A bid to blow up a Detroit-bound flight has been averted in the US as the explosive device failed.
According to US media reports, Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian passenger with links to the Al-Qaeda, was planning to blow up the plane and has been arrested.
US President Obama has ordered increased security in the US after the terror bid on board the Northwest airlines flight travelling from Amsterdam to Detroit was foiled.
Mudallad told investigators he had acquired the explosive in Yemen, along with instructions as to when it should be used.
It was not immediately clear why the passenger wanted to attack the flight.
The FBI is investigating the case.
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