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On December 7, 1987, a disgruntled former USAir employee boarded a flight to SFO with a loaded gun to exact revenge on the boss who fired him for theft.
Aviation experts say the incident in which an off-duty pilot tried to disable a jetliner in midflight renews questions about the threat posed by insiders — airline workers who have
The attempt by an off-duty pilot to shut down the engines of a U.S. airliner in midflight highlights the threat that insiders pose to aviation safety with their ability to go where passengers are prohibited. Events like the one on Oct 22 on a Horizon Air jetliner are very rare,…