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A sad story. I was really hoping that he would figure out how to land.

the sadder part of this story is that absolutely no regulatory or disciplinary action against the airport or airline ever took place. no reforms, no public report, nothing outside a rolling stone obituary.

its almost as if the veil of theatricality surrounding airport security was momentarily left to fall on the ground and, since no one in particular was around to see it, it was hastily dusted off and returned to service.

Is that obviously wrong? Seems like almost any action you’d take to prevent this would be a massive overcorrection and ineffective anyway. You’re right, airport security is theater. Adding to it would just more theatrics.

It reads like he probably could have, but just didn't want to land.

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