All a terrorist needs to hijack a woodworking plane is three seconds . As soon as the pilot launch the cockpit door , one could potentially just rush through to the controls . But it could just take a secondary barrier to tot cute seconds and keep living .
Installed Physical Secondary Barriers , or IPSBs , have been touted by many in the airline industry as a vital defense against hijackers in the long time since 9/11 . While quantity to ensure the security of the flying desk have been taken — involve the cockpit door only be open for physical pauperization or emergency repairs — some consider it is n’t enough . The barrier , partner off with proper training for airline crews , could potentially make unnecessary life by making it hard for a highjacker to break through .
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And it operate . Well enough for United Airlines to adopt the barrier voluntarily , and , accord toa report by the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics , for Boeing and Airbus to offer them in some of the rider planes in their next - gen fleet .
But there ’s pot in the way of their far-flung adoption . First , organizations like the FAA and IATA , curt of dismissing them outright , see no need for them decently now . Organizations like the TSA have already ameliorate their screening processes enough to make the barriers senseless . Right .
https://jezebel.com/the-worst-tsa-debacles-of-the-year-so-far-5820977
Perhaps most important , though , is the cost factor . At up to $ 10,000 a pop , a federal mandate remains out of sight largely due to price . And they may even cost as much as $ 100,000 over the biography of the plane .
But advocates for the method are n’t give up . The root is a simple enough one that it ’s a marvel it has n’t been taken up already . It ’ll just take some fourth dimension to convince air hose to take them up out of their own costless will . [ The Atlantic ]
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