Originally Posted by
RadioGirl
Could someone with expertise comment on what 2.5 pounds of explosive (solid, powdered) would do to an aircraft? (Spiff, are you there?) Seems to me like it could be a Bad Thing.
Even less would be needed to take out an aircraft. A sufficient quantity of plastic explosive can be concealed in a body cavity. Since ETP/ETD is not done to passengers in favor of other forms of harassment, one only needs a blasting cap (looks just like a thru-hole capacitor

) and some power (soooo hard to find) to initiate the explosion.