Airline industry blocked many security proposals

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: September 21, 2001| Author: LAUREN TERRAZZANO AND SYLVIA ADCOCK | Copyright information

ATTACK AFTERMATH

Airline industry blocked many security proposals

Costs cited for balking at safety measures; regulators backed down

By LAUREN TERRAZZANO AND SYLVIA ADCOCK

Newsday

Friday, September 21, 2001

After a disgruntled former airline employee boarded a plane in Los Angeles in 1987 and fired a gun, causing the plane to crash into a California hillside, the Federal Aviation Administration began fining airlines $10,000 every time a weapon was allo...

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