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Bookmark or Share- Northwest Airlines Flight 253 - WikipediaThe attempted bombing of Northwest Airlines Flight 253 occurred on December 25, 2009, aboard an Airbus A330 as it prepared to land at Detroit Metropolitan Airport following a transatlantic flight from Amsterdam.
- Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab - WikipediaOn 25 December 2009, Abdulmutallab travelled from Ghana to Amsterdam, where he boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 253 en route to Detroit. He had a Nigerian passport and valid U.S. tourist visa, and purchased his ticket with cash in Ghana on 16 December.
- Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Sentenced to Life in Prison for ...WASHINGTON – Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the so-called “underwear bomber,” was sentenced today to life in prison as a result of his guilty plea to all eight counts of a federal indictment charging him for his role in the attempted Christmas Day 2009 bombing of Northwest Airlines flight 253.
- ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACK ON NORTHWEST AIRLINES FLIGHT 253 R ...Attempted Terrorist Attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 Background: On December 25, 2009, a 23-year-old Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (hereafter Abdulmutallab) at-tempted to detonate a concealed nonmetallic device containing the explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) on Northwest Air-
- THE DECEMBER 25, 2009, ATTEMPTED BOMBING OF NORTHWEST FLIGHT ...On December 25, 2009, a Nigerian national, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, attempted to detonate an explosive device while onboard Northwest flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit. The device did not explode, but instead ignited, injuring Mr. Abdulmutallab and two other passengers.
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