Originally Posted by Wally Bird
In the interests of accuracy, it was a Phillippine Airlines 747 and the hole was blown in the floor of the cabin not the fuselage skin. In addition to the nitroglycerin secreted in the contact lens solution bottle other components of the bomb were a modified Casio watch, batteries and wiring. Whether someone with all those items in his possession would make it through security today I can't say. I'd hope not, but ...
I would love to know how the current TSA screening procedures would find nitroglycerine in a 3 oz. contact lens bottle. This is the critical issue. All of the silly measures that TSA is imposing right now are just window dressing. Putting 3 oz. containers in a one quart baggie does nothing to detect a dangerous substance in the hands of a dangerous individual.