From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 29 11: 9:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.svr.pol.co.uk (mail2.svr.pol.co.uk [195.92.193.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C21FA37B78D for ; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 11:09:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from s.mitchell@computer.org) Received: from modem-179.clown-trigger.dialup.pol.co.uk ([62.136.250.179] helo=lungfish.freeserve.co.uk) by mail2.svr.pol.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.13 #0) id 12aNqP-00087G-00 for freebsd-chat@freebsd.org; Wed, 29 Mar 2000 20:09:33 +0100 Received: (from scott@localhost) by lungfish.freeserve.co.uk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA02175; Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:02:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from scott) Message-ID: <20000328220200.25327@lungfish.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:02:00 +0100 From: Scott Mitchell To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Hijackings (was Re: Oh no. The Guns Debate (was Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to... References: <38DDD723.C01AD233@outpost.co.nz> <200003280055.RAA07427@usr06.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <200003280055.RAA07427@usr06.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 12:55:16AM +0000 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 12:55:16AM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > Building metal detectors into the door frames might be a good > start. How often are there firearm incidents in U.S. commercial > aircraft these days? Let's put it another way: I can't remember > the last U.S. hijacking, but I certainly remember the last British > one. Which was? Just curious, not claiming that anyone's memory is faulty. There's been a couple of recent incidents where non-British aircraft hijacked *elsewhere* ended up in the UK, supposedly because the British hostage-crisis types have a good reputation for dealing with these things without bloodshed. Can't recall any aircraft being hijacked in (or after departing from, I guess) Britain in the last decade. Now that I've foolishly joined this thread, I stand ready to be corrected though :-) Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" s.mitchell@computer.org | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message