Terrorist attack

WASHINGTON - The White House warned of an attempted terrorist attack after an international airline passenger allegedly tried to blow up a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit by setting off an explosive device, US media reported Friday.

ROMULUS, Mich. - A Nigerian man who said he was an agent for al-Qaida tried to blow up a Northwest Airlines plane Friday as it was preparing to land in Detroit, but travelers who smelled smoke and heard what sounded like firecrackers rushed to subdue him, the passengers and federal officials said.