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The point is that planes are only a high value target when they can be used as a missile. If the cockpit is locked from the inside then this possibility goes aw
by tehwebguy 13y ago
The point is that planes are only a high value target when they can be used as a missile. If the cockpit is locked from the inside then this possibility goes away. Even with a bomb on board no one will give control to someone who may use the plane as a missile.
There is no more incentive for someone looking to cause mayhem to blow up a plane than there is to blow up a shopping mall or any other building with more than ~180 people inside (the approximate number of seats in a 747).
- codex 13y agoI believe it's a lot easier to down a plane than to kill 180 people in a shopping mall. The latter would require much more explosive given the wide open spaces. You can bring down a plane much more easily. Mainly, though, people feel more vulnerable in a plane, so an aircraft bombing is higher impact.
- tehwebguy 13y agoMaybe not malls, what about music events, sold out 300 cap venues like every week in every decently sized city. Hotels with 1000 rooms or office buildings like with the Oklahoma City bombing.