The only reason we know about this is because the attempt failed and the passengers and crew survived.
If he had succeeded in blowing up the plane, then the FBI would have declared it a fuel tank malfunction.
Nothing to see here folks, just a mechanical problem. Move along now...
I’m afraid your right on this. Just another poorly maintained NWA (Delta) Jet. It was flying way past is life scheduled life. These dam airlines and their old jets.
I've been very uneasy over the sudden rush to call this terrorism (although I do believe it was).