It can not work, they can not make TATP on board.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681545/posts?page=105#105
But they had intent, so put them in the slammer for many many years.
Thanks, but I am not at all convinced.
What was the explosive that was successfully used in the in flight run-up test on an aircraft in the Bojinka case back in what, 1994 or 5? The perp went into the john to assemble his device.
There are different ways to stabilize, and there are different reagents. They would not have been able to do it in the exact manner and sequence linked. Obviously there was a successful test, else Britain would not have shut down air transport. The statement that it can not be done is dangerous.The agent is being called, generically, acetone peroxide. A couple of hydrogen molecules here and a carbon link there only yields a teeny bit less energy release. Still can be viable.