Turkish Plane Wallet bomb raises questions

From Washington Post

More news is emerging about this "wallet bomb" on a Turkish passenger airliner. And it raises many questions.

The explosive device was apparently attached to a wallet left in a bathroom on the Turkish Airlines plane, according to a physician who was on the scene. When a cleaner picked up the wallet, it exploded in his hand, said Huseyin Kuytak, a doctor who works for the airport clinic.

"It was a very, very small explosion," he said. "There was not much damage in the plane. But because it's inside a plane, that makes it very significant."

I'm no expert on these matters but the question that comes to mind is, what would the effect of this explosion have been had the cabin been pressurized?

What would the effect have been on a plane load of passengers at 30,000 ft if the wallet had been picked up by a passenger and exploded? Panic, perhaps, terror for sure; the goal of the terrorist in the first place.

And, if true, here is the really chilling part.

The device contained no electronic components which might have made it easier to get through screening, at Izmir, officials said.

Again, I'm no expert but if there were no electronic components how did it detonate? Chemicals perhaps?

I think there is far more to this story and should be looked into a lot more closely.

Remember Richard Reid the shoe bomber? Well, seemingly he did not act alone.

The FBI has discovered forensic evidence that indicates alleged shoe bomber Richard Reid had help making the explosives found in his shoes on board an American-bound flight.

I don't know if they ever caught his accomplice.

And from Cori Dauber comes this interesting news item from Canada.
Toxic chemical found in bus filters

VANCOUVER (CP) -- A small amount of a potentially lethal chemical was found in a city transit bus, Vancouver police confirmed Friday, rejecting claims by B.C.'s chief medical officer that the so-called toxic bus was a case of mass hysteria.

Maybe these items are not related but maybe these are just probes of our defenses or probes to gauge effects and responses.
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