Prior to 9-11, please cite some examples of terrorist a**holes flying aircraft into large buildings . . .
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Prior to 9-11, please cite some examples of terrorist a**holes flying aircraft into large buildings . . .
Hijacking has been around almost as long as commercial flight. Hijacking has always been accompanied by the threat of death to passengers with or without the destruction of the aircraft. The non-confrontation model for dealing with hijackers assumed that the hijacker wanted the plane and passengers for collateral, as opposed to a missile. The model failed when the premise failed.
My point is that eliminating butane lighters, while allowing matches or other means of producing fires, which are almost limitless, is ineffective, feel-good nanny-state bs. Using your logic, shouldn't we actually eliminate large buildings, not butane lighters.
Excerpt from: http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~surette/hijacking.html
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Hijacking frequencies and dates given below are based on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) documents (1983)-' other references cited give detailed descriptions of specific incidents. Additional information on the history of aircraft hijacking can be found in scholarly papers (e.g., Aggarwala 197 1; Evans 1969; McWhinney 1.97 1; Turner 1969) and the popular press (Arey 1972; Hubbard 1971; Phillips 1973; Whelton 1972).
Aircraft hijackings prior to the late 1950s bear little relation to the later incidents in the United States.' However, the incidents that began occurring in the late 1950s are relevant. From late 1958 through 1969, aircraft hijacking was predominantly a phenomenon of the Western Hemisphere, centered on Cuba, and many of the hijackings of U.S. planes to Cuba are best understood in that larger context. Of the 177 worldwide hijacking attempts between 1958 and 1969, 80% originated in the Western Hemisphere and 77% either originated in Cuba or were efforts to divert planes to Cuba. ....