FLIMSY COCKPIT DOORS BLAMED FOR TERRORIST TRAGEDY
FLIMSY COCKPIT DOORS BLAMED FOR TERRORIST TRAGEDY
CLEVELAND (Wireless Flash) An expert in air rage says flimsy airplane cockpit doors may be partially to blame for the collapse of the World Trade Center. Andrew Thomas says the cockpit doors on U.S. commercial airplanes are so easy to break into that in the past year alone six separate air raging passengers broke down cockpit doors on domestic flights. Thomas believes these air rage incidents educated the terrorists responsible for Tuesdays attacks, showing them just how easy it is to take over a commercial jets controls. He says if the attackers hadnt been able to get past the doors, they wouldnt have been able to crash the planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Thomas is recommending U.S. air carriers take a tip from Air France and other foreign airlines who already use heavy, bulletproof doors which protect pilots from both terrorists and air rage cases.
Thu 09-13-01