Explosive device set off aboard airliner at Detroit Wayne International Airport
Apparently a Nigerian National on a transatlantic flight that originated in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Attempted to ignite an explosive aboard the aircraft.
Here is a link to a news story about the incident, and I apologize if this has been posted previously this evening on the forums
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/12/25...ers/index.html
AQ prefer "hard" targets or are airlines "soft" targets?
On first reading of the few reports it is amazingly similar to Richard Reid, the "Shoe bomber" a few years ago and why attempt to ignite the device when at the end of the journey? Secondly, if this is a genuine AQ plot, it is remarkable that an attack on air transport features; an activity supposedly with such high security features. Note the references to: no secondary screening and no hand baggage - for a young Nigerian adult male.