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Date:      Tue, 28 Mar 2000 22:02:00 +0100
From:      Scott Mitchell <s.mitchell@computer.org>
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Hijackings (was Re: Oh no. The Guns Debate (was Re: On "intelligent people" and "dangers to...
Message-ID:  <20000328220200.25327@lungfish.freeserve.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <200003280055.RAA07427@usr06.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Tue, Mar 28, 2000 at 12:55:16AM %2B0000
References:  <38DDD723.C01AD233@outpost.co.nz> <200003280055.RAA07427@usr06.primenet.com>

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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

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