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Why Underwear Bomber, Abdul-Mutallab’s Plan Failed – U.S

The United States has disclosed that the Nigerian terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdul-Mutallab, who attempted suicide bombing on Christmas Day in 2009, failed to successfully detonate … Continue reading Why Underwear Bomber, Abdul-Mutallab’s Plan Failed – U.S


Abdul-MutallabThe United States has disclosed that the Nigerian terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdul-Mutallab, who attempted suicide bombing on Christmas Day in 2009, failed to successfully detonate his underpants bomb on a Detroit bound plane because the explosives became ‘degraded’ after he wore the same pair of underpants for two weeks.

The U.S. Head of Transportation Security Administration, John Pistole, said at a forum during the week that Mutallab was able to light the bomb but it failed to explode, causing minor burns to the would-be bomber but sparing his fellow passengers.

When he was then asked what had happened to the device, Mr. Pistole replied that it had become damp due to the length of days in the bombers underwear.

The 23 year old Abdul-Mutallab confessed to and was convicted of attempting to detonate plastic explosives while aboard a northwest airlines flight 253, en route from Amsterdam to Detroit, United States.