Plane plot involved energy drink, MP3 player, official says
Air travel in chaos after plot to bomb airliners exposed
Thursday, August 10, 2006

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Terrorists planned to use MP3 players and energy drinks to blow up as many as 10 jetliners bound for the United States, authorities said Thursday.

A senior congressional source said it's believed the plotters planned to mix a "British version of Gatorade" with a gel-like substance to make an explosive that they would possibly trigger with an MP3 player or cell phone.

British and Pakistani authorities joined forces to block the plot to bomb the airliners, officials said.

British police acted urgently overnight, arresting 24 people in what U.S. government officials said privately could have been the biggest terrorist attack since 9/11.

Five suspects in the plot are still at large, ABC News, citing U.S. sources, reported on its Web site. the rest