The Passenger Hero that Tackled The Flight 253 Underwear Bomber on Fire

Police search for Detroit bomb accomplice Dec 29 2009 BBC Reuters Dutch police say they are investigating the possibility an accomplice may have helped the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a plane over Detroit on Christmas Day.

Two witnesses say they saw a tall, middle-aged man with Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab at Amsterdam's international airport before he boarded the plane.

Abdulmutallab is in a Detroit jail after he attempted to detonate an explosive during the flight.

The 23-year-old, who was on a US intelligence watchlist, allegedly tried to set off an explosive device sewn to his underwear as the airliner came in to land but was stopped by passengers and crew.

He was treated in hospital for burns he received while trying to detonate the explosive and has since been moved to prison.

The US President Barack Obama has ordered full reviews of America's airport security and the country's terrorism watch lists.

Abdulmutallab's family say they lost contact with him months ago, and reported his disappearance to the authorities.

The son of a respected former banker, Abdulmutallab is from a privileged background in Africa's most populous country, most of whose estimated 140 million people live on less than $3 a day.

A member of the family read a statement over the phone to the BBC.

It describes how the family was woken in the early hours of Boxing Day to hear that their son had been involved in an attempt to blow up an airliner.


Out of character

They tell how the father had become so concerned about his son's disappearance and his refusal to speak to his family that he'd approached Nigerian and foreign security services.

"His father, having become concerned about his disappearance and stoppage of communication while schooling abroad, reported the matter to Nigerian security agencies about two months ago and to some foreign security agencies about a month-and-a-half ago," the statement said.

He had asked them to try to trace his son and return him to them. The family were still hoping this would happen at Christmas time.

They have described his recent behaviour as completely out of character.

The family says Abdulmutallab had never acted in a way that caused them concern until he stopped communicating with them.

"The disappearance and cessation of communication... are completely out of character and a very recent development," the statement said.

The statement ends saying the family is thankful to almighty God no lives were lost.

US investigators are trying to confirm claims that he has connections to Al Qaeda.

Abdulmutallab started his journey to Detroit in Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos, where he boarded a KLM flight to Amsterdam before going through transit at Schiphol airport.

He was educated at the British School in Lome, Togo - a boarding school mostly serving expatriates and students from around West Africa - before studying engineering at University College London (UCL), where he was enrolled until June 2008.

A family friend said Abdulmutallab had subsequently made two trips to Yemen for short Arabic and Islamic courses.

Residents in his family's home town say they believe he was radicalised while studying abroad.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/12/29/2781820.htm

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[Daniel2131990]

This Guy should be hanged for attempting to kill 100-300 people on board . The Obama Adminstration should treat this Guy as a terriorist not a criminal.

[IranContraScumDid911]

@Daniel2131990 The Obama Administration staged this, to terrorize you into scanners, among other things.

[sweetheart2109]

@IranContraScumDid911 You are a moron

[IranContraScumDid911]

@sweetheart2109 Look out for diapers genius

[michaelsterling37]

@Daniel2131990 Who put him on the plane? Tell me that?

[myopiaa]

@Daniel2131990 terrorists and criminals are the same thing. the whole dichotomy is a false one they have tried to create so that the CIA/FBI can pull shit like this and have absolutely no oversight about it

[trevanismith]

lol it was one guy get over it people....they more than likely didnt jump on him until they made sure he was alone....im not impressed he more than likely did not have the stuff to blow the plane up

[FuckDaMedia]

@overcome2009 may god help u against these ppl, becoz they wont hesitate to wipe out a city of witnesess to acieve their plans

[overcome2009]

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[VexZee]

Kurt Haskell is an eyewitness who saw the underwear Christmas bomber being aided by a sharp dressed man into the plane. It was a staged event.