Had the terrorist been successful in blowing up the plane, the JA "president" and the rest of the lackey Democrat Party and their media arm (yes, you, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NPR, etc) would be claiming mechanical failure, pilot error or some unknown cause. It was inconvenient that the brave passengers captured the Muslim thug.
Meanwhile, exactly ... 
My thoughts exactly. How many terrorist actions have been swept under the rug? If these actions are being buried, would not it be in the terrorist’s best interest to ramp up their actions so that they do get noticed?
Someday we will wake up and something horrendous will have happened. America will then have to take notice.