Despite billions being spent on aviation security since 911, security was breached on Christmas Day as the trans-Atlantic flight from Amsterdam approached Detroit.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

The suspect flew to the United States, from Amsterdam But Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says no.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

Amsterdam-based filmmaker Lydia Zelovic left Sarajevo in 1992,shortly after the first shots were fired.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

As the criminal investigation got underway, there were many more questions than answers regarding the attempt to bring down an Amsterdam to Detroit airliner on Christmas Day.

VOA: standard.2009.12.27

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian student with alleged links to al-Qaida, tried to detonate explosives just before a U.S.jetliner landed in Detroit on a trip from Amsterdam Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit say just as the plane was getting ready to land there was a loud pop, and then panic.

VOA: standard.2009.12.26

"How he was able to get on in Nigeria, what happened in Amsterdam, which is a visa waiver country, how he was able to get through and make it this far with the devices he had, these are all issues that have to be resolved."

VOA: standard.2009.12.26