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Old 03-06-13, 12:37 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Platapus View Post
It is not the actual damage a weapon can do, but the threat of the weapon that allows people to hijack aircraft. Especially, when the airline policy is not to resist. Which I hope has changed. There are risks to resisting and not resisting hijackers, as we have all witnessed.

I seriously doubt that there will be a successful hijacking here in the states in the foreseeable future. You might be able to control a couple hundred passengers with a box cutter if they think all you'll do is demand that the plane be flown to Cuba but not if they think you'll fly the plane into a building.
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