Passenger Tried to Blow Up Plane

[JTornado1]

A passenger from Nigeria tried to blow up a Northwest Airline plane as it landed in Detroit. Fortunately, the explosives didn't go off. The man said he was acting on behalf of Al-Qaida.

AP sources: Al-Qaida link in failed plane attack - Yahoo! News

 

[TG123]

A passenger from Nigeria tried to blow up a Northwest Airline plane as it landed in Detroit. Fortunately, the explosives didn't go off. The man said he was acting on behalf of Al-Qaida.

AP sources: Al-Qaida link in failed plane attack - Yahoo! News

What a jerk.

 

[Caitlin.ann]

I want to know how he got through security..

 

[katautumn]

I want to know how he got through security..

That's what I want to know. Either he sailed through security because of the holiday rush, or the materials used together are approved for carry-on. It said in the article he had set a pillow on fire. I do know you can take small quantities of matches on airplanes. After this? Probably not.

All I can say is thank God for brave passengers on that plane who were willing to put their lives in harm's way to stop this would-be terrorist.

 

[BlackAndy]

Shoot him.

 

[Yusuf Evans]

If you cannot smoke on flights, why are you allowed to take matches on board? I understand the need for people to smoke while they are waiting at the airports, but matches and lighters shouldn`t be allowed on board period.

Either way, no way this individual should have made it through security to do something like this.

 

[explodingboy]

If you cannot smoke on flights, why are you allowed to take matches on board? I understand the need for people to smoke while they are waiting at the airports, but matches and lighters shouldn`t be allowed on board period.

Either way, no way this individual should have made it through security to do something like this.

I don't think you have to make it through security judging by Sanfransico airport where I was last week. They were selling lighters and aerosol cans at the gift shop 10ft from the boarding gate.

 

[Voegelin]

From the poverty and hopelessness causes terrorism department:

Terror Suspect Abdulmutallab is engineering student at elite London university

 

[interpreter]

Another Islamic terrorist

 

[GigageiTsula]

I'm with the others. I want to know how he got through security.

 

[JustOneWay]

If we want to claim this person is an Islamic terrorist, then he succeeded in spreading the fear even though nobody was hurt. There will be investigations and increased security measures....not to mention everybody questioning anybody who looks or acts like a Muslim.

....and yep I agree, he should be shot.

 

[Caitlin.ann]

The news stations have said that security in Nigeria is really poor and once he was "In" he was already "in the system" enough to get all the way to Detroit.

 

[Supreme]

It seems that being an incompetent buffoon is just as much an essential part of being a terrorist nowadays as being a radical Islamist. I mean, this guy wasn't even capable of killing himself- he could barely achieve more than the second degree, agonizing scar for life on his leg. What an idiot. What a complete humiliating idiot he looks like in front of the Western media and the al Queda bosses he supposedly works for. Obviously, I'm not complaining that he failed. He's just an idiot. I almost feel that with buffoons like this being the worst threat to the West, who needs security anyway?

 

[Via Cassian]

and a big thank you to the people onboard the plane who took action.


John
Tampa

 

[Yusuf Evans]

Another Islamic terrorist

And McVeigh was just another Christian terrorist.

 

[mochamajesty]

I don't think he boarded the plane in the US. So, would he have gone through US security if he boarded in another country?

 

[Caitlin.ann]

I don't think he boarded the plane in the US. So, would he have gone through US security if he boarded in another country?

He boarded originally in Nigeria which has poor security in comparison to the US and other countries. He had a connection in (I believe) the Netherlands, however once he was in the system it was already too late.

I flew internationally to Canada but I dare say there is a huge difference between Canadian and American airport security vs. European. However I can not say for certain since I have never flown outside of North America.

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

Shoot him.

I have to agree.

 

[Zebra1552]

He's lucky I wasn't anywhere near him. I wouldn't even bother to tackle him. Straight for the temple, gut, or neck, whichever's most available.

 

[jamesrwright3]

A passenger from Nigeria tried to blow up a Northwest Airline plane as it landed in Detroit. Fortunately, the explosives didn't go off. The man said he was acting on behalf of Al-Qaida.

AP sources: Al-Qaida link in failed plane attack - Yahoo! News

He was one of those peaceful Buddhists.