Airline safety has proven to be not as safe as once believed. Not only can planes be hijacked but are now regarded as “flying bombs”
Airports need to provide the strictest security possible but it needs to be finically viable. Sure it may seem the easiest way to avoid such a tragedy lies with the airport but the way hijackers are managed in the air needs a considerable amount of review also. Baggage handlers and security can only do so much.
The need for an inaccessible cockpit seems like a favorable alternative. If access to the cockpit is stopped then the disaster that took place during the week could have been avoided. A far fetched idea is also the possibility of inducing a sleeping agent into the cabin. The Captain and First Officer would both be sealed in the cockpit with there oxygen masks and with a press of a button, the cabin would be sprayed. Hijackers and passengers alike would both be unconscious and the flight crew could land ASAP. The hijackers could been arrested without the chance of further bloodshed. Of course many problems may arise. Pregnant woman, elderly people and kids but if a safe, effective solution could be found, this would reduce any successful hijackings. Just a thought.
I am just a shocked as everyone, my brother was even at the twin towers. He saw the second plane hit and the following collapse of the towers. It is such a tragedy that hopefully will never be repeated again.
God bless all that are affected. My prays are with you all.