We'll just hop an a plane and blow it up.

The abc Blog "The Blotter " gives us a potted history, via no doubt the UK SIS mouthpieces of the allleged bomb plot ...

"In this case, the plotters apparently intended to assemble small but powerful bombs in flight and use them to take down flights from England to the United States in an operation that was just days away."

Which sounds plausible, if your reading is limited to Tom Clancy and your knowledge of chemistry restricted to distinguishing the difference between sweet and sour.

Lord Patel, a frequent transatlantic flier (Paris Hilton being Sooooooo demanding ) was much taken by this ....

"When the arrests were made Thursday morning, the plotters had reached the point of identifying airlines and routes, but had not yet picked flight numbers." ****

Perhaps the plotter(s) overlooked the fact that at the height of the summer season flights from Heathrow to the US are overbooked weeks ahead, and the possibility of carefully selecting which flight to use and booking multiple seats is somewhat fanciful.

Perhaps if a regional airport was used, there is more chance but such late booking would certainly not have worked at Manchester which the allegedly targetted airlines use daily for transatlantic flights.

**** Presumably using an ouija board.

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John Prescott was asked what to do about these guys using the toilet to assemble bombs... easy , peasy, says the Sage of Hull, used as an ex cruise liner bar steward, to stroppy passengers - we just don't let them use the toilets.