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TEXT 5 Q&A: AIR FREIGHT BOMB PLOT 31 October, 2010 Two devices from Yemen bound for the US have been intercepted by security officials in the UK and Dubai. An international investigation is taking place in the US, Europe and the Middle East. How were the bombs transported? The two devices were posted in the Yemeni capital Sanaa with freight firms UPS and FedEx. Initially it was thought that both packages were flown out on cargo planes. But Qatar Airways later confirmed that the bomb intercepted in Dubai had been transported on two of its — 33 — passenger jets, first from Yemen to Doha and then on to Dubai on a second plane. The first leg would have been on an Airbus A320, and the second leg on an A320, A321 or Boeing 777. The device seized in the UK also went via Dubai and is believed to have passed through Cologne in Germany, before being intercepted at East Midlands Airport in the UK. It was transported by UPS. The exact route and details of which planes were involved has not been confirmed. Both parcels were addressed to synagogues in Chicago, although the UK later said it was believed that the device seized in England had been designed to blow up on the plane itself. What is known about the devices themselves? Officials say the packages contained devices consisting of explosives pushed into printer toner cartridges. Police in Dubai have confirmed that the device seized there contained the powerful PETN explosive. The device intercepted in the UK was viable and could have blown up an aircraft, said UK Home Secretary Theresa May. Both Mrs May and the Dubai authorities said the devices bore all the hallmarks of al- Qaeda — an apparent reference to the group's previous use of PETN in other attemped attacks. The Dubai package also contained a closed electrical circuit connected to a mobile phone SIM card hidden inside the printer. The printer was in a box with a textbook on management, a copy of The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot and various handicrafts, including a pink and purple lidded basket. Earlier, US Congresswoman Jane Harman told the New York Times that both packages contained computer cartridges filled with PETN. Ms Harman, who was briefed by the US Transportation Security Administration on Friday, said one device used a mobile phone as a detonator, while the other had a timer. жүктеу/скачать 0,58 Mb. Достарыңызбен бөлісу:
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