[Cvengr]

NBC5 reported that a flight attendant going through the plane before takeoff found putty with wires sticking out of it in a lavoratory aboard the plane and the pilots grounded the aircraft as a result. United Express spokesman Jeff Green told NBC5 that investigators tested the putty and found that it was not dangerous.

I wonder if it had a blasting cap or detonator. Secondly, why would somebody even attempt this considering it probably had the same risk as planting an actual bomb. The same element of terror was induced.

[nw_arizona_granny]

re: 8793

How did the wires get thru screening?

Could it have been a part of a motorcycle-electric jacket?

Such as the lady wore last week to stop a plane.

Might not be the proper wire, but the jacket could have been rewired with blasting cap wire.

My memory of the wires used with the blasting caps, look the same as what is in an electric blanket.

Ruth