COMPLETE COVERAGE: Air terror attack thwarted on Christmas Day
An attempted terrorist attack aboard a Northwest Airlines flight in Christmas Day was thwarted by passengers on board.
Photo credit: AP | Northwest Airlines passengers Richard and Dawn Griffith, of Pontiac, Mich., make their way through Detroit Airport. A man from Nigeria, who said he was acting on orders from al-Qaida, tried to blow up the plane just before it was to land in Detroit. (Dec. 25, 2009)
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