In message , at 09:49:01 on Tue, 12 Jul
2005, Ed Lake remarked:
I've ridden the London Underground many times, but the last time was
over 15 years ago. If you can't put bombs under seats, then where was
it? It had to be placed somewhere.

On the floor, probably in the vestibule by the doors.

It was NOT held by a suicide bomber. Someone said there is a parcel
bin near the door.

Not a bin. But some trains have a larger than normal vestibule (imagine
some of the seats being missing) so people can transport large bags.

If the seats fold up when not in use,

The folding seats are so that the "extra big luggage vestibule" areas
can be used for seating if there are no bags present, and if the train
is sufficiently uncrowded that there aren't three or four people
standing in the space the seated passenger would require.

that doesn't prevent someone from putting a bomb on the floor beneath
it.

They spring back up violently, the moment you stop sitting on them.

It just means the bomb will be visible (perhaps looking like a rolled
up newspaper, a box or a paper bag) when the seat is up, and the seat
wouldn't be up for very long on a crowded train.

It would, because people would use the space to "*stand* in, on a
crowded train.

--
Roland Perry