quote:
Originally posted by Adeptus
First of all, the explosive mixed in toilet, using some unspecified peroxide substance and a "British sports drink" as many sources suggest, doesn't sound like anything serious. Unless the British have sports drinks formulated for Bender the Robot, it is hard to see how that could amount to more than the Menthos experiment.
Here's an excerpt from an
ABC News article that makes their plan sound plausible...
quote:
The plotters planned to leave the top of each bottle sealed and filled with the original beverage, but add a false bottom filled with the explosive. The volatile mixture would have been dyed to match the color of the beverage.
Sources say the suspects believed this would guarantee them safe passage through security, even if they were ordered to sip the beverage to prove it was harmless, sources said.
The flash in a disposable camera, the plotters apparently believed, would have enough power to trigger the homemade explosive.
Experts say there are a number of homemade or easily modified commercial explosives that could have enough power to damage or destroy a jetliner.
/ 
