Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab ( Arabic : عمر فاروق عبد المطلب ; also known as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Omar Farooq al-Nigeri ; born December 22 , 1986 ) popularly referred to as the " Underwear Bomber " , is a Nigerian man who , at the age of 23 , confessed to and was convicted of attempting to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while on board Northwest Airlines Flight 253 , en route from Amsterdam to Detroit , Michigan , on Christmas Day , 2009
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Northwest Airlines Flight 253
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab