U.S. New-Flight Ban Extended, Diverted Flights May Resume Today

Bloomberg ^ | September 12, 2001 | John Hughes

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Washington, Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- New U.S. airline flights are grounded indefinitely, while flights diverted yesterday may resume today after hijackers crashed jetliners in the largest U.S. terrorist attack, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Airports and airlines will have to meet further safety standards before they can begin flights, including a ban on all knives and cutting instruments. The FAA previously banned only knives more than 4 inches long.

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Whoa, that was real FR withdrawl. Glad you got it back up running on the single CPU. Boy, I missed you guys but I was lurking at the Yahoo alternate site. spald

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Airports and airlines will have to meet further safety standards before they can begin flights, including a ban on all knives and cutting instruments. The FAA previously banned only knives more than 4 inches long.

Right. So then the next terrorist cell will be five 300-lb linebacker types who'll take the planes by sheer physical force, and they'll torture someone outside the door of the cockpit, and the pilots will come out to help...

Are these yoyos at the FAA insane? I won't fly if looney tunes are running the airlines and making the rules. THEY NEED SPECIAL CITIZEN CCW-AIR PERMITS!!!