9/11.
If anyone ever uses a train to ram into the Pentagon, expect the security / security theater for trains to be scaled up as well.
If anyone ever uses a train to ram into the Pentagon, expect the security / security theater for trains to be scaled up as well.
THOSE things made air travel safer. Body scanners and confiscating pocketknives did not.
'Known Crew Member' goes around TSA. Even TSA goes around TSA since they added the shiny metal badge on their shirts in 2008. Airport vendors bring in tons of product every day through side gates.
Strong flight doors which are locked and better procedures stop the hijackers.
Sure they could kill everyone on the plane, but a train has more passengers than a plane, and a determined terrorist could probably kill everyone on a train.
They don't really need to hijack planes, they just need a few hundred thousand dollars and a NetJets account. Also, if you read some of the BlueLeaks documents you can tell the government is very worried about vehicle ramming attacks. The unfortunate truth is that anyone with a little bit of money and willingness to die for a cause if coordinated can cause massive amounts of damage. We are lucky that most terrorists aren't that smart.