Attorney: Airline attack suspect to plead guilty
In this courtroom drawing, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab appears in U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds' courtroom Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Detroit. Opening arguments in the trial of the Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear were heard Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jerry Lemenu)
In this courtroom drawing, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab appears in U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds' courtroom Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Detroit. Opening arguments in the trial of the Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear were heard Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jerry Lemenu)
In this courtroom drawing, U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds is seen in Detroit, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Opening arguments in the trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear, were heard Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jerry Lemenu)
In this courtroom drawing, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, left, listens as Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Tukel presents opening arguments in U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds' courtroom in Detroit, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The trial of the Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear began Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jerry Lemenu)
In this courtroom drawing, witness Mike Zantow of Madison, Wisc., appears in U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds' courtroom in Detroit, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Opening arguments in the trial of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear were heard Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jerry Lemenu)
In this courtroom drawing, Anthony Chambers, a lawyer who is assisting in Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's defense, is seen in Detroit, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Opening arguments in the trial of the Nigerian man accused of trying to bring down a jetliner with a bomb in his underwear were heard on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jerry Lemenu)
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 Wednesday 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.
Associated Press