US officials Wednesday charged a Nigerian man with attempted murder and attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction after a botched attempt to bomb a passenger jet on Christmas Day. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was accused of boarding Northwest Flight 253 'carrying a concealed bomb' inside his clothing, according to court documents that detailed a total of six charges against him. 'The bomb consisted of a device containing Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate (PETN), Triacetone Triperoxide (TATP) and other ingredients,' the charge sheet said. 'The bomb was designed to allow defendant Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate it at a time of his choosing, and to thereby cause an explosion aboard Flight 253.' Abdulmutallab has been in custody in Detroit since Christmas Day when the device stitched inside his underwear failed to detonate correctly and he was overpowered by passengers and crew after sparking an onboard fire. He was charged with a total of six counts by a Michigan district court. They include: attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction; attempted murder of 289 people within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States and a willful attempt to destroy and wreck an aircraft. He was also charged with willfully placing a destructive device on an aircraft and two counts of possession of a firearm or destructive device during the flight from Amsterdam. The charge sheet said that both PETN and TATP are highly explosive. Abdulmutallab is due to be arraigned on Friday in a Michigan court to face the indictment brought by a grand jury. 