I wonder how many pounds a female jihadist can put "up there?" Enough, I guess. You need a non metallic cap though, right? I'm guessing the bombs were pre-primed with identical timers. No smoking fuse this time. Or perhaps they lit them in the lav? Preset timers takes away the "second thoughts" factor, and the Richard Reid "screwup factor."
Ya know my personal policy on "how too threads"..... It's still too easy to get caps thru a security system. Too many ways w/o caps also.....
Stay safe !
There was a report that both planes were brought down by explosions in the toilet.
This suggests that the mule had to take some specific action to ignite the material. Probably had to first remove it from a body cavity, as well.