Reports say that Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian citizen, flying from Nigeria to the United States through Amsterdam, allegedly confessed to authorities that his attempt to blow up the Northwest airlines flight was on orders given to him by al-Qaeda.
The device used is said to be from Yemen, and the would be terrorist was trying to mix-in some type of chemical from a syringe to detonate the powder that was taped to his lower extremities. Due to an apparent malfunction, there were flames but no explosion and all passengers and crew landed safely. Mudallad was then brought under control by passengers and crew.
Due to this incident security at airports will be tightened and travel delays today and through the holidays can be expected.
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