Let me get this straight: A Muslim with a visa that indicates he wants to go to the US to attend a “religious celebration” on Christmas day is allowed to board a US flight with a one-way ticket? What more did the security screeners want? The signs were all there; Christmas day, a One-way ticket and a Nigerian Muslim.
We almost had a Christmas Day “Man-Caused Disaster” on our hands.
A Nigerian man who said he was an agent for al Qaeda tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane Friday as it was preparing to land in Detroit, but travelers who smelled smoke and heard what sounded like firecrackers rushed to subdue him, the passengers and federal officials said.
Flight 253 with 278 passengers aboard was about 20 minutes from the airport when passengers heard popping noises, witnesses said. At least one person climbed over others and jumped on the man. Shortly afterward, the suspect was taken to the front of the plane with his pants cut off and his legs burned, a passenger said.
One U.S. intelligence official said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.
