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Is the USA prepared for another hijacking?

Thunder

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Does the USA have a secure enough system in place to prevent another 9-11?

I mean honestly, small blades are allowed on planes. Five guys with knives could get on, and take over the cockpit with a little luck and speed.

Are we prepared & ready to shoot down a plane within 30 minutes of the hijacking taking place? I truly doubt it.

If I was a betting man, I'd put my money on 9-11 happening again.
 
Knive dop not intimidate people who think they are going to die whether they fight or surrender.

We just assume the worst now, so I doubt that any interceptor commander would hesitate to smoke a hijacked plane.

And the rightwhackers will still scream that it Obama's fault.
 
Thunder said:
I mean honestly, small blades are allowed on planes. Five guys with knives could get on, and take over the cockpit with a little luck and speed.
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Not gonna happen. No pilot will ever again open the cockpit door in-flight to an unknown person. They all have peep-holes now too.

I have a friend who used to fly F-18s for the Canadian Air Force and now flies for Air Canada. He says he he gets a knock on the door in-flight and sees a stranger through the peephole, he's just gonna do a barrel roll and drop the silly bastard on his head.

There are a number of scenarios whereby Al-Qeada could rack up a huge body-count, but 9/11 isn't one of them anymore. It was just a one-shot.
 
Thunder said:
Does the USA have a secure enough system in place to prevent another 9-11?

I mean honestly, small blades are allowed on planes. Five guys with knives could get on, and take over the cockpit with a little luck and speed.
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Not a chance. Aside from the fact that cockpits are now locked as a matter of policy, passengers will swarm any would-be hijackers -- as they did with the Underwear Bomber. The "sit still and wait for rescue" paradigm is dead, for at least a generation.

Ironically, "traditional" hijackers -- ones who had definable demands and were prepared to give up hostages in exchange for these demands, -- have been thoroughly and permanently screwed by Al-Qaeda. Nobody will believe them now.
 
Thunder said:
If I was a betting man, I'd put my money on 9-11 happening again.
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Ok, maybe someone could fly a plane into the Pentagon, and surely a plane could crash in Pennsylvania, but to have another 9-11, someone is gonna have to rebuild those ugly square buildings in lower Manhattan.

Never.
 
Sword_Of_Truth said:
Not gonna happen. No pilot will ever again open the cockpit door in-flight to an unknown person. They all have peep-holes now too.

I have a friend who used to fly F-18s for the Canadian Air Force and now flies for Air Canada. He says he he gets a knock on the door in-flight and sees a stranger through the peephole, he's just gonna do a barrel roll and drop the silly bastard on his head.

There are a number of scenarios whereby Al-Qeada could rack up a huge body-count, but 9/11 isn't one of them anymore. It was just a one-shot.
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If a would-be hijacker started threatening to kill... or worse, actually killing passengers, what would the pilot do?
 
Brainster said:
Suggest that the passengers kill him instead.
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I assume the pilot would ask for a running score on the fight via the intercom. Stewardesses could serve free booze, too. Internet link? Real time the smackdown.

The pilot would simply radio in the problem, and would likely be diverted to a secure location.

The pilot wouldn't give up control.

Neither would the passengers agree to any demands.

So in a very real sense the old game of taking a plane over is .... over.
 
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Tricky said:
If a would-be hijacker started threatening to kill... or worse, actually killing passengers, what would the pilot do?
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"Best" answer, let the passengers die. Human answer, depends on the pilot.
 
Since 911 a number of hijacks around the world have been foiled by passengers pounding the crap out of the terrorist. Before 911 you shut up sat down and rode it out

Now - giv'em hell
 
MG1962 said:
Since 911 a number of hijacks around the world have been foiled by passengers pounding the crap out of the terrorist. Before 911 you shut up sat down and rode it out

Now - giv'em hell
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The hijackers honeymoon ended 3/4ths of the way into 9/11 itself.
 
Tricky said:
If a would-be hijacker started threatening to kill... or worse, actually killing passengers, what would the pilot do?
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Wait, did you forget about the Air Marshals?

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Tricky said:
If a would-be hijacker started threatening to kill... or worse, actually killing passengers, what would the pilot do?
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Not sure if this is possible, but could the pilot temporarily depressurize the cabin to knock everybody out?
 
Sword_Of_Truth said:
Barrel roll.

3, 30 or 300 passengers is still less than 3,000.
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Is a barrel roll even feasible on a large passenger jet? And can it be done quickly enough to do any good, or will the hijackers have time to brace themselves?

The air pressure idea might be a little more practical.
 
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