Are terrorists “casing” planes?
If that headline isn’t enough to scare you off, go ahead and read this story from e-Turbo News. One quick snippet:
- Security experts continue to be concerned that terrorists are monitoring and probing the nation’s aviation system in order to uncover vulnerabilities and prepare for another attack.
As often as twice a week, major airlines receive reports of suspicious behavior, according to industry sources - things like passengers videotaping the cockpit area, spending excessive amounts of time in the lavatory, or suddenly rushing to the front of the plane and then backing off.
Despite rising concern about security, however, pilots and other industry sources say there is still is no single and standardized system for airline employees to report such suspicious behavior directly to government investigators.
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October 20th, 2004 at 8:25 pm
Very disturbing. I’ve been following the Annie Jacobsen, womenswallstreet.com articles “Terror in the Skies” and was first shocked to learn that pilots and flight attendants suspect “dry runs” on some flights; and now am concerned that attendants aren’t trained to recognize and deal with possible terrorism; that the air marshalls’ role is not clearly defined; and now to read that there are no clear-cut regulations regarding reporting suspicious incidents. Thanks for alerting us to this latest article.
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