Tipsheet What Abdulmutallab's Half-Cup Of Explosives Could Have Done Jillian Bandes | December 29, 2009 12:07 PM This ABC video shows what happens when 50 grams of PETN explodes on an airplane. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was carrying one and a half times that amount in his underwear on the Detroit flight. The relevant footage starts at -1.42.
