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Originally Posted by texas*princess
Actually, many of the news reports point out that the point of the guy detonating the bomb so close to the end of the flight wasn't just to bring the plane down, it was to bring it down in a densely populated area so that the debris and everything could cause more casualties on the ground.
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The Amsterdam to Detroit flight takes the "polar" path so most of the flight is over the north atlantic and Canada, only entering U.S. airspace the last 30 mins of the flight, hence why crazy man waited until descent to attempt to blow up the plane.