wow, this is very shocking. he is now in us custody, and you better believe this man will never see the light of day again. i am sure he is in some underground prison receiving medical treatment as we speak. what an idiot.

Who wants to bet that this story will turn out to be an exaggeration? He may have tried to light something but we will eventually find out he has nothing to do with Al-Qaeda.

The suspect had been in a law enforcement-intelligence database but was not on the government's no-fly list, according to a law enforcement official.

"The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used," a federal situational awareness bulletin stated.

Delta spokeswoman Susan Chana Elliott said that "as the plane was getting ready to land" in Detroit "a passenger caused a disturbance" by trying to ignite what was initially reported to be firecrackers.

The man was "subdued immediately," Elliott said. Northwest is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta.

The suspect told authorities that he had explosive powder taped to his leg and used a syringe of chemicals to mix with the powder that was to cause explosion. This is of concert because it is a method of mixing that is consistent with terror techniques.

Northwest Airlines flight 253 landed safely in Detroit at 11:53 a.m. The man, who flew from Nigeria to Amsterdam and then Detroit, was taken into custody at the Detroit airport and was interviewed by authorities there. He was then taken to an area hospital to be treated for burns.


An in-flight emergency was declared when a fire indicator light when on in the cockpit, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The pilot asked for airport rescue and firefighting services, and for law enforcement to meet the flight at gate, the TSA said.

It is unclear how powerful the explosive could have been and what the man's intentions were. Initial reports were that fireworks or firecrackers had gone off on the plane.

The man suffered second-degree burns, which is consistent with a small fireworks device, police sources said.

One of the passengers is being treated at the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, according to hospital spokeswoman Tracy Justice, who was not sure if it was the suspect or one of the other passengers.

I think so too, knwinh hw much nigerians like "banger" the guy wa sprolly overexcited about christmas- come to think of it, it is christmas- poor man. And people claim s.t.u.p.idi.ty is not a crime.

ezeagu:

Okay, prepare for double airport harassment.

Me don resign myself jare, no be Naija?

Zap

I now have to start telling everyone I am from Ghana, or try and get a South African passport

hausa people f.u.ck, they shouldnt allow them on planes  , I knew it had to be those uneducated cattle-rearers, why the hell would the US embassy give an Hausa person a visa to board a plane- olodo oyinbo people

wow

WASHINGTON – U.S. officials say a Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria said he was acting on behalf of al-Qaida when he tried to blow up a flight Friday as it landed in Detroit.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., identified the suspect as [size=16pt]Abdul Mudallad[/size], a Nigerian. King said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit.

One of the U.S. intelligence officials said the explosive device was a mix of powder and liquid. It failed when the passenger tried to detonate it.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091225/ap_on_go_ot/us_airliner_disturbance

Chei abuzola has finally gone off the deep end

so the man is hausa?

ijeoma2619:

so the man is hausa?

Oya, Biafra now! 

yoruba muslims don't usually bear such a concentrated name those are the two culprits- hausa fulani or yoruba muslim-except of course if their are other significant groups of muslims in Nigeria, I am ignorant of.

ijeoma2619:

so the man is hausa?

He's not Hausa to the Americans, he's Nigerian.

On Christmas day?

eldee:

He's not Hausa to the Americans, he's Nigerian.

I don't have any name that sound like Abdusalam, so no harassment for me.   After all there was a Jamaican suicide bomber and he was succesful in the no.2 city of the west.

stillwater:

On Christmas day?

What better way to get back at Westerners?

How the hell is someone named ^{Abdul mullad} not strip searched from head to toe. Infact how was someone with such a thick muslim name allowed on a plane-

I have always been a big proponent of significant harassment searches especially for those with such thick names. I dont care if other people feel bad, you only get to live once.

ezeagu:

I don't have any name that sound like Abdusalam, so no harassment for me.   After all there was a Jamaican suicide bomber and he was succesful in the no.2 city of the west.

You have the same colour on your passports.

This is very disconcerting. . .

eldee:

You have the same colour on your passports.

Are you sure?

grafikdon:

This is disturbing. . .

Extremely!!
Ndi a g'egbu nmadu

0hsisi:

Ndi a g'egbu nmadu

That's the whole point. . . . .

ezeagu:

That's the whole point. . . . .

lol

0hsisi:

Extremely!!
Ndi a g'egbu nmadu

It is bad enough that people hold tight to their credit, debit cards and wallets whenever they hear "Nigeria" or "Nigerian". . . now this?  

" Nke a bukwa dimpka ino be ya, nopia mkpuru amu"  

ezeagu:

What better way to get back at Westerners?

It won't surprise me if Bin Laden resides in Nigeria.

grafikdon:

It is bad enough that people hold tight to their credit, debit cards and wallets whenever they hear "Nigeria" or "Nigerian". . . now this?  

" Nke a bukwa mmadu ino be ya nopia mkpuru amu"  

O so so mkpuru amu ?
I hope their names will distinguish them from some of us without exploding tendencies
let them nyochaa all the Mohammeds and Abdusalams and leave Ikechukwu nwanne m alone
Onye obula biko zaa kwa aha nna ya

What was all that talk about Northern Muslims not having the guts to carry a suicide bomb?

This is going to be open season for the Nigerian bashers. We just can't help supplying them with the ammo to shoot us down.

stillwater:

It won't surprise me if Bin Laden resides in Nigeria.

Definitely possible.

stillwater:

It won't surprise me if Bin Laden resides in Nigeria.

Hey chill b . . . before the CIA attacks Nigeria like they did Iraq citing information from 'sources'

ezeagu:

What was all that talk about Northern Muslims not having the guts to carry a suicide bomb?

I heard that and I told the person it was just a matter of time
Nigerian  Muslims esp the northereners are just as violent as their counterparts in the rest of the world
No be the same kaaba them dey circle?