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Christmas AQ airliner bomber @ Detroit foiled....
Whew.....a close one. Our lucky streak damned near ended.
Foiled by the device partially failing to ignite and (according to local reports) another passenger kicking the snot out of the guy as he tried to re-light it.
I suggest that we all raise a brewski in the young lads honor
Detroit Free Press link....
USA Today link....
Detroit News link....
Foiled by the device partially failing to ignite and (according to local reports) another passenger kicking the snot out of the guy as he tried to re-light it.
I suggest that we all raise a brewski in the young lads honor
Detroit Free Press link....
Passengers thwart attack
Travelers reconstruct bits of frightening Christmas flight
Most of the passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 seated near seat 19A seemed to hear it. A single, loud pop -- like a firecracker -- 10 minutes before the flight landed.
"I heard the pop and then the next thing you know fire ...people running out of their seats," said Syed Jafry of Holland, Ohio, was one of the first passengers off the plane, seated a few rows in front of the suspect.
"It was a fire, it wasn't just a firecracker, it was a fire," Calvin Kakar, of New York, said. He was seated a few rows in front of the man, a Nigerian national, now in federal custody after trying to set off some sort of explosive device. "We heard a pop and the next thing you know it was a fire."
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Iliana Schilke of Livonia said she saw a man, who was apparently burned in the process, jump over his seat to get to the suspect.
"Smoke, flames, yelling and screaming," is the way Schilke, seated a couple rows behind the suspect, described the scene. Passengers yelled for water, flight attendants ran to get the fire extinguisher and the fire was soon doused.
. "It was scary when it happened," she said.
Jasmin Samimi, of Findlay, Ohio, said she saw the suspect taken in a chokehold by a passenger to the front of the plane.
Travelers reconstruct bits of frightening Christmas flight
Most of the passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 seated near seat 19A seemed to hear it. A single, loud pop -- like a firecracker -- 10 minutes before the flight landed.
"I heard the pop and then the next thing you know fire ...people running out of their seats," said Syed Jafry of Holland, Ohio, was one of the first passengers off the plane, seated a few rows in front of the suspect.
"It was a fire, it wasn't just a firecracker, it was a fire," Calvin Kakar, of New York, said. He was seated a few rows in front of the man, a Nigerian national, now in federal custody after trying to set off some sort of explosive device. "We heard a pop and the next thing you know it was a fire."
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Iliana Schilke of Livonia said she saw a man, who was apparently burned in the process, jump over his seat to get to the suspect.
"Smoke, flames, yelling and screaming," is the way Schilke, seated a couple rows behind the suspect, described the scene. Passengers yelled for water, flight attendants ran to get the fire extinguisher and the fire was soon doused.
. "It was scary when it happened," she said.
Jasmin Samimi, of Findlay, Ohio, said she saw the suspect taken in a chokehold by a passenger to the front of the plane.
Nigerian banker says son may be jet terrorist
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke — sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaeda to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said.
On Saturday, a prominent Nigerian banker said he is meeting with authorities because he fears his son may have been the man who allegedly tried to bomb the flight.
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The commotion began as Northwest Airlines Flight 253, carrying 278 passengers and 11 crewmembers from Amsterdam, prepared to land in Detroit just before noon Friday.
"It sounded like a firecracker in a pillowcase," said Peter Smith, a passenger from the Netherlands. "First there was a pop, and then (there) was smoke."
Smith said one passenger climbed over other people, went across the aisle and tried to restrain the man, who officials say was trying to ignite an explosive device. The heroic passenger appeared to have been burned.
Afterward, the suspect was taken to a front-row seat with his pants cut off and his legs burned. Multiple law enforcement officials also said the man appeared badly burned on his legs, indicating the explosive was strapped there. The components were apparently mixed in-flight and included a powdery substance, multiple law enforcement and counterterrorism officials said.
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ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke — sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaeda to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said.
On Saturday, a prominent Nigerian banker said he is meeting with authorities because he fears his son may have been the man who allegedly tried to bomb the flight.
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The commotion began as Northwest Airlines Flight 253, carrying 278 passengers and 11 crewmembers from Amsterdam, prepared to land in Detroit just before noon Friday.
"It sounded like a firecracker in a pillowcase," said Peter Smith, a passenger from the Netherlands. "First there was a pop, and then (there) was smoke."
Smith said one passenger climbed over other people, went across the aisle and tried to restrain the man, who officials say was trying to ignite an explosive device. The heroic passenger appeared to have been burned.
Afterward, the suspect was taken to a front-row seat with his pants cut off and his legs burned. Multiple law enforcement officials also said the man appeared badly burned on his legs, indicating the explosive was strapped there. The components were apparently mixed in-flight and included a powdery substance, multiple law enforcement and counterterrorism officials said.
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Suspected al-Qaida attack fails on flight to Detroit
U.S. says Nigerian tried to detonate explosive device during landing
David Shepardson and Catherine Jun / The Detroit News
Washington -- Federal intelligence officials say a Delta Airlines passenger from Nigeria claimed he was acting on behalf of al-Qaida when he tried but failed to blow up a flight Friday as it landed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
"We believe this was an attempted act of terrorism," a White House official told The Detroit News on condition of anonymity.
A U.S. intelligence official said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it. The passenger was in custody and being questioned by federal officials Friday evening.
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U.S. says Nigerian tried to detonate explosive device during landing
David Shepardson and Catherine Jun / The Detroit News
Washington -- Federal intelligence officials say a Delta Airlines passenger from Nigeria claimed he was acting on behalf of al-Qaida when he tried but failed to blow up a flight Friday as it landed at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
"We believe this was an attempted act of terrorism," a White House official told The Detroit News on condition of anonymity.
A U.S. intelligence official said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it. The passenger was in custody and being questioned by federal officials Friday evening.
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