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Originally Posted by Rob
The type of explosive can't easily be detected by scanners, but the electronics needed to detonate can be. What they have been clever in doing is putting the explosives in a device where electronics are expected which might be sufficient to deceive anyone viewing a scanner.
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What might not have been so clever
If the devices were to be triggered by cell phones - it is also highly doubtful they would have worked - especially in flight in an aircraft over a vast ocean where cell services is non-existent. It is also very unlikely a cellular device could even pick up the signal from inside a metal box contained inside a metal aircraft with shielding being a major obstacle to cellular reception.
I have taken this from a dodgy conspiracy site but my interest was origionally caught by a radio interview with a expert last night who said some thing very similar, doesn't seem to be any decent sources to back it up yet though.