![]() ![]() Recruits “learned to focus on storming the cockpit at the earliest opportunity when the doors first opened,” the report found. The 9/11 Commission Report, released in July 2004, found the hijackers were aware of this vulnerability. Union representatives point out air marshals can’t be on all flights and say, often, the only thing stopping a would-be terrorist from gaining access is a flight attendant and a drink cart. ![]() Pilots and flight attendants have warned, for years, that the flight deck is vulnerable when the cockpit door is opened, for example, when a pilot has to use the restroom mid-flight. Example of a cockpit barrier (Courtesy ALPA) ![]()
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