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Title: EXCLUSIVE: Photos of the Northwest Airlines Bomb
Source:
ABC
URL Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/north ... photos/story?id=9436297&page=2
Published: Dec 28, 2009
Author: RICHARD ESPOSITO and BRIAN ROSS
Post Date: 2009-12-28 20:55:40 by borntoweardiamonds
Keywords: Photos, Bomb
Views: 554
Comments: 10
Accused Bomber Abdulmutallab's Underwear, Explosive Packet and Detonator A singed pair of underwear with a packet of powder sewn into the crotch, seen in government photos obtained exclusively by ABC News, is all that remains of al Qaeda's attempt to down an American passenger plane over Detroit. As seen in these photos, the alleged bomb consisted of a packet of powder sewn into the briefs of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian. Al Qaeda took credit Monday for the attempted bombing, boasted of its ability to overcome U.S. intelligence and airport security, and promised new attacks. The first photo, to the left, shows the slightly charred and singed underpants with the bomb packet still in place. All photos include a ruler to provide scale. Related Investigators: Northwest Bomb Plot Planned by al Qaeda in YemenWATCH: New Details Emerge About Christmas Bomber WATCH: Fears of More Bombers in the Pipeline UNDERWEAR WITH EXPLOSIVE PACKET In the second photo (below), the packet of actual explosive powder has been removed from the underpants and displayed separately. It is a six-inch long packet of the high explosive chemical called PETN, less than a half cup in volume, weighing about 80 grams. A government test with 50 grams of PETN blew a hole in the side of an airliner. That was the amount in the bomb carried by the so-called shoe bomber Richard Reid over Christmas 2001. The underpants bomb would have been one and a half times as powerful. Acid in Syringe Was Detonator The packet of PETN explosive powder is shown separately here. PETN PACKAGE Tragedy was averted only because the detonator, acid in a syringe, did not work. "It's very clear it came very, very close," said Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R.-Mich., ranking minority member of the House Intelligence Committee. "The explosive device went off, but it became an incendiary device instead of an explosive device, which is probably what saved that airplane." 
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#1. To: borntoweardiamonds (#0)
LMAO!! Bullsh!t, you would be lucky to scorch a seat cushion with that thing.
You ought to do more than just look at the fookin photos. A government test with 50 grams of PETN blew a hole in the side of an airliner.
#6. To: Ibluafartsky (#4)
A government test with 50 grams of PETN blew a hole in the side of an airliner. LOL!! You think they tested it by spreading some of that stuff on a rag and and throwing some acid on it?
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#4. To: eskimo (#1)
LMAO!! Bullsh!t, you would be lucky to scorch a seat cushion with that thing.
Replies to Comment # 4. You ought to do more than just look at the fookin photos.
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