After successfully testing and detonating his deadly bomb on Philippine Airlines Flight 434 , Yousef returned to Manila and began preparing at least a dozen bombs each with a higher concentration of explosive materials . But just weeks before the Bojinka Plot was due to be launched , Murad was mixing chemicals which started a fire on January 6 , 1995 . Yousef and Murad fled the fire , but Murad was sent back to retrieve the laptop computer in the apartment , which contained the plans for the attack . He called himself Ahmed Saeed as he was being arrested . He offered 110,740 Philippine pesos ( $ 2,000 U.S. dollars ) to the Manila police if they let him go . Although they did not make that much money in a year , Aida Fariscal , the watch commander , refused to let him go . Police grew suspicious after " Saeed " mumbled that , " two Satans that must be destroyed : the Pope and America . " This led a further search of room 603 , where they found a bomb factory and a computer with data relating to the plot
Philippine Airlines Flight 434
Philippine Airlines Flight 434
Abdul Hakim Murad (militant)