美国圣诞节炸机未遂事件

A senior US counter terror official said a passenger aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to Detroit was planning to blow up the plane, but the explosive device failed.

The official said the passenger was being questioned on Friday evening. It was not immediately clear why they wanted to attack the flight that was arriving from Amsterdam. Authorities initially believed the passenger had set off firecrackers that caused some minor injuries. A Delta spokeswoman said the passenger was immediately subdued. She had no details on the injuries.

据悉，迫降飞机是从荷兰阿姆斯特丹飞往底特律的，机上共有278名乘客。有目击者称，客机迫降后，飞机的前轮已经冲出跑道，陷在附近的土地中。

有关方面最初宣布，引起本次迫降的原因是，有乘客在飞机降落时“燃放爆竹”，结果造成机上乘客惊慌失措。一名美国情报官员称，爆炸装置中混有粉末和液体，不过该装置失灵，未发生剧烈爆炸。众议院国土安全委员会成员彼得·金对媒体说，犯罪嫌疑人现年23岁，是尼日利亚人，而且他的名字在美国的恐怖嫌疑人数据库可以检索得到。此人与“基地”组织和极端组织都有关联。

这是今年圣诞节期间，美国民航公司发生的第二次事故。本月22日晚10点许，美国航空公司一架737-800型客机在牙买加首都金斯敦诺曼-曼利国际机场冒着暴雨降落时冲出跑道并断为两截，造成至少91人受伤。受伤人员多为骨折和擦伤，但都没有生命危险。