No Return Trips

clipped from littlegreenfootballs.com The jury heard that the gang planned to smuggle components of the homemade bombs on to the flights as “innocuous hand luggage”. The court heard the bombers intended to use hydrogen peroxide and mix it with a product called Tang, used in soft drinks, to turn it into an explosive. They intended to carry it on board disguised as 500ml bottles of Oasis or Lucozade by using food dye to recreate the drinks’ distinctive colour. The detonator would have been disguised as AA 1.5 batteries. The contents of the batteries would have been removed and an electric element such as a lightbulb or wiring would have been inserted. A disposable camera would have provided a power source. “These items would have the capability of being detonated with devastating consequences,” said Mr Wright. But he said the gang only examined details of outward-bound flights — they were not interested in return trips.