Plane stolen by suicidal employee crashes...

[TennNole17]

can't they use fingerprint or eye scans?

Or are planes generally such old equipment now that its not feasible?

 

[KitingHigh]

can't they use fingerprint or eye scans?

Or are planes generally such old equipment now that its not feasible?

It's really not that big of a problem that it needs a solution. The person was authorized to turn the plane on anyway, if they plane needed a key, he would have had one.

 

[surfnole]

Couldn't ATC just not move the aircraft in front of this guy's plane? It would delay some flights but at risk of avoiding a terrorist attack at worst or a suicide stunt pilot at best, seems worth it.

And there are ambulances / cops stationed on the tarmac I believe, esp at a large international airport like SeaTac. So might take them like 3 mins to find this jet and get in its way.

I know I'm over simplifying things but can't help but wonder how they let this guy go through the taxi and take off process at a major American airport.

Dude could have had a completely different agenda and flown right into the Amazon or Microsoft complex, which would have a huge impact on our economy. Or starbucks, heaven forbid the American workforce not be properly caffeinated.

Driving a white rapist van (as my kids called them) full of explosives/fertilizer into an Amazon or Microsoft parking garage/building would cause far more damage. It wouldn't have the same news effect though. See Timothy McVeigh.

 

[ReliableOstrich]

Driving a white rapist van (as my kids called them) full of explosives/fertilizer into an Amazon or Microsoft parking garage/building would cause far more damage. It wouldn't have the same news effect though. See Timothy McVeigh.

Perhaps more damage, I'm not an expert on these things, but I don't think I need to remind you of the damage a commercial airplane, even a smaller one like this, could do.

Doesn't seem like something we ought to be cavalier about.