Attempted Plane Attack: Trial Date Set for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab

AMY LANGE
WJBK
January 28, 2011

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the man accused of trying to blow up an airplane over metro Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, appeared in federal court Tuesday. A trial date has now been set.

However, it was actually more interesting to hear from a couple of the passengers that showed up at court. They had an interesting theory about what really happened.

“The U.S. government escorted them through security without a passport and, we believe, gave him an intentionally defective bomb,” said Kurt Haskell.

It’s a startling allegation from two local attorneys that were on-board the 2009 Christmas Day flight to Detroit when Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to blow up a bomb hidden in his underwear.

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This article was posted: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at 11:42 am

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