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Either he attempted to make a high explosive like ammonium nitrate or catv or some of the things youve heard of and failed in the chemistry, the o actual mixture of the component, in which, when he went to detonated, the blasting cap went off but the actual high explosive didnt, or he did what i believed to more common option. he tried to use a lower explosive like black powder, almost like gunpowder, and when you do that, the container you put it in has to stay contained. thats why they use pre...

Explosives, you call a smaller explosive with a higher explosive with more volatile explosives. what look like king at the video is either the difference between the initiator, the blasting cap like a shotgun shell, that went off, but the main charge did not. it was a low order, and also in evidence of that with the picture of his body with a lot of lacerations. the other idea is that he use a low explosive device like black powder, and when you sent that off, any weakness in the container, it w...

Had to be in the cabin of the plane to flip the switch. how could someone get on the plane with a device. >> with this device, it has a high metal signature. from the soda can to the battery and wires. this would be difficult to circumvent normal security. >> reporter: u.s. officials have run the names on the passenger manifest list and found no red flags of anyone on board. isis claimed responsibility for the attack that killed 224 people, but if this is the bomb, it would be the first piece of...

A device like this would be difficult to circumvent normal security. >> isis claims responsibility for the attack that killed 224 people. but is thisst the bomb, it would be the first piece of evidence the group has put forward. >> the soda can has some arabic writing that puts it in the region. the detonator or blasting cap is a commercially manufactured cap that we have seen in that region. >> well, more skeptical bomb experts question why the explosive material wasnt shown in that picture and...

A simple detonator. a bomb expert said it contains a blasting cap, wires and toggle switch attached to a battery. isis claims these items were all hidden inside that can. is that true? is that reasonable? lets talk to cnn safety analysis david soucie, author of "why planes crash." we also have cnn political analyst josh rogen who writes about national security and foreign affairs. david, from what you can see in this picture, we were told this was a one kill low gram, 2.2 pound, explosive that t...

Then a blasting cap and what snels. >> we believe a power source on the right. something to keep it powered. >> like a 9-volt? >> exactly. probably rigged to something. this is coming out in the of isis magazine, a monthly publication. to be straightforward, this is their propaganda. this is one of their more visible. you are looking there at this months cover which, of course, references the paris attack and probably one of the more visible pieces of propaganda. this is on page 3. this alleged ...

Agent says the on and off switch on the detonator means a suicide bomber had to be in the cabin of the plane ready to flip the switch. raising questions about how smon could get on the plane with a device that could easily be detected by screening machines. >> completely assembled device like this would be difficult to circumvent normal security. >> reporter: u.s. officials say they ran the names on the passenger manifest lists and found no red flags for anyone onboard. isis previously claimed r...

Cart. >> right. and lets not forget, richard reid 2001. >> yep. >> there was the shoe bombing plot and a long-term aspiration of al qaeda to make the bombs smaller, easier to get it on the plane and according to the magazine they say they penetrated the security at sharm el sheikh and got it on board. >> americans will remember a campaign of public service telling kids dont go near blasting caps. dont touch them. most of us what they were talking about. youre saying the detonator in the center o...

This year, and so it would be consistent with isis in sinai to carry out the attack rather than the airport. it reports away from the lone wolf scenario, because it is difficult for an individual without connections to the wlished terrorist outfit to obtain this military-grade explosive, wolf. >> and matthew, there is a suggestion that the timing on the bomb may have caused the detonation of 30,000 feet about 23 minutes into the flight. here is the question. what if that plane had been delayed i...

Cake. and thats imodium nitrate and aluminum powder, basically fertilizer and aluminum. >> 90% of the stuff we have here you dont have to have a license to buy. i can go in a truck and come home with probably 90% of this. >> reporter: in experienced hands the bomb itself easy enough to make. setting them off another matter. >> all im going to do is place it right inside. >> reporter: a blasting cap like this one, a smaller explosion used to set off a larger one necessary. the blasting cap itself...