Hijacking

Improvement of TSAAfter September 11th , 2001, our country's airport security has changed and advanced forthe better of safety in the United States. Due to the hijacking of planes, the head of TSA(Transportation Security Administration), decided to increase the amount of security in airportsto avoid days like September 11th. With new systems and higher technology, our safetycontinues to go uphill for our safety.You can no longer walk up to the gates in airports, you must now go into security…

Considered by many as one of the most famous disappearances, D.B. Cooper’s identity remains mysterious and enigmatic in recent history. Almost 45 years after the hijacking incident of Northwest Airlines, nobody still knows his real identity. Recently, the F.B.I has closed the manhunt, but the question remains the same: Who is D.B. Cooper? The name D.B. Cooper is a descriptive name created by the media to refer to an unknown man who hijacked Northwest Airlines Flight 305. The story of D.B.…

Summary On September 11, 2001 nearly 3,000 people died in New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia from an organized terrorist attack. This traumatic event, triggered the creation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to prevent future attacks. TSA is a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, they monitor all security for traveling public in the United States. In response to the September 11 attacks, many citizens applied to work for TSA in a short amount of time. This…

the way it is. Something that intrigues me is the fact that overall airport security was extremely relaxed in the 1960s. However, as we move forward in time just a few years we are than bombarded with multiple aircraft hijackings coupled with the Cold War. The number of hijackings that took place between 1970 – 1973 was over 33 in just a matter of 3 years. Of course something needed to be done at this point, thus began an installation of metal detectors at nearly all commercial airports…

The Transportation Security Administration sets rules and regulations for airport security to protect passengers and prevent hijacking on planes (Airport Security Strategies). Patrick Smith argues that the TSA has the wrong mindset because security regulations and screenings currently in place are too focused on searching for pointy objects, shoe removal, and liquids/gels. These methods are self-destructive because with the majority of security measures focused in airports dangerous people or…

didn’t realize was that members of the terrorist group al-Qaeda were embarking on one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. soil. These individuals, 19 to be exact, boarded planes in the northeastern part of the United States and ultimately ended up hijacking them. Four planes all together were hijacked and sent barreling through three of our nations iconic structures. These three places were the north and south tower of the world trade center, along with the pentagon. These attacks on September 11,…

as new types of threats present themselves, new ideologies on the part of the terrorist become prevalent and the changing priorities for Emergency Management Officials based on these events. As an example, the days of seeing a would-be terrorist hijacking a plane with explosives strapped around his torso are a thing of the past. However, it is now possible for liquid explosives in the amount that would fill a contact lens bottle, to potentially bring down a big passenger airliner (Hamilton,…

travelers as if they were undressed. Why do we have the airport security measures we have today? Ever since people started traveling by air, airline passengers and the cargo have been the target of any terrorist intent. A few incidents of terrorists hijacking planes were never taken very seriously. On the day of 9/11, a group of terrorists easily got past airport security, and later that day, the took over the planes. The terrorists were not stopped from flying the planes into the Twin…

threat of terrorism and their attacks. These attacks have prompted the American government to implement security measures one of which is the TSA or Transportation Security Administration. This group is tasked with stopping terrorist from bombing or hijacking aircrafts. The TSA does this through the use of stringent security protocols. But in light of all of this is the TSA still fails to stop terrorist attempts. An attempt made by Richard Reid better known as the Shoe Bomber only failed because…

The events that occurred on September 11, 2001 changed the United States forever. The terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon scarred America by killing thousands of innocent citizens, tearing apart families, and highlighting how vulnerable we are to random acts of violence. September 11th was the first time since Pearl Harbor in 1941 that the United States was attacked on its own soil. The attackers really had two goals in mind in executing this terrorist act. First, they wanted…