[mykdsmom]

Why couldn't we use this against any future highjackers, should we have a repeat performance? Supplying the pilots with O2 masks and a steel door to keep the bad guys out of the cockpit of course.

MKM

[Looking for Diogenes]

I'm sure the authorities are thinking of the same thing. The fact that it apparently killed 5-10% of the hostages may be discouraging, but this technique is in its infancy.

I guess oxygen tanks will become standard for well-equipped invasion kidnappers.

[pepsionice]

I actually knew someone who suggested to FAA in the mid-80s about keeping this type of gas in aircraft to counter terrorist threats and FAA came back and said that this was not a safe solution. A leak in the masks and the pilots would bring down the aircraft by accident. But if the pilot put the plane on auto-pilot and then hit the gas button...failsafe operation of course...then this would likely work. The question is how long is this gas effective?