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Basic Work Still Needs Doing To Improve Aviation Security
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:08:00 -0400
Lots of work ------ Forwarded Message From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 13:57:48 +0200 To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: Basic Work Still Needs Doing To Improve Aviation Security Basic Work Still Needs Doing To Improve Aviation Security THE MIDDLE SEAT By SCOTT MCCARTNEY The Wall Street Journal A French company wants to sell airlines a "Flight Bomb Killer," which is a large duffel designed to muffle the damage of an exploding bomb, assuming you find the bomb and can get it into the bag. And it's really only effective against about 200 grams of plastic explosive -- about the size of a cigarette pack. But SEMA World, the manufacturer, says it's all about peace of mind. "You have to be lucky first," admitted Michel Rigaud, head of international sales for SEMA World. "But the most important thing is to feel secure." Likewise, the Skyjacker Neutralization Technical System designed by French engineer Eric Ghasnavi might make you feel more secure, but it hardly seems practical. On display at the Paris Air Show, the system claims to be the ultimate answer to thwart hijackings -- a remote-controlled camera and gun mounted on tracks in the ceiling of airplanes, controlled by a technician locked in an armored compartment inside the plane, with his own toilet, of course. Uh-huh. --snip-- http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,the_middle_seat,00.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com * Prague - CZ * telephone +420 603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html http://www.livejournal.com/users/a2gsg/ ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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