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Anti-terrorism measures in the Us: democrats against weapons on board the aircraft

Washington, Usa - Only locked cockpit doors

Last Thursday, Us Senate commerce Commission chairman, democrat Ernest Hollings, showed Congress a legislation for flight safety which includes secured and locked doors for cockpits but which denies to board any fire-arm. "Pilots are there to fly, not shoot. It's not ho-hum up there. You don't get up and stretch. You fly the plane. Airlines could outfit their cockpits with rest rooms adequate for...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 28026
Rome, Italy, 05/13/2002 16:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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