The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot was a terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives, carried aboard airliners travelling from the United Kingdom to the United States and Canada, disguised as soft
Police at the scene of one of the raids, on Forest Road, Walthamstow, London
London Heathrow Airport
Tents on the car park in front of terminal 4. Heathrow, 14 August. Erected to give people a place to stay while waiting for their flight to depart
Acetone peroxide
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Acetone peroxide is an organic peroxide and a primary explosive. It is produced by the reaction of acetone, hydrogen peroxide and a strong acidic catalyst to yield a mixture of linear monomer and cycl
2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
…to the US 2006 mid-term elections. The plotters planned to use peroxide-based liquid explosives; the Metropolitan Police said that the plot involved acetone peroxide, (TATP), which is sensitive to heat, shock, and friction, and can be initiated with fire or an electrical charge, and can also be used to produce…
Acetone peroxide
Tetrameric acetone peroxide
Crystal deposits of sublimed TATP.