Posted by
Defend America on Sunday, March 07, 2010 12:38:16 PM
Christmas Day terror plot plane would have landed safely even if 'underpants' bomb had blown up
By
Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 4:55 PM on 05th March 2010
A bomb on board a U.S. Christmas Day flight would have failed to
bring the plane down even if it had been detonated successfully, a new
test explosion suggests.
A controlled blast on a Boeing 747,
using the same explosives that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of
smuggling on board, failed to burst the fuselage.
It means, had the bomb exploded on December 25, Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit would have successfully landed .
However, experts said the alleged Islamist terrorist and the
passenger next to him would have died, while other passengers would
have suffered ruptured ear drums.
Mr Abdulmutallab, 23, who
is accused of sewing explosives into his underpants and using a syringe
to detonate it, denies attempting to murder 289 people.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1255722/Test-explosion-shows-Christmas-Day-flight-landed-bomb-detonated.html