Passenger videos may aid case against Northwest Airlines Flight 253 terrorist suspect

The videos are part of the growing mountain of evidence in the case, which already includes eyewitness accounts, the remnants of the explosive device seized from the defendant, and statements made by the defendant to the FBI and others, a person familiar with the case said Wednesday.

The source gave no indication of what the other video or videos showed.

(...) Passenger Charlie Keepman of Oconomowoc, Wis., told The Detroit News on Monday that his daughter, Ricki, saw a man a few rows in front of her videotaping the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit Metropolitan Airport, including the incident just prior to landing in which Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to set off explosive chemicals hidden in his underwear. Abdulmutallab burned himself and created a small onboard fire before he and the flames were suppressed by passengers and the flight crew, according to a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit.

Keepman said he did not know who shot the video, but he assumed it was seized by the FBI.