1. Among the first security enhancements that travelers will see are reinforced cockpit doors and more federal managers and uniformed police in airports. 2. A Senate bill passed unanimously last week calls for sky marshals on commercial flights and reinforced cockpit doors. 3. Airline and Federal Aviation Administration officials are moving rapidly to install reinforced cockpit doors designed to block intruders. 4. In testimony Tuesday before a Senate panel, Magaw said pilots facing a hijacking attempt should hunker down behind reinforced cockpit doors and try to land the plane. 5. Reinforced cockpit doors have been suggested for years. 6. The airlines have also been touting new safety features such as reinforced cockpit doors, beefed-up security checkpoints and more inspection of hand luggage. 7. China Eastern Airlines will put reinforced cockpit doors on its jets, starting with those used in flights to the United States, a company official said Wednesday. 8. Mineta has said newly reinforced cockpit doors prevent terrorists from commandeering airplanes. 9. Opponents of arming pilots have said reinforced cockpit doors now required on all planes mean that pistols are unnecessary. 10. Reinforced cockpits and armed air marshals provide enough protection against terrorists who try to take over an airplane, Magaw said. |