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Bojan Pancevski

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
465 total appearances

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The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

Well, magnesium, that certain type of magnesium-based mixture burns at extreme high temperature. And also it cannot be extinguished with the firefighting systems that exist on commercial airliners. because magnesium can even burn underwater and it develops incredibly high temperatures.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

Well, magnesium, that certain type of magnesium-based mixture burns at extreme high temperature. And also it cannot be extinguished with the firefighting systems that exist on commercial airliners. because magnesium can even burn underwater and it develops incredibly high temperatures.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

Well, magnesium, that certain type of magnesium-based mixture burns at extreme high temperature. And also it cannot be extinguished with the firefighting systems that exist on commercial airliners. because magnesium can even burn underwater and it develops incredibly high temperatures.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

It basically, it was used, if you remember these old documentaries by people like Jean-Jacques Cousteau, the great French marine explorer. Up until the 70s, I think divers were using magnesium flares even underwater when they were diving in the kind of dark waters. So it's extremely dangerous, extremely efficient.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

It basically, it was used, if you remember these old documentaries by people like Jean-Jacques Cousteau, the great French marine explorer. Up until the 70s, I think divers were using magnesium flares even underwater when they were diving in the kind of dark waters. So it's extremely dangerous, extremely efficient.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

It basically, it was used, if you remember these old documentaries by people like Jean-Jacques Cousteau, the great French marine explorer. Up until the 70s, I think divers were using magnesium flares even underwater when they were diving in the kind of dark waters. So it's extremely dangerous, extremely efficient.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

They're set alight in a way that's not traceable. So if you put that device, or at least at that time, had you put that device through a normal airport scanner, X-ray or whatever, it wouldn't have been recognized as any kind of incendiary device.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

They're set alight in a way that's not traceable. So if you put that device, or at least at that time, had you put that device through a normal airport scanner, X-ray or whatever, it wouldn't have been recognized as any kind of incendiary device.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

They're set alight in a way that's not traceable. So if you put that device, or at least at that time, had you put that device through a normal airport scanner, X-ray or whatever, it wouldn't have been recognized as any kind of incendiary device.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

German investigators recreated these devices with the components they found in a forensic lab, and they tested them in all imaginable scenarios. And they found that if an airliner was targeted and one of these devices would go off in the cargo and the airliner was flying over Europe, it would have time passed. probably to land, to do an emergency landing at the nearest airport.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

German investigators recreated these devices with the components they found in a forensic lab, and they tested them in all imaginable scenarios. And they found that if an airliner was targeted and one of these devices would go off in the cargo and the airliner was flying over Europe, it would have time passed. probably to land, to do an emergency landing at the nearest airport.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

German investigators recreated these devices with the components they found in a forensic lab, and they tested them in all imaginable scenarios. And they found that if an airliner was targeted and one of these devices would go off in the cargo and the airliner was flying over Europe, it would have time passed. probably to land, to do an emergency landing at the nearest airport.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

But had this happened over the ocean, over the Atlantic Ocean, for example, then they wouldn't have time to land and the airplane would have been lost.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

But had this happened over the ocean, over the Atlantic Ocean, for example, then they wouldn't have time to land and the airplane would have been lost.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

But had this happened over the ocean, over the Atlantic Ocean, for example, then they wouldn't have time to land and the airplane would have been lost.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

They confirmed that it happened. They confirmed that they worked together with the relevant authorities to get to the bottom of it. And they confirmed that they've boosted their security protocols. DHL is a German company. The German government issued a detailed warning to DHL and companies like DHL to basically increase security because they are being targeted.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

They confirmed that it happened. They confirmed that they worked together with the relevant authorities to get to the bottom of it. And they confirmed that they've boosted their security protocols. DHL is a German company. The German government issued a detailed warning to DHL and companies like DHL to basically increase security because they are being targeted.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

They confirmed that it happened. They confirmed that they worked together with the relevant authorities to get to the bottom of it. And they confirmed that they've boosted their security protocols. DHL is a German company. The German government issued a detailed warning to DHL and companies like DHL to basically increase security because they are being targeted.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

And some of them even admitted that, yes, we did cover it up. There was a brief to cover it up when we covered it up. So, you know, even in that kind of circle, in the security establishment, in the military, in the police to an extent, the intelligence community, there are a lot of people who think enough is enough and we shouldn't be kind of sweeping this under the carpet.

The Journal.
The Suspected Russian Plot to Set Airplanes on Fire

And some of them even admitted that, yes, we did cover it up. There was a brief to cover it up when we covered it up. So, you know, even in that kind of circle, in the security establishment, in the military, in the police to an extent, the intelligence community, there are a lot of people who think enough is enough and we shouldn't be kind of sweeping this under the carpet.