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- After examining Reid's shoes, the authorities discovered that they were packed with 280 grams of explosives which, if ignited, would have been enough to bring the plane down.
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- Passengers Complained of Smelling Smoke
- The Flight Diverted to Boston
- The Requirement of Taking Off Your Shoes Has Now Been Relaxed
As the plane was flying over the Atlantic Ocean shortly after the meal service, passengers started to complain about smelling smoke. As flight attendant Hermis Moutardier tried to locate the source of the odor, she saw Reid sitting alone by a window doing something with matches. She informed Reid that smoking was prohibited, and he agreed to stop w...
As other passengers became aware of the situation, the plane's captain announced they were diverting to make an emergency landing at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) in Massachusetts. Two McDonnell DouglasF-15 Eagle fighter jets were scrambled to escort the plane to New England. When the plane landed, police boarded the aircraft and took Re...
Following the failed attempt to blow up the plane, passengers traveling to or from the United States were required to take off their shoes at airport security. This requirement was eventually phased out in 2011 for people with TSAPreCheck status, children, and senior citizens. To this day, Reid shows no remorse for his actions and believes that his...
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Dec 24, 2001 · Dec. 24 -- The suspected suicide bomber seized Saturday on a trans-Atlantic flight had 10 ounces of an explosive material in his shoes that could have brought down the plane, sources told ABCNEWS.
On 22 December 2001, Reid boarded American Airlines Flight 63 between Paris and Miami, wearing shoes packed with explosives, which he unsuccessfully tried to detonate. Passengers subdued him on the plane, which landed at Logan International Airport in Boston , the closest US airport.
Dec 27, 2001 · But neither passengers nor crew had any inkling of the possible disaster they had just prevented: that the man's shoes contained explosives powerful enough to bring down the plane.
Dec 29, 2001 · A federal investigator testified today that Richard C. Reid's sneakers, which he is suspected of trying to ignite on a trans-Atlantic jetliner last Saturday, were a ''homemade bomb'' containing a...
Oct 4, 2002 · Oct. 4, 2002. ABritish citizen who described himself as a follower of Osama bin Laden and an enemy of the United States pleaded guilty in Boston today to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight...
