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[classicman]

Its not just the people on the plane that are the problem. Its when the plane gets used as a weapon - ie: its flown into a building and such. The collateral damage is much greater than just the passengers and one planeload of people. It affects more, much more than just the people flying.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by classicman

Its not just the people on the plane that are the problem. Its when the plane gets used as a weapon - ie: its flown into a building and such.

With the hardened cockpit doors and alert passengers, that will never happen again. The most a terrorist can try for is to time a bomb right so that a plane will go down in a city. But planes mostly avoid flying over high density downtown areas. So you might end up with a neighborhood like Rockaway getting a crash landing, and a handful of people on the ground dying. It's bad, but no where near as bad as WTC going down.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by glatt

With the hardened cockpit doors and alert passengers, that will never happen again.

Lets hope so.