U.S. Aircraft Almost detonated

DETROIT (SI) - flight Terror returned to haunt United States (U.S.). Friday (25/12/2009), a passenger Northwest Airlines (NWA) that landed in Detroit, U.S., tried to blow up the plane.

Fortunately, the plan was foiled explosion passengers and crew. Efforts explosion occurred 20 minutes before the plane NWA flight number 253 landed in Detroit.Pesawat Airbus 330 carrying 278 passengers arrived in Detroit from Amsterdam. Perpetrators of terror identified a Nigerian citizen and flew from Schiphol Airport Amsterdam.Man allegedly named Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab was suspected of having links with Al-Qaeda. According to several British media, 23-year-old man had never received his engineering education at University College London.



Mutallab who suffered burns are now detained and treated at a hospital in Ann Arbor, this incident did not Michigan.Walaupun to take casualties, two passengers reported to be rushed to hospital suffering from injuries. Team of investigators did not know for sure what the motives behind the efforts of blasting in the middle of Christmas tersebutsertasejauhmanakerusakan caused by the perpetrator? NWA spokeswoman Susan Elliott also refused to provide information about what the damage was suffered by NWA? "He seems to have a flammable equipment and he had tried to burn it," said one U.S. security official.

Based on the testimony of some passengers, just before the perpetrator tried to blow up the plane, heard a sound like firecrackers and smoke smell that stung. NWA passenger one U.S. citizen, Syed Jafri, said the incident was a very panicky passengers. Jafri, who was sitting just three rows behind Mutallab also said she saw a ray of light and smoke that smelled fishy. "A young man behind me jumped at the passengers began to smell that smell. Once that happens extraordinary panic, "said Jafri. The existence of the stinging smell before the plane landed another passenger justified Peter Smith.

He even clearly hear sounds like a burning firecracker. "His voice was like fireworks in the glove bantal.Pertama we heard 'pop', then there was smoke," said Peter Smith. Another passenger named Rich Griffith reported that she sat too far behind, so do not know exactly what happened. "This is very disappointing.you would feel frustrated when not able to feel safe in their own country. We can not let things like this happen again in the U.S. or anywhere else, "he explained.

U.S. President Barack Obama who was vacationing in Hawaii had been told about the incident and had discussed it with officials from keamanan.Akibat Friday's incident, the Department of Homeland Security will likely tighten U.S. security. Any passengers who want the United States is also certain to be a number of new provisions at the time of domestic and international flights. Ministry of Home Affairs also urged passengers to always consider the conditions surrounding the fly and immediately report if found suspicious halhal.

U.S. MPs who sit on the Homeland Security Committee Peter King explains that the explosives used perpetrators belong to a fairly sophisticated and dangerous. While one of the FBI officials revealed that the explosives used by the perpetrator is a mixture of powder and liquid. King added, is one Mutallab related terrorist networks and tracks already recorded in the data on the U.S. terrorist. "As far as I know, he has a relationship with al-Qaeda and a number of relationships with other extremist terrorists," said King.

One security officer said the U.S. had admitted Mutallab he obtained the explosives from the Al-Qaeda in Yemen.groups leader Osama bin Laden had already taught her how to use trigger explosives.However, this information is still questionable because of likely Mutallab act on their own initiative. Spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) Elizabeth Isham Cory explained, aircraft in normal circumstances and there is nothing strange in flight before the plane was about to land in Detroit.

But the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security received a warning about the threat of terrorism before Christmas on November 20, the past and they believe the incident Friday was part of the threat warning. Officers at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport denies negligence. They sure had twice made to every passenger screening, including the screen and the bag body by using X-ray metal detectordan About Mutallab connection with University College London, London's police investigation and search.

Investigation involving British intelligence agencies (M15) and Scotland Yard is looking for evidence of possible perpetrators in the former left his apartment. They had searched an apartment located in the middle of town once occupied Mutallab suspected. (CNN / BBC / AFP / RTR / maesaroh