Cargo Plane Bomb Plot Was Timed To Explode Over The U.S.

The devices contained a highly explosive combination of PETN (Pentaerythritol tetranitrate) and lead azide.

Cargo Plane Bomb Plot: Ink Cartridge Bomb 'Timed To Blow Up Over US' -- The Telegraph

The bomb found on the cargo plane at East Midlands Airport last month was timed to detonate over the eastern seaboard of the United States, Scotland Yard have said.

The device, which was removed from a UPS aircraft by Leicestershire police officers shortly after 3.30am on October 29, was timed to go off some seven hours later, police said.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "If the device had not been removed from the aircraft the activation could have occurred over the eastern seaboard of the US."

The bomb, disguised as an ink cartridge, was found following a tip-off from Saudi intelligence.

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