Originally Posted by UAL_Rulez
They *make* it airside, probably (due to need for cooling baths) in a kitchen or catering facility. Then hand it to ticketed terrorist pax in bottles. Needs minimal or no ignition source, as you say - as I understand, chucking the bottle on the floor (say, at an overwing row - i.e. directly above the center wing fuel tank) should do it. As I understand TATP, looking at it wrong can cause it to explode.
If the concept is to put it in Gatorade bottles or the like, how are you going to stop those from coming aboard except to forbid all liquid containers in carry on bags?
You may find this article interesting. Here's the original source ... it's been reprinted in other papers and journals.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/08/1...t_terror_labs/
I know they interviewed an explosives expert, Jimmie Oxley, from U. of Rhode Island. Here's her bio:
http://www.chm.uri.edu/urichm/brochure/people/jo.html
Here's an article about a TATP bomber from Manchester. Has some good links off of it. Apparently the stuff is so volatile that it doesn't take much to set it off. You'd have to walk VERY carefully in an airport and pray you don't get bumped to even try to get it on a plane.
http://www.theregister.com/2006/08/2...r_tatp_bomber/
I think getting TATP on a plane is pretty unlikely.
Super