[geeks] Hijacked

[Benjamin Kelley]

> If I remember correctly, all of the cockpit doors on airliners
> are lockable, and only open from the inside. I believe current
> FAA regs require the cockpit door to be closed and locked while
> the aircraft is airborne.
> This does not mean that the crew complied, of course, or that the
> door was not forced open through threats to the passengers or
> cabin crew.
The crew would surely have enough time/brains to hit the PANIC/HIJACK
button that alerts the FAA and others.
The senerio I heard, the one I see mostlikely.
Someone bumrushed the cockpit and shot the crew before they could do
anything.


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