re: #2 Killgore Trout

Intercepted device likely a cell phone, photo analysis shows

So I guess the plot was to detonate a small charge via cell phone after the package was delivered spraying radioactive goo all over the place. Probably wouldn’t kill anybody. Clean up bill of maybe $10-20,000.

Have they tried to connect this case, or was it obviously metal fatigue?

A 1-foot-by-2-foot hole was found in the fuselage of a commercial airliner that suddenly lost cabin pressure shortly after taking off from Miami, authorities said.

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The plane has been taken out of service, he said. [Geez, I would hope so…]