If only the airlines were up to making that kinda of time consuming, costly
addition to thier aircraft, this and many other situations could have very
well been prevented. Too bad the money hungry bastards just DONT CARE.
----- Original Message -----
From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:52 PM
Subject: Hijackings. Was: Re: DML: Headed to Help in NY City
> jbleazard@sympatico.ca wrote:
> : Hey Jon,
>
> : Just wanted to check... is your brother at home now? I know he was
going to
> : school in NYC at one point.
>
>
> Nope, he's down in Florida right now; looking for a teaching job in
> Boca Raton. Thanks for your concern though. :-) He did just fly up
> and back a couple of weeks ago to be the best man in a friend's wedding
> though; kinda makes you think. :-P (Although I'd almost feel sorry for
> the terrorist who tries to hijack a plane with my brother aboard...) ;-)
>
> Speaking of which, that's one thing that kind've has me baffled;
> obviously the details are sketchy and we may never know what actually
> happened, but APPARENTLY these hijackers took the planes with nothing
> more than knives and cardboard cutters??? A couple of guys with knives
> vs 60-90 people? Hindsight is 20/20 and sitting here behind a computer
> screen its easy to criticize, but if you're going to die anyway, what
> have you got to lose? Take 'em out; or die trying... I suspect perhaps
> the passengers thought it was a "routine" hijacking, maybe they'd sit
> on the runway for a few hours before they were rescued. ? All just
> useless speculation at this point though. Hopefully some lessons will
> be learned from this though so its not a total waste. A couple of
> things that come to mind... Perhaps every plane should be equipped
> with weapons of some sort, accessible only by the crew? Even rubber
> bullets or non-lethal types of weapons would probably be enough.
> Also, and this one is even more obvious... Why is it possible for the
> bulkhead between the cabin and the pilots to be breached? If the
> hijackers can't get into the cabin, the plane isn't going anywhere.
> I seem to recall several years back Paul Harvey was reporting
> on a hijacking, and kept repeating the word "gas" several times during
> the story. If the cockpit was able to be physically isolated from the
> rest of the cabin and the plane were equipped with a system to release
> gas into the cabin to put everyone to sleep, the plane could be landed
> safely and the terrorists would wake up in a jail cell somewhere.
>
> Anyway, its all just stupid speculation... What a day! :-( It still
> hasn't really sunk in for me; I keep expecting the credits to roll.
> My condolences to everyone directly affected, and best of luck to those
> involved with the rescue efforts.
>
>
> Dak content: ...not important right now.
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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