Attorney: Airline attack suspect to plead guilty

DETROIT (AP) — The attorney for a Nigerian charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound plane for al-Qaida says the man will plead guilty.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is answering questions from a federal judge this morning after his attorney told the court he wants to plead guilty on the second day of trial his trial Detroit.

U.S. District Nancy Edmunds is reviewing the charges and possible penalties with Abdulmutallab in court including that he could spend the rest of his life in prison for the guilty plea.

He’s accused of trying to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 with a bomb in his underwear on Christmas 2009.

The bomb didn’t work, but Abdulmutallab was badly burned. Hours later in the hospital, he told the FBI that he was working for al-Qaida in Yemen.