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    It had to happen eventually. Passengers subdue a man trying to open the door of an airplane. Pummeled him senseless till Air Marshalls intervened, and saved his bacon.

    Hey Terrorists, you catchin this??

    The future of hijacking airplanes doesn't look too good if the passengers actually decide to control the situation. I bet some of the sympathizers on this forum are real upset over this turn of events.

    http://articles.news.aol.com/news/_a...00010000000001
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    Re: The Future of Hijacking

    Tim, though you can't resist any chance to take personal digs at everyone not as aggro as you, this story is hardly the best bait to wag out there. There've been far better!

    Despite being someone who at least partially falls into the category of folks you'd like to see "roll over and die," believe it or not, I generally agree (and have said as much on HT): These days, you pull crap on planes at your peril.

    Whether you're a terrorist, a drunkard, a prankster or an idiot, making on a scene in the air will get you beaten senseless. If you're lucky. (This guy was lucky.) There've been high-profile cases of 'passenger intervention' that have indeed turned out fatal for the instigator. In one case, I think mental illness was invoked, and certainly that's unfortunate if true... but it's the realities of life in post-9/11 air travel.

    And it's not a recent realization. The moment planes started flying again after 9/11, everyone knew that the same plot likely would be impossible to pull again, given United Flight 93 and the heightened national awareness. Which is part of why some of the security precautions are a bit ridiculous to some. Chances are the next big strike will have absolutely nothing to do with commercial jetliners.

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      Don't worry PZ. You can stand behind me if you don't help the other guy.

      Can't wait for Kam to chime in.
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        A European consortium called SAFEE, which stands for Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment is working on a computerized flight security management system.

        In an excerpt from this ABC News article:

        "Planes of the future could be flown only by pilots who pass biometric screening — iris or fingerprint scans that confirm identity and make the controls useless to anyone else."

        and

        "Software has been designed that can read people's actions in a video image. It might be able to tell if a passenger gets up when the seat belt sign is on, or makes gestures that suggest unusual activity — or, for that matter, sits nervously."

        ...among several other countermeasures and prevention tactics mentioned in that news link.
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        • #5
          Re: The Future of Hijacking

          Dont forget more and more pilots are being deputized as federal flight deck officers. FFDO. You never know these days which crews are packing heat. The only way a terrorist will ever get to taste lead though is if he first makes it past my passengers, flight attendants and reinforced door.
          GO WARRIORS!!

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          • #6
            Re: The Future of Hijacking

            Originally posted by Pomai
            A European consortium called SAFEE, which stands for Security of Aircraft in the Future European Environment is working on a computerized flight security management system.

            In an excerpt from this ABC News article:

            "Planes of the future could be flown only by pilots who pass biometric screening — iris or fingerprint scans that confirm identity and make the controls useless to anyone else."

            and

            "Software has been designed that can read people's actions in a video image. It might be able to tell if a passenger gets up when the seat belt sign is on, or makes gestures that suggest unusual activity — or, for that matter, sits nervously."

            ...among several other countermeasures and prevention tactics mentioned in that news link.
            Hopefully the technology doesn't fail and turn normal lsituations into chaotic scenes.

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