Flier tackled; he was bomber, officials say
White House sees it as terror attempt
Posted: December 26, 2009 at 1:19 a.m.
A Nigerian man who said he was an agent for al-Qaida tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane Friday as it was preparing to land in Detroit, but travelers who smelled smoke and heard what sounded like firecrackers rushed to subdue him, the passengers and federal officials said.
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