Test explosion shows Christmas Day flight would have landed even if bomb had detonatedThe Daily MailMar. 06, 2010 |
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![]() I watched some sketch on CNN a day or so after the attack where they detonated a decent amount of the same explosive and the anchors acted like it was a nuclear bomb going off despite the fact it only made a small pop like a firecracker before it gently fizzled out! - ChrisA bomb on board a U.S. Christmas Day flight would have failed to bring the plane down even if it had been detonated successfully, a new test explosion suggests. A controlled blast on a Boeing 747, using the same explosives that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is accused of smuggling on board, failed to burst the fuselage. It means, had the bomb exploded on December 25, Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit would have successfully landed . Continued |