Ever since news broke that a man was ejected from a hole in the side of a Somali plane, we’ve heard that the hole was probably caused by a bomb but we don’t have details on that bomb; and that there were no details on the person who was flung from the plane. The man who was ejected from the plane is most likely the same person who detonated the bomb, according to some reports.
According to Heidi Vogt at The Wall Street Journal, the man was allegedly able to get through security with no incident by showing up to the airport in a wheelchair. Once he and his chair were loaded onto the aircraft by staff and the plane took off, he moved to a regular seat. Then, he attempted to detonate the bomb and blow up the plane.
She got her information from a “Western diplomat briefed on the situation.” It was already known that only the man died, while two other passengers were injured. Everyone else on board remained unharmed and the plane made an emergency landing. As horrible a situation this was for all the other passengers on board, the results could have been a lot worse.