Re: OT: Great... on the day I'm flying...

I don't know, but what I've gathered reading about this briefly, is that they planned to concoct the bomb in flight, i.e., put the "liquid" in contact with the battery etc

Blupencl wrote:
Here's what I don't understand. What keeps them from detonating
something in the hold?


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