Apart from his woeful lack of skills in assembling and detonating an infernal device, he made at least two basic errors.
He gave his correct name and address to the guy he bought the vehicle from, so it did not take long for New York's finest to identify the prime suspect.
He then waited too long before attempting to leave the USA. He should have been on the first available jet to anywhere outside the US sphere of influence. What's the betting he had a return ticket on EK to Dubai?