At 09:32 PM 10/31/2002 -0800, Tim May wrote:
I'm missing the gist of this scenario.
If the attackers/hijackers cannot get into the cockpit and gain control of the plane, then the most they can do with disabling/lethal/nerve gases is to cause the plane to essentially crash randomly...which kills a few hundred people, but probably not many more.
Which is yet another reason why securing the cockpit door very, very well is the single most important, and cheapest, solution.
It won't stop the Tom Clancy scenario (copilot kills pilot, crashes into Congress during State of the Union speech.) But then it won't stop them from shooting down planes with repurposed Stinger missiles, either.
