(The Center Square) – Twenty-five years after 9/11, most commercial airlines haven’t installed secondary cockpit barriers as an added measure of security. Airline security experts argue it’s needed when federal immigration and national security policies fail.
A Honduran man stands accused of threatening to blow up a New Orleans-bound passenger plane Monday night and attempting to enter its cockpit.
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