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Originally posted by ULTIMA1
Originally posted by AMTMAN
Having been in the cockpits of both the 757 and 767 once you open that door you can be on top of the captains and FO's seat in about two seconds.
But how long would it take you to get through the door?
Originally posted by eyewitness86
There is NO WAY that the average person could get thru a cockpit door and overcome two determined pilots before even one could key the mike. No way. Sorry. And for it to happen four times in a row, perfectly? C'mon now. The odds are geting astronomical now.
Originally posted by Boone 870
Not that I recall. Mary Schiavo from the NTSB mentioned it as a possibility during the 9/11 commission hearings.
There have been instances of where unruly passengers forced the cockpit door open on other commercial aircraft.
In 1984 NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) teamed-up in a unique flight experiment called the Controlled Impact Demonstration (CID), to test the impact of a Boeing 720 aircraft using standard fuel with an additive designed to suppress fire.
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On the morning of December 1, 1984, a remotely controlled Boeing 720 transport took off from Edwards Air Force Base (Edwards, California), made a left-hand departure and climbed to an altitude of 2300 feet.
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During the 14 flights, there were 16 hours and 22 minutes of remotely piloted vehicle control, including 10 remotely piloted takeoffs, 69 remotely piloted vehicle controlled approaches, and 13 remotely piloted vehicle landings on abort runway.
Originally posted by discomfit
Why didn't any of the planes transmit their hijack code ? All these trained pilots and
In all FOUR cases the flight crews either broke the rules and left the cockpit doors open and the cockpits exposed....OR the highjackers were able to kick down the doors so fast and then move so fast to remove the pilots that it was virtually INSTANTANEOUS..in all FOUR cases.
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To avoid the risk of issuing tens of thousands to flight attendants, major airlines, in accordance with the FAA/NTSB recommendation, put cockpit keys for the flight attendants in the first class compartment in containers near cockpit doors. As a "back-up", also in accordance with another FAA/ NTSB recommendation, they gave flight attendants pre- arranged knocking codes to summon the pilots to open the door.
page 454 of the 9/11 Commission Report
United flight attendants,
unlike those at American, did not carry cockpit keys. Instead, such keys were stowed in the cabin--on Flight 175,
in the overhead bin above seats 1A and 1B in first class. See Don Dillman briefing (Nov. 18, 2003); Bob Jordan
Originally posted by Boone 870
Will you acknowledge the fact that there were cockpit door keys on the aircraft?
originally posted by ULTIMA1
If you will acknowledge there is no evidence of the hijackers getting acess to the keys.
Originally posted by Boone 870
I admit that there is no evidence of the hijackers using keys. Also, I admit that there is no evidence of the hijackers kicking the doors in.
Originally posted by ULTIMA1
Originally posted by Boone 870
Will you acknowledge the fact that there were cockpit door keys on the aircraft?
If you will acknowledge there is no evidence of the hijackers getting acess to the keys.
Originally posted by Disclosed
Will you uphold your side now?
originally posted by ULTIMA1
Why, do you have evidence that they had access to the keys?
Originally posted by Boone 870
originally posted by ULTIMA1
Why, do you have evidence that they had access to the keys?
I've posted links that prove they had access to the keys. There were keys on the airplanes. Do you agree?
I admit that there is no evidence of the hijackers using keys. Also, I admit that there is no evidence of the hijackers kicking the doors in.