April 12, 2002
Can Technology Foil Airline Hijackers?
Can Technology Foil Airline Hijackers?
Many of the electronic building blocks are in place for a system onboard airplanes that would thwart air pirates, according to aviation experts. In fact, systems that could prevent terrorists from crashing a plane into a building, or even crashing the plane at all, would require no fundamental breakthroughs.
Posted by rshah at April 12, 2002 12:00 PM