Boeing Says Airlines Booking New Cockpit Doors
Boeing Co. said Friday over 1,620 of its aircraft in the United States are contracted to be fitted with reinforced bullet-proof cockpit doors and all planes should be altered by the official April 2003 deadline.. .Mandates forcing international airlines flying to U.S. to match the latest Federal Aviation Administration guidelines were likely to quickly follow suit, said Boeing, which is talking to Qantas Airways Ltd. and Singapore Airlines Ltd. about tougher security.
Five U.S. carriers have so far contracted to have 1,627 of their aircraft fitted with the doors designed to prevent cockpit intrusion and resist certain gunfire and explosives, said Boeing, which has a fleet of 5,500 aircraft flying in the U.S.