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Understand, which was put on that airliner in february of 2016 was put inside the dvd drive of the laptop. so they're looking at new innovative, inventive ways to hide bombs on laptops. it should also be -- >> as you mention this, we're looking at the footage of the hole in the fuselage of that flight from mogadishu to djibouti last year. and as barbara starr mentioned that was one of the wake-up calls. the question now and the fear now is could that plan come to fruition on a flight going to the u.s. and has that technology improved since that attempt? >> ever since the attempted bombing of t...

Been actively trying to target commercial airliners destined for the u.s. looking for ways to create bombs that contain little or no metal content to evade airport security measures, including hiding explosives in the batteries of electronic devices like laptops. in february, 2016, a wakeup call when a laptop bomb, according to somali authorities, was used to blow a hole in this somali passenger jet. the plane landed safely, despite the attack claimed by the al qaeda affiliate, al shabab. cnn has learned the explosives were hidden in space created by moving parts of the dvd drive. the transpor...

Looking for ways to create bombs that create little or no metal content to evade airport security measures. including hiding explosives in the batteries of electronic devices like laptops. in february, 2016, a wake-up call when a laptop bomb according to sumalian authorities was used to blow a hole in the sumolly passenger jet. the plane landed safely. cnn has learned the explosives were hidden in space created by removing parts of the dvd drive. the transportation security administration gave cnn a statement noting that while they will not discuss specific intelligence, they continue to monit...

Qaeda affiliate al shabab. cnn has learned the explosives were hidden in space created by removing parts of the dvd drive. >> paul cruickshank joins us now, cnn terrorism analyst for more on this. you were telling us just now that this is serious but not catastrophic. >> serious. because these terrorist groups including al qaeda in yemen are developing new ways to try to get bombs onto airplanes including by concealing them inside laptops. perfecting some of those techniques, the intelligence suggests. they are obtaining detection systems to try to probe their weaknesses. and so there's signif...

Attack planning. >> reporter: in yemen for years they have been actively trying to target commercial airliners destined for the u.s. looking for ways to create bombs that contain little or no metal content to evade airport security measure, including hiding explosives in the batteries of electronic devices like laptops. and in february 2016, a wake-up call. when a laptop bomb, according to somalian authorities, was used to blow a hole in this somali passenger jet. the plane landed safely despite the attack claimed by the al qaeda affiliate al-shabaab. cnn learned they were hidden in a space cr...