the det cord.
Now that I would think was the problem for the bomber.
IMO I think he never had the detonater set up right or connected as it should have been.
Course there would have to be more info released to know this but that’s a guess.
The amount he had would have brought down the plane and just on TV recently they showed what the amount would have done on the plane.
sounds to me AQ got an idiot at short notice or tyhe kid lost his nerve
An earlier article on Drudge (seems to be replaced now) said he had about 80 gms in a six inch container. Another article speculated he used nitroglycerin to cause the reaction.
The original article on this thread stated that the device was incendiary rather than explosive and that would be consistent with PETN that was not tightly contained. It would certainly burn hot and very fast however.
How solid was this guy with AQ? Is it possible that he was a totally disposable asset and the whole point was to see if he could get something on board then anything after that was gravy?
The tv demo you spoke of...how did they package the PETN? If packaged right it is certainly capable of blowing a hole in an airplane. If not packaged correctly it would make a fire.
Would you suppose that AQ would test such a device especially before sending one up with a novice? Could they engineer a device to be fool proof it it made it on board?