Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, the man charged with trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane on December 25, pleaded not guilty Friday to six federal charges.
AbdulMutallab faces a federal indictment issued Wednesday, including an attempt to murder the other 289 people aboard. The seven-page indictment charges AbdulMutallab with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction; attempted murder within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States; willful attempt to destroy and wreck an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States; willfully placing a destructive device in, upon and in proximity to an aircraft within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States; and two counts of possession of a firearm/destructive in furtherance of a crime of violence.
The indictment said AbdulMutallab boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on December 25, carrying a bomb concealed in his clothing and designed to be detonated "at a time of his choosing."
Since September 11, 2001 Airline security measures have heightened. Due to this incident, U.S. airline security is subject to more modifications.
If convicted, the 23-year-old Nigerian national faces a sentence of life in prison.
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