuity
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So we go from a white powdery substance to firecrackers? Things that make you go hmmm...
Kevmoley
Look, I am a Member
Federal officials and police are interviewing a Nigerian man, who allegedly tried to "explode" a powdery substance aboard a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, injuring himself and two other passengers, law enforcement officials said.
Unconfirmed reports say a firecracker was ignited on flight bound for Detroit.
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More PhotosThe man said he was directed by al Qaeda to explode a small device in flight, over U.S. soil, ABC News has learned. Authorities have no corroboration of that information, and the credibility of the suspect's statements are being questioned, officials said.
The man was apparently already on the government's no-fly list of suspected terrorists, according to a senior intelligence official. "The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used," a federal situational awareness bulletin stated.
The suspect told authorities that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and used a syringe of chemicals to mix with the powder that was to cause explosion. This is of concert because it is a method of mixing that is consistent with terror techniques.
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PHOTOS: Storm Turns Holiday Travel Dangerous in MidwestPHOTOS: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Takes FlightPHOTOS: Would You Fly in a Solar-Powered Plane?Northwest Airlines flight 253 landed safely in Detroit at 11:53 a.m. The man, who flew from Nigeria to Amsterdam and then Detroit, was taken into custody at the Detroit airport and was interviewed by authorities there. He was then taken to an area hospital to be treated for burns.
Delta spokeswoman Susan Chana Elliott said that "as the plane was getting ready to land" in Detroit "a passenger caused a disturbance" by trying to ignite what was initially reported to be firecrackers.
The man was "subdued immediately," Elliott said. Northwest is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta.
An in-flight emergency was declared when a fire indicator light when on in the cockpit, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The pilot asked for airport rescue and firefighting services, and for law enforcement to meet the flight at gate, the TSA said.
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It is unclear how powerful the explosive could have been and what the man's intentions were. Initial reports were that fireworks or firecrackers had gone off on the plane.
The man suffered second-degree burns, which is consistent with a small fireworks device, police sources said.
One of the passengers is being treated at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, according to hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice, who was not sure if it was the suspect or one of the other passengers.
Unconfirmed reports say a firecracker was ignited on flight bound for Detroit.
(AP Graphic)
More PhotosThe man said he was directed by al Qaeda to explode a small device in flight, over U.S. soil, ABC News has learned. Authorities have no corroboration of that information, and the credibility of the suspect's statements are being questioned, officials said.
The man was apparently already on the government's no-fly list of suspected terrorists, according to a senior intelligence official. "The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used," a federal situational awareness bulletin stated.
The suspect told authorities that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and used a syringe of chemicals to mix with the powder that was to cause explosion. This is of concert because it is a method of mixing that is consistent with terror techniques.
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PHOTOS: Storm Turns Holiday Travel Dangerous in MidwestPHOTOS: Boeing's 787 Dreamliner Takes FlightPHOTOS: Would You Fly in a Solar-Powered Plane?Northwest Airlines flight 253 landed safely in Detroit at 11:53 a.m. The man, who flew from Nigeria to Amsterdam and then Detroit, was taken into custody at the Detroit airport and was interviewed by authorities there. He was then taken to an area hospital to be treated for burns.
Delta spokeswoman Susan Chana Elliott said that "as the plane was getting ready to land" in Detroit "a passenger caused a disturbance" by trying to ignite what was initially reported to be firecrackers.
The man was "subdued immediately," Elliott said. Northwest is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta.
An in-flight emergency was declared when a fire indicator light when on in the cockpit, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The pilot asked for airport rescue and firefighting services, and for law enforcement to meet the flight at gate, the TSA said.
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It is unclear how powerful the explosive could have been and what the man's intentions were. Initial reports were that fireworks or firecrackers had gone off on the plane.
The man suffered second-degree burns, which is consistent with a small fireworks device, police sources said.
One of the passengers is being treated at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, according to hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice, who was not sure if it was the suspect or one of the other passengers.
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TSA Clears Illegal Immigrants To Work At NY Airport!!
http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/20...ork-ny-airport
MaureenO
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Passenger Ignites Explosive on Delta Flight, Al Qaeda Connection Reported
Friday , December 25, 2009
A male passenger reportedly linked to terrorist organization al-Qaeda ignited a powdery substance prior to landing on a Delta Airlines flight to Detroit Friday. The suspect is believed to be Nigerian, Fox News reported.
Several people were hurt and one person was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical Center at Ann Arbor, hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice said. An emergency was declared aboard the flight, operated as Northwest flight 253, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson.
The suspect, who suffered second-degree burns, told federal investigators he was directed by al-Qaeda, though authorities are questioning the veracity of that statement, ABC reported. A federal situational awareness bulletin noted that the explosive was acquired in Yemen with instructions as to when it should be used, ABC said.
The FBI was on the scene, Detroit office spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold told NewsCore. Berchtold declined to comment on the reports of a terrorist connection.
All 278 passengers on the Airbus A330 wide-body jet, which landed at 11:53 a.m. local time, have since deplaned at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Delta spokesperson Susan Elliott said.
"Out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened. A passenger is in custody and passengers are being interviewed," the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear if the suspect was subdued by crew or passengers.
Airport spokesman Mike Conway referred all questions to the FBI.
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Passenger Ignites Explosive on Delta Flight, Al Qaeda Connection Reported
Friday , December 25, 2009
A male passenger reportedly linked to terrorist organization al-Qaeda ignited a powdery substance prior to landing on a Delta Airlines flight to Detroit Friday. The suspect is believed to be Nigerian, Fox News reported.
Several people were hurt and one person was admitted to the University of Michigan Medical Center at Ann Arbor, hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice said. An emergency was declared aboard the flight, operated as Northwest flight 253, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson.
The suspect, who suffered second-degree burns, told federal investigators he was directed by al-Qaeda, though authorities are questioning the veracity of that statement, ABC reported. A federal situational awareness bulletin noted that the explosive was acquired in Yemen with instructions as to when it should be used, ABC said.
The FBI was on the scene, Detroit office spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold told NewsCore. Berchtold declined to comment on the reports of a terrorist connection.
All 278 passengers on the Airbus A330 wide-body jet, which landed at 11:53 a.m. local time, have since deplaned at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Delta spokesperson Susan Elliott said.
"Out of an abundance of caution, the plane was moved to a remote area where the plane and all baggage are currently being rescreened. A passenger is in custody and passengers are being interviewed," the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement.
It was not immediately clear if the suspect was subdued by crew or passengers.
Airport spokesman Mike Conway referred all questions to the FBI.
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Michigan Majik
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In this age of terror, no one is going to be stupid enough to light a firecracker on a plane, innocently...
I can't wait to hear more about this incident.
Thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard about it on local news.
I can't wait to hear more about this incident.
Thanks for posting this, I hadn't heard about it on local news.
denfoote
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These people are dangerous morons!!
You have a goblin from an unstable Muzzy dominated part of the world who sets off firecrackers on an inflight airliner!!!
Wake up you shmegege!!!
Everybody and their blind dog can see this is another one of those dry runs we've heard about!!
That yente, Krappy Nappy, is gonna end up getting a LOT of people killed dead!!
Seeker
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From the description it seems more consistent with an incendiary device rather than an explosive. There are a number of binary/trinary mixtures that act like thermate when mixed. Depending on where he was sitting an incendiary could destroy vital control elements like hydraulics or control lines.
If he boarded in Lagos and didn't switch planes or get off in Amsterdam, it wouldn't be difficult to board with such a device if there were no metal components. Security is virtually non-existent in Nigeria. Dogs would have detected an incendiary/explosive but a metal detector would not.
The fact that he was on a US no-fly list means little in countries that don't coordinate with us. It's interesting that a Yemini connection has been established so soon. That information had to have come from the suspect himself.
Expect TSA and Delta (and the FBI for that matter,) to do their best to suppress as much information as they can. I would be interested to know if the injuries to others that were mentioned were sustained from the device itself or if passengers tried to subdue/stop this person...Calling this device "firecrackers" is just such an attempt. Fireworks are not ignited by injecting an actuator into a chemical mixture. Incendiaries (and some explosives) are.
wardogs
If he boarded in Lagos and didn't switch planes or get off in Amsterdam, it wouldn't be difficult to board with such a device if there were no metal components. Security is virtually non-existent in Nigeria. Dogs would have detected an incendiary/explosive but a metal detector would not.
The fact that he was on a US no-fly list means little in countries that don't coordinate with us. It's interesting that a Yemini connection has been established so soon. That information had to have come from the suspect himself.
Expect TSA and Delta (and the FBI for that matter,) to do their best to suppress as much information as they can. I would be interested to know if the injuries to others that were mentioned were sustained from the device itself or if passengers tried to subdue/stop this person...Calling this device "firecrackers" is just such an attempt. Fireworks are not ignited by injecting an actuator into a chemical mixture. Incendiaries (and some explosives) are.
wardogs
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I am so tired of the disinformation...if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and wears a sign around its neck saying "DUCK," maybe its a duck.
twincougars
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"[FONT=Verdana,Arial]An explosive device went off in the lap of a 23-year-old Nigerian man"
I hope it blew his balls off!!
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I hope it blew his balls off!!
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Wardogs
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Over Detroit
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/12/25/over-detroit/
An incident previously described as a passenger setting off firecrackers on a Northwest Airlines flight between Amsterdam and Detroit is now being referred to as a possible terrorist attack. Fox News reports that a passenger tried to ignite a powder aboard the aircraft and was said to have been acting under instructions from al-Qaeda.
A male passenger reportedly linked to terrorist organization al-Qaeda ignited a powdery substance prior to landing on a Delta Airlines flight to Detroit Friday. The suspect is believed to be Nigerian, Fox News reported. …
The suspect, who suffered second-degree burns, told federal investigators he was directed by al-Qaeda, though authorities are questioning the veracity of that statement, ABC reported. A federal situational awareness bulletin noted that the explosive was acquired in Yemen with instructions as to when it should be used, ABC said.
The FBI was on the scene, Detroit office spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold told NewsCore. Berchtold declined to comment on the reports of a terrorist connection.
Earlier the BBC had described the event as involving “firecrackers”.
A passenger on board a transatlantic Northwest Airlines flight set off firecrackers as it was arriving in the US city of Detroit, the airline says. The blast caused panic on board the Airbus 330, which had flown from Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Several people were slightly injured.
ABC News now says the suspect was on a “no fly list” and that the powder he was trying to ignite was concealed taped to his leg. A syringe of chemicals was said to have been added to the mixture.
The man was apparently already on the government’s no-fly list of suspected terrorists, according to a senior intelligence official.
“The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used,” a federal situational awareness bulletin stated.
The suspect told authorities that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and used a syringe of chemicals to mix with the powder that was to cause explosion. This is of concert because it is a method of mixing that is consistent with terror techniques.
MSNBC, citing an airline source, says that a passenger jumped the man as he was trying to light the powder after two other passengers noticed him in the act. “Two people noticed the attempt and a third person jumped on the man and subdued him, an airline official told NBC News.” Additional reportage from Metro Detroit suggests the suspect had actually managed to ignite something before the passenger jumped him. The incident which took place around Row 16 was in the area where economy ended and business class began, if this seating layout of an NWA Airbus 330 is accurate. Metro Detroit wrote:
Syed Jafry of Holland, Mich., said people ran out of their seats to tackle the man.
Jafry was sitting in the 16th row when he heard “a pop and saw some smoke and fire.”
Jafry said there was a little bit of commotion for about 10 to 15 minutes.
He said the way passengers responded made him proud to be an American.
Passengers Richard Griffith of Pontiac said he was unaware of the incident until departing the plane.
He said he was sitting in the back of the plane and did not “see or hear anything.”
His wife and daughter, who had been waiting for him at the airport since about 11:40 a.m., said they saw a person they believe to be the suspect being transported from the airport. Dawn Griffith said he was “young looking” and was handcuffed to a stretcher, with his hands bandaged.
The area around Row 16 appears to be slightly forward or above the wing. Some versions of the Airbus A330 have a large central fuel tank. A special article in the Daily Mail about the loss of another Airbus A330 — Air France 447 — highlighted the safety concerns over a “vapor filled central fuel tank” and the vulnerability of the Kapton wiring in this fly-by-wire airplane.
Ed Block, an American air investigator, has long been trying to draw attention to the dangers of some wire types. It was he who found the evidence of the likely cause of the disaster on TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 that blew up off Long Island in 1996, killing all 230 on board. He concluded the problem had been short circuits, or arcs, that ultimately led to sparking in the vapour-filled central fuel tank. …
On every model built until at least 2006 – Airbus won’t say if new aircraft are fitted with it now – it employed ‘aromatic polyimide’, better known by its trade name, Kapton. The next Atlantic disaster after TWA 800 shows why Block is concerned: the loss of the Kapton-wired Swissair Flight 111 off Nova Scotia in 1998, caused when its entertainment-system wiring caught fire. … In 2005 Nasa announced its space shuttles would not fly beyond 2010, partly because each contained 140 to 157 miles of Kapton. Worse, there was no reliable means to detect whether hidden lengths of wire were already damaged, and hence prone to arcing – an event which can produce temperatures in excess of 5,000°C and the spewing of red-hot copper ‘beebies’. …
Who knows whether al-Qaeda was aiming to damage the most vulnerable area of the A330? As more information comes in the reported facts may be clarified or changed. After all, the incident was originally described as a “firecracker” disturbance. But if initial reports settle down around the narrative, a number of questions suggest themselves.
Did the security systems and procedures fail? How did a man on a no-fly list bring explosive powder and a syringe full of chemicals onto a plane from Schipol airport?
Was the airplane saved only the vigilance — some might call it vigilanteeism — of a passenger? After the Flying Imams case, it has become legally dangerous to presume too much. In this case the passengers appear to have acted on their instincts.
Does the incident suggest that a wave of attacks has been planned over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays?
Maybe there’s more information in the pike.
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/12/25/over-detroit/
An incident previously described as a passenger setting off firecrackers on a Northwest Airlines flight between Amsterdam and Detroit is now being referred to as a possible terrorist attack. Fox News reports that a passenger tried to ignite a powder aboard the aircraft and was said to have been acting under instructions from al-Qaeda.
A male passenger reportedly linked to terrorist organization al-Qaeda ignited a powdery substance prior to landing on a Delta Airlines flight to Detroit Friday. The suspect is believed to be Nigerian, Fox News reported. …
The suspect, who suffered second-degree burns, told federal investigators he was directed by al-Qaeda, though authorities are questioning the veracity of that statement, ABC reported. A federal situational awareness bulletin noted that the explosive was acquired in Yemen with instructions as to when it should be used, ABC said.
The FBI was on the scene, Detroit office spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold told NewsCore. Berchtold declined to comment on the reports of a terrorist connection.
Earlier the BBC had described the event as involving “firecrackers”.
A passenger on board a transatlantic Northwest Airlines flight set off firecrackers as it was arriving in the US city of Detroit, the airline says. The blast caused panic on board the Airbus 330, which had flown from Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Several people were slightly injured.
ABC News now says the suspect was on a “no fly list” and that the powder he was trying to ignite was concealed taped to his leg. A syringe of chemicals was said to have been added to the mixture.
The man was apparently already on the government’s no-fly list of suspected terrorists, according to a senior intelligence official.
“The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used,” a federal situational awareness bulletin stated.
The suspect told authorities that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and used a syringe of chemicals to mix with the powder that was to cause explosion. This is of concert because it is a method of mixing that is consistent with terror techniques.
MSNBC, citing an airline source, says that a passenger jumped the man as he was trying to light the powder after two other passengers noticed him in the act. “Two people noticed the attempt and a third person jumped on the man and subdued him, an airline official told NBC News.” Additional reportage from Metro Detroit suggests the suspect had actually managed to ignite something before the passenger jumped him. The incident which took place around Row 16 was in the area where economy ended and business class began, if this seating layout of an NWA Airbus 330 is accurate. Metro Detroit wrote:
Syed Jafry of Holland, Mich., said people ran out of their seats to tackle the man.
Jafry was sitting in the 16th row when he heard “a pop and saw some smoke and fire.”
Jafry said there was a little bit of commotion for about 10 to 15 minutes.
He said the way passengers responded made him proud to be an American.
Passengers Richard Griffith of Pontiac said he was unaware of the incident until departing the plane.
He said he was sitting in the back of the plane and did not “see or hear anything.”
His wife and daughter, who had been waiting for him at the airport since about 11:40 a.m., said they saw a person they believe to be the suspect being transported from the airport. Dawn Griffith said he was “young looking” and was handcuffed to a stretcher, with his hands bandaged.
The area around Row 16 appears to be slightly forward or above the wing. Some versions of the Airbus A330 have a large central fuel tank. A special article in the Daily Mail about the loss of another Airbus A330 — Air France 447 — highlighted the safety concerns over a “vapor filled central fuel tank” and the vulnerability of the Kapton wiring in this fly-by-wire airplane.
Ed Block, an American air investigator, has long been trying to draw attention to the dangers of some wire types. It was he who found the evidence of the likely cause of the disaster on TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 that blew up off Long Island in 1996, killing all 230 on board. He concluded the problem had been short circuits, or arcs, that ultimately led to sparking in the vapour-filled central fuel tank. …
On every model built until at least 2006 – Airbus won’t say if new aircraft are fitted with it now – it employed ‘aromatic polyimide’, better known by its trade name, Kapton. The next Atlantic disaster after TWA 800 shows why Block is concerned: the loss of the Kapton-wired Swissair Flight 111 off Nova Scotia in 1998, caused when its entertainment-system wiring caught fire. … In 2005 Nasa announced its space shuttles would not fly beyond 2010, partly because each contained 140 to 157 miles of Kapton. Worse, there was no reliable means to detect whether hidden lengths of wire were already damaged, and hence prone to arcing – an event which can produce temperatures in excess of 5,000°C and the spewing of red-hot copper ‘beebies’. …
Who knows whether al-Qaeda was aiming to damage the most vulnerable area of the A330? As more information comes in the reported facts may be clarified or changed. After all, the incident was originally described as a “firecracker” disturbance. But if initial reports settle down around the narrative, a number of questions suggest themselves.
Did the security systems and procedures fail? How did a man on a no-fly list bring explosive powder and a syringe full of chemicals onto a plane from Schipol airport?
Was the airplane saved only the vigilance — some might call it vigilanteeism — of a passenger? After the Flying Imams case, it has become legally dangerous to presume too much. In this case the passengers appear to have acted on their instincts.
Does the incident suggest that a wave of attacks has been planned over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays?
Maybe there’s more information in the pike.
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/12/25/over-detroit/#more-7231
An incident previously described as a passenger setting off firecrackers on a Northwest Airlines flight between Amsterdam and Detroit is now being referred to as a possible terrorist attack. Fox News reports that a passenger tried to ignite a powder aboard the aircraft and was said to have been acting under instructions from al-Qaeda.
A male passenger reportedly linked to terrorist organization al-Qaeda ignited a powdery substance prior to landing on a Delta Airlines flight to Detroit Friday. The suspect is believed to be Nigerian, Fox News reported. …
The suspect, who suffered second-degree burns, told federal investigators he was directed by al-Qaeda, though authorities are questioning the veracity of that statement, ABC reported. A federal situational awareness bulletin noted that the explosive was acquired in Yemen with instructions as to when it should be used, ABC said.
The FBI was on the scene, Detroit office spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold told NewsCore. Berchtold declined to comment on the reports of a terrorist connection.
Earlier the BBC had described the event as involving “firecrackers”.
A passenger on board a transatlantic Northwest Airlines flight set off firecrackers as it was arriving in the US city of Detroit, the airline says. The blast caused panic on board the Airbus 330, which had flown from Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Several people were slightly injured.
ABC News now says the suspect was on a “no fly list” and that the powder he was trying to ignite was concealed taped to his leg. A syringe of chemicals was said to have been added to the mixture.
The man was apparently already on the government’s no-fly list of suspected terrorists, according to a senior intelligence official.
“The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used,” a federal situational awareness bulletin stated.
The suspect told authorities that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and used a syringe of chemicals to mix with the powder that was to cause explosion. This is of concert because it is a method of mixing that is consistent with terror techniques.
MSNBC, citing an airline source, says that a passenger jumped the man as he was trying to light the powder after two other passengers noticed him in the act. “Two people noticed the attempt and a third person jumped on the man and subdued him, an airline official told NBC News.” Additional reportage from Metro Detroit suggests the suspect had actually managed to ignite something before the passenger jumped him. The incident which took place around Row 16 was in the area where economy ended and business class began, if this seating layout of an NWA Airbus 330 is accurate. Metro Detroit wrote:
Syed Jafry of Holland, Mich., said people ran out of their seats to tackle the man.
Jafry was sitting in the 16th row when he heard “a pop and saw some smoke and fire.”
Jafry said there was a little bit of commotion for about 10 to 15 minutes.
He said the way passengers responded made him proud to be an American.
Passengers Richard Griffith of Pontiac said he was unaware of the incident until departing the plane.
He said he was sitting in the back of the plane and did not “see or hear anything.”
His wife and daughter, who had been waiting for him at the airport since about 11:40 a.m., said they saw a person they believe to be the suspect being transported from the airport. Dawn Griffith said he was “young looking” and was handcuffed to a stretcher, with his hands bandaged.
The area around Row 16 appears to be slightly forward or above the wing. Some versions of the Airbus A330 have a large central fuel tank. A special article in the Daily Mail about the loss of another Airbus A330 — Air France 447 — highlighted the safety concerns over a “vapor filled central fuel tank” and the vulnerability of the Kapton wiring in this fly-by-wire airplane.
Ed Block, an American air investigator, has long been trying to draw attention to the dangers of some wire types. It was he who found the evidence of the likely cause of the disaster on TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 that blew up off Long Island in 1996, killing all 230 on board. He concluded the problem had been short circuits, or arcs, that ultimately led to sparking in the vapour-filled central fuel tank. …
On every model built until at least 2006 – Airbus won’t say if new aircraft are fitted with it now – it employed ‘aromatic polyimide’, better known by its trade name, Kapton. The next Atlantic disaster after TWA 800 shows why Block is concerned: the loss of the Kapton-wired Swissair Flight 111 off Nova Scotia in 1998, caused when its entertainment-system wiring caught fire. … In 2005 Nasa announced its space shuttles would not fly beyond 2010, partly because each contained 140 to 157 miles of Kapton. Worse, there was no reliable means to detect whether hidden lengths of wire were already damaged, and hence prone to arcing – an event which can produce temperatures in excess of 5,000°C and the spewing of red-hot copper ‘beebies’. …
Who knows whether al-Qaeda was aiming to damage the most vulnerable area of the A330? As more information comes in the reported facts may be clarified or changed. After all, the incident was originally described as a “firecracker” disturbance. But if initial reports settle down around the narrative, a number of questions suggest themselves.
* Did the security systems and procedures fail? How did a man on a no-fly list bring explosive powder and a syringe full of chemicals onto a plane from Schipol airport?
* Was the airplane saved only the vigilance — some might call it vigilanteeism — of a passenger? After the Flying Imams case, it has become legally dangerous to presume too much. In this case the passengers appear to have acted on their instincts.
* Does the incident suggest that a wave of attacks has been planned over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays?
Maybe there’s more information in the pike.
An incident previously described as a passenger setting off firecrackers on a Northwest Airlines flight between Amsterdam and Detroit is now being referred to as a possible terrorist attack. Fox News reports that a passenger tried to ignite a powder aboard the aircraft and was said to have been acting under instructions from al-Qaeda.
A male passenger reportedly linked to terrorist organization al-Qaeda ignited a powdery substance prior to landing on a Delta Airlines flight to Detroit Friday. The suspect is believed to be Nigerian, Fox News reported. …
The suspect, who suffered second-degree burns, told federal investigators he was directed by al-Qaeda, though authorities are questioning the veracity of that statement, ABC reported. A federal situational awareness bulletin noted that the explosive was acquired in Yemen with instructions as to when it should be used, ABC said.
The FBI was on the scene, Detroit office spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold told NewsCore. Berchtold declined to comment on the reports of a terrorist connection.
Earlier the BBC had described the event as involving “firecrackers”.
A passenger on board a transatlantic Northwest Airlines flight set off firecrackers as it was arriving in the US city of Detroit, the airline says. The blast caused panic on board the Airbus 330, which had flown from Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Several people were slightly injured.
ABC News now says the suspect was on a “no fly list” and that the powder he was trying to ignite was concealed taped to his leg. A syringe of chemicals was said to have been added to the mixture.
The man was apparently already on the government’s no-fly list of suspected terrorists, according to a senior intelligence official.
“The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used,” a federal situational awareness bulletin stated.
The suspect told authorities that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and used a syringe of chemicals to mix with the powder that was to cause explosion. This is of concert because it is a method of mixing that is consistent with terror techniques.
MSNBC, citing an airline source, says that a passenger jumped the man as he was trying to light the powder after two other passengers noticed him in the act. “Two people noticed the attempt and a third person jumped on the man and subdued him, an airline official told NBC News.” Additional reportage from Metro Detroit suggests the suspect had actually managed to ignite something before the passenger jumped him. The incident which took place around Row 16 was in the area where economy ended and business class began, if this seating layout of an NWA Airbus 330 is accurate. Metro Detroit wrote:
Syed Jafry of Holland, Mich., said people ran out of their seats to tackle the man.
Jafry was sitting in the 16th row when he heard “a pop and saw some smoke and fire.”
Jafry said there was a little bit of commotion for about 10 to 15 minutes.
He said the way passengers responded made him proud to be an American.
Passengers Richard Griffith of Pontiac said he was unaware of the incident until departing the plane.
He said he was sitting in the back of the plane and did not “see or hear anything.”
His wife and daughter, who had been waiting for him at the airport since about 11:40 a.m., said they saw a person they believe to be the suspect being transported from the airport. Dawn Griffith said he was “young looking” and was handcuffed to a stretcher, with his hands bandaged.
The area around Row 16 appears to be slightly forward or above the wing. Some versions of the Airbus A330 have a large central fuel tank. A special article in the Daily Mail about the loss of another Airbus A330 — Air France 447 — highlighted the safety concerns over a “vapor filled central fuel tank” and the vulnerability of the Kapton wiring in this fly-by-wire airplane.
Ed Block, an American air investigator, has long been trying to draw attention to the dangers of some wire types. It was he who found the evidence of the likely cause of the disaster on TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 that blew up off Long Island in 1996, killing all 230 on board. He concluded the problem had been short circuits, or arcs, that ultimately led to sparking in the vapour-filled central fuel tank. …
On every model built until at least 2006 – Airbus won’t say if new aircraft are fitted with it now – it employed ‘aromatic polyimide’, better known by its trade name, Kapton. The next Atlantic disaster after TWA 800 shows why Block is concerned: the loss of the Kapton-wired Swissair Flight 111 off Nova Scotia in 1998, caused when its entertainment-system wiring caught fire. … In 2005 Nasa announced its space shuttles would not fly beyond 2010, partly because each contained 140 to 157 miles of Kapton. Worse, there was no reliable means to detect whether hidden lengths of wire were already damaged, and hence prone to arcing – an event which can produce temperatures in excess of 5,000°C and the spewing of red-hot copper ‘beebies’. …
Who knows whether al-Qaeda was aiming to damage the most vulnerable area of the A330? As more information comes in the reported facts may be clarified or changed. After all, the incident was originally described as a “firecracker” disturbance. But if initial reports settle down around the narrative, a number of questions suggest themselves.
* Did the security systems and procedures fail? How did a man on a no-fly list bring explosive powder and a syringe full of chemicals onto a plane from Schipol airport?
* Was the airplane saved only the vigilance — some might call it vigilanteeism — of a passenger? After the Flying Imams case, it has become legally dangerous to presume too much. In this case the passengers appear to have acted on their instincts.
* Does the incident suggest that a wave of attacks has been planned over the Christmas and New Year’s holidays?
Maybe there’s more information in the pike.
Sleeping Cobra
TB Fanatic
That's 2 terrorist attacks since Obamas Presidency.
Kook
A 'maker', not a 'taker'!
How was he allowed to board the aircraft with incendiary material?
Maureen
Beats me, but at least he didn't have any shampoo thank God!!!
Sleeping Cobra
TB Fanatic
It's not Northwest any more. Delta bought Northwest.
Wardogs
Inactive
We seem to have caught this at the same time Troke...
Congressman Peter King, (NY) is on Fox now and confirms that this was an attempted terrorist attack. He describes the device as "a sophisticated incendiary of a type not seen before in attempted attacks". I take that with a grain of salt. This type of device has been around for a long time although it may be that it's new as far as what has been seen in airline attacks.
The suspect boarded in Lagos and may not have been screened again when he took the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
wardogs
Congressman Peter King, (NY) is on Fox now and confirms that this was an attempted terrorist attack. He describes the device as "a sophisticated incendiary of a type not seen before in attempted attacks". I take that with a grain of salt. This type of device has been around for a long time although it may be that it's new as far as what has been seen in airline attacks.
The suspect boarded in Lagos and may not have been screened again when he took the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit.
wardogs
IceWave
Veteran Member
True...but...Delta is still using the Northwest brand until April of 2010 before fully absorbing it.
MaureenO
Another Infidel
My suspicion, Wardogs, is that this was a trial to check the status of airline security and the behaviour of the passengers.
If they had intended to take down this aircraft, they would have. IMO.
Mo
eXe
Techno Junkie
Man Attempts to Set Off Explosives on Detroit-Bound Airplane
I just got back up to my room from dinner here in Vegas and the tv is going nuts about this attempted bombing of a US airliner.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/explosives-northwest-airlines-plane-amsterdam-detroit/story?id=9423871
Federal officials and police are interviewing a Nigerian man, who allegedly tried to "explode" a powdery substance aboard a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, injuring himself and two other passengers, law enforcement officials said.
The man said he was directed by al Qaeda to explode a small device in flight, over U.S. soil, ABC News has learned. Authorities have no corroboration of that information, and the credibility of the suspect's statements are being questioned, officials said.
The suspect was identified as Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, who according to federal documents is an engineering student at University College of London.
He was flying from Nigeria to the United States for a religious ceremony, according to his entry visa, which was issued June 16, 2008 and was good until June 12, 2010.
The government had no immediate plans after the incident to raise the threat level, a federal government source said.
The suspect had been in a law enforcement-intelligence database but was not on the government's no-fly list, according to a law enforcement official.
"The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used," a federal situational awareness bulletin stated
Delta spokeswoman Susan Chana Elliott said that "as the plane was getting ready to land" in Detroit "a passenger caused a disturbance" by trying to ignite what was initially reported to be firecrackers.
The man was "subdued immediately," Elliott said. Northwest is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta.
The suspect told authorities that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and used a syringe of chemicals to mix with the powder that was to cause explosion. This is of concert because it is a method of mixing that is consistent with terror techniques.
Northwest Airlines flight 253 landed safely in Detroit at 11:53 a.m. The man, who flew from Nigeria to Amsterdam and then Detroit, was taken into custody at the Detroit airport and was interviewed by authorities there. He was then taken to an area hospital to be treated for burns.
I just got back up to my room from dinner here in Vegas and the tv is going nuts about this attempted bombing of a US airliner.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/explosives-northwest-airlines-plane-amsterdam-detroit/story?id=9423871
Federal officials and police are interviewing a Nigerian man, who allegedly tried to "explode" a powdery substance aboard a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, injuring himself and two other passengers, law enforcement officials said.
The man said he was directed by al Qaeda to explode a small device in flight, over U.S. soil, ABC News has learned. Authorities have no corroboration of that information, and the credibility of the suspect's statements are being questioned, officials said.
The suspect was identified as Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, who according to federal documents is an engineering student at University College of London.
He was flying from Nigeria to the United States for a religious ceremony, according to his entry visa, which was issued June 16, 2008 and was good until June 12, 2010.
The government had no immediate plans after the incident to raise the threat level, a federal government source said.
The suspect had been in a law enforcement-intelligence database but was not on the government's no-fly list, according to a law enforcement official.
"The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used," a federal situational awareness bulletin stated
Delta spokeswoman Susan Chana Elliott said that "as the plane was getting ready to land" in Detroit "a passenger caused a disturbance" by trying to ignite what was initially reported to be firecrackers.
The man was "subdued immediately," Elliott said. Northwest is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta.
The suspect told authorities that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and used a syringe of chemicals to mix with the powder that was to cause explosion. This is of concert because it is a method of mixing that is consistent with terror techniques.
Northwest Airlines flight 253 landed safely in Detroit at 11:53 a.m. The man, who flew from Nigeria to Amsterdam and then Detroit, was taken into custody at the Detroit airport and was interviewed by authorities there. He was then taken to an area hospital to be treated for burns.
Wardogs
Inactive
Fox has gone full coverage. Just interviewed several of the passengers. Some witnessed the whole thing, others never knew a thing until they landed...
The passengers took him out. YES!!!
A senior law enforcement source speaking to CBS News has identified the suspect as Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23. It seems he came on the radar four weeks ago, and was being "monitored"...(not so well I guess.)
I'm not so sure Mo, I think it was a serious attempt and the device failed. It's being reported now that he learned how to mix the chemicals in Yemen, but made the device himself. An Egyptian paper today said that Yemen will be sponsoring attacks in retribution for the two attacks over the last few days.
Interviews with the passengers are still ongoing on Fox and it seems this guy was deadly serious. If the device had worked properly that plane would have crashed.
wardogs
The passengers took him out. YES!!!
A senior law enforcement source speaking to CBS News has identified the suspect as Nigerian national Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23. It seems he came on the radar four weeks ago, and was being "monitored"...(not so well I guess.)
I'm not so sure Mo, I think it was a serious attempt and the device failed. It's being reported now that he learned how to mix the chemicals in Yemen, but made the device himself. An Egyptian paper today said that Yemen will be sponsoring attacks in retribution for the two attacks over the last few days.
Interviews with the passengers are still ongoing on Fox and it seems this guy was deadly serious. If the device had worked properly that plane would have crashed.
wardogs
LeafyForest
Veteran Member
Very scary - glad they got the guy that did this, and hope there is no more!
Amazed - prayers that your flight will go well!
Amazed - prayers that your flight will go well!
doctor_fungcool
TB Fanatic
U.S. raises the terrorism alert level for airline flights to orange after a man tries to light explosives on airliner
- considering the relative impotence & weakness shown to date by Beloved Leader, it's entirely possible there'll be more such incidents -
-the religion of peace will never stop short of their goals, a main one of which is to take down the Big Satan (USA) - at least this is what they claim is their goal
No doubt Beloved Leader will once again tell us not to jump to a hasty conclusion about this terrorist attempt - doubtless he'll make it "perfectly clear".
Z28Camaro6D9
Veteran Member
Just reported on Fox:
If the device/chemicals had been ignited properly and functioned as intended, the explosion would have been 'catastrophic.'
If the device/chemicals had been ignited properly and functioned as intended, the explosion would have been 'catastrophic.'
MaureenO
Another Infidel
ROMULUS, Mich. - A Nigerian man claiming ties to al-Qaida tried to light a powder aboard a commercial jetliner before it landed Friday in Detroit in what senior U.S. officials called an attempted act of terrorism. “He appears to have had some kind of incendiary device he tried to ignite,” a senior U.S. official told NBC News. Other officials said the explosive device was a mixture of powder and liquid, which failed when the passenger tried to detonate it during the plane’s descent into Detroit International Airport.
Two people noticed the attempted attack, and a third person jumped on the man and subdued him, an airline official told NBC News. The man was being treated at the burn unit of the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, officials said.
Federal officials identified the man as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, of Nigeria, who was traveling one way, without a return ticket.
Rep. Peter King of New York, the senior Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, who was briefed on the incident, said Abdulmutallab was known in federal counterterrorism files and may have been on the government’s list of suspicious passengers banned from flying in the United States.
King said the incident raised troubling questions about airline security. “It must be looked into” how Mudallad was able to sneak a “somewhat sophisticated device” on board, he said.
Abdulmutallab told investigators that he wanted to set off a bomb over the United States and claimed to be connected to al-Qaida, the terrorism network responsible for the attacks that killed more than 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, counterterrorism officials said.
A counterterrorism official said Abdulmutallab, who was subdued by the crew of Northwest Air Lines Flight 253 from Amsterdam, left Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday and boarded the flight in Amsterdam on Friday.
The timing of the attempted attack could be significant. It was eight years ago this week that a similar attempted attack was launched by a British member of al-Qaida who tried to blow up a flight from Paris to Miami by igniting explosives in his shoes. And the attempted attack comes on the same day that the Taliban released a video of a U.S. soldier it is holding captive in Afghanistan.
News organizations, including msnbc.com, initially reported that the government had raised the terrorism alert for flights after the incident. Those reports were inaccurate; the flight alert had been at orange before the incident.
Passengers removed, rescreened
Officials said Flight 253, an Airbus 330, was carrying 278 passengers. The Transportation Security Administration reported that the plane had been taken to a remote area of Detroit Metropolitan Airport and that all passengers had left the plane and were being rescreened, along with all the luggage on the flight. In addition, all passengers were interviewed, a TSA statement said.
Syed Jafri, a U.S. citizen who was on the plane flying from the United Arab Emirates, said he was seated three rows behind the passenger and saw a glow and noticed the smell of smoke. Then, he said, “a young man behind me jumped on him.”
“Next thing you know, there was a lot of panic,” Jafri said.
Rich Griffith, a passenger from Pontiac, Mich., said he was seated too far in the back to see what had happened. But he said he didn’t mind being detained on the plane for several hours.
“It’s frustrating if you don’t want to keep your country safe,” he said. “We can’t have what’s going on everywhere else happening here.”
President Barack Obama, who is on vacation in Hawaii, was informed of the incident Friday morning by his National Security Council staff, said Bill Burton, a spokesman for the White House.
An interagency meeting of senior intelligence, law enforcement and security was convened out of Washington to discuss the incident and possible measures to ensure that there no similar attacks, Burton said.
U.S. counterterrorism officials are particularly concerned in light of the 2006 London airline plot, in which British and Pakistani nationals conspired to carry out multiple suicide bombings on board trans-Atlantic flights.
Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his cousin Ramzi Yousef were accused of plotting in 1995 to take down multiple airliners over the Pacific Ocean using explosive devices hidden in airliner lavatories.
The response to the attempted attack created an unusual tableau for people around the airport.
“I don’t ever recall seeing a plane on that runway ever before, and I pass by there frequently,” said J.P. Karas, 55, of Wyandotte, Mich., who was driving down a road near the airport when he spotted the jet, surrounded by police cars, an ambulance, a bus and some TV trucks.
Karas said that it was difficult to tell what was going on but that it looked as though the plane’s front wheel was off the runway.
By Robert Windrem of NBC News and Alex Johnson of msnbc.com with Jay Blackman, Catherine Corrigan, Dave Forman, Scott Foster and Kip Whitlock of NBC News. NBC station WDIV-TV of Detroit com
http://www.saharareporters.com/inde...st-flight-msnbc&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=18
Two people noticed the attempted attack, and a third person jumped on the man and subdued him, an airline official told NBC News. The man was being treated at the burn unit of the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, officials said.
Federal officials identified the man as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, of Nigeria, who was traveling one way, without a return ticket.
Rep. Peter King of New York, the senior Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, who was briefed on the incident, said Abdulmutallab was known in federal counterterrorism files and may have been on the government’s list of suspicious passengers banned from flying in the United States.
King said the incident raised troubling questions about airline security. “It must be looked into” how Mudallad was able to sneak a “somewhat sophisticated device” on board, he said.
Abdulmutallab told investigators that he wanted to set off a bomb over the United States and claimed to be connected to al-Qaida, the terrorism network responsible for the attacks that killed more than 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, counterterrorism officials said.
A counterterrorism official said Abdulmutallab, who was subdued by the crew of Northwest Air Lines Flight 253 from Amsterdam, left Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday and boarded the flight in Amsterdam on Friday.
The timing of the attempted attack could be significant. It was eight years ago this week that a similar attempted attack was launched by a British member of al-Qaida who tried to blow up a flight from Paris to Miami by igniting explosives in his shoes. And the attempted attack comes on the same day that the Taliban released a video of a U.S. soldier it is holding captive in Afghanistan.
News organizations, including msnbc.com, initially reported that the government had raised the terrorism alert for flights after the incident. Those reports were inaccurate; the flight alert had been at orange before the incident.
Passengers removed, rescreened
Officials said Flight 253, an Airbus 330, was carrying 278 passengers. The Transportation Security Administration reported that the plane had been taken to a remote area of Detroit Metropolitan Airport and that all passengers had left the plane and were being rescreened, along with all the luggage on the flight. In addition, all passengers were interviewed, a TSA statement said.
Syed Jafri, a U.S. citizen who was on the plane flying from the United Arab Emirates, said he was seated three rows behind the passenger and saw a glow and noticed the smell of smoke. Then, he said, “a young man behind me jumped on him.”
“Next thing you know, there was a lot of panic,” Jafri said.
Rich Griffith, a passenger from Pontiac, Mich., said he was seated too far in the back to see what had happened. But he said he didn’t mind being detained on the plane for several hours.
“It’s frustrating if you don’t want to keep your country safe,” he said. “We can’t have what’s going on everywhere else happening here.”
President Barack Obama, who is on vacation in Hawaii, was informed of the incident Friday morning by his National Security Council staff, said Bill Burton, a spokesman for the White House.
An interagency meeting of senior intelligence, law enforcement and security was convened out of Washington to discuss the incident and possible measures to ensure that there no similar attacks, Burton said.
U.S. counterterrorism officials are particularly concerned in light of the 2006 London airline plot, in which British and Pakistani nationals conspired to carry out multiple suicide bombings on board trans-Atlantic flights.
Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his cousin Ramzi Yousef were accused of plotting in 1995 to take down multiple airliners over the Pacific Ocean using explosive devices hidden in airliner lavatories.
The response to the attempted attack created an unusual tableau for people around the airport.
“I don’t ever recall seeing a plane on that runway ever before, and I pass by there frequently,” said J.P. Karas, 55, of Wyandotte, Mich., who was driving down a road near the airport when he spotted the jet, surrounded by police cars, an ambulance, a bus and some TV trucks.
Karas said that it was difficult to tell what was going on but that it looked as though the plane’s front wheel was off the runway.
By Robert Windrem of NBC News and Alex Johnson of msnbc.com with Jay Blackman, Catherine Corrigan, Dave Forman, Scott Foster and Kip Whitlock of NBC News. NBC station WDIV-TV of Detroit com
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CelticRose
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Come on now ......... obama is a 9-5, weekends / holidays off, with plenty of time for golf, cocktail parties / shooting hoops; sort of POTUS.
I'm sure someone might have told him about this, but certainly it's not something that's going to make him either alter his plans or break a sweat ..........