Updated-2: Plane Explosion Was Possible Terrorist Attack

Latest here device said to have failed.

Update 2:

The suspect, who suffered second-degree burns, told federal investigators he was directed by al-Qaeda, though authorities are questioning the veracity of that statement, ABC reported. A federal situational awareness bulletin noted that the explosive was acquired in Yemen with instructions as to when it should be used, ABC said.

Update: Michelle reports MSNBC retracting? It had only been up for three minutes when I linked it. Looks like their web operations are behind.

I'd been reading they were firecrackers. This MSNBC report sounds a bit worse than that. Maybe it was only a detonator that went off?

An explosive device went off in the lap of a 23-year-old Nigerian man aboard a Northwest Airlines flight sometime before landing in Detroit on Friday in what is being viewed as a possible terrorist attack, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official told NBC News.

The man was subdued by the flight crew of Flight 253 from Amsterdam, the official said. The official said the man left Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, then boarded the Northwest flight in Amsterdam Friday.

Comments

[rg]

I'm from Detroit area.........suspect is now reported to be Yemeni, not Nigerian.

Yemeni - some of the worst of the worst.

Gee, let's keep the "open borders", mass immigration gravy train rolling! Everyone in the world should move to the USA!

Open borders uber alles!

[jane doe]

keep the fuckers out of our country.

[Steven Den Beste]

I wonder what kind of explosive he was trying to create on the spot?

...smuggled in a plastic bag, taped to his leg, no metal involved...

What kind of new inspection criterion is TSA going to implement to avoid this? Does everyone get frisked from now on?

[mike]

At least it wasn't a terrorist act. Man caused near disaster perhaps?

[betw]

We need more ragheads immigrating to our country.......

A flight from Amsterdam, Holland. Guess how many of the people on board were blonde haired and blue eyed?

Try none. They were mostly all Mohammedans, either from Africa or Mo's who now reside in Holland.

Open borders!!