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Pilots at southwest and flight attendants of course, but ramp workers, mechanics, dispatchers, schedulers, ticket agents, people from the top to the very bottom. many thousands of people. some unknown but apparently large number of these people have still not been vaccinated. why is that? well, many of them have already recovered from covid, they have antibodies that offer them greater protection than any vaccine ever could, that's the science, so they don't want the vaccine. others have sincere religious objections. they object to the use of the fetal tissue in the pharmaceuticals so they don...

Nbc's hans nichols has more. >> oh, my god. what is happening right now? >> reporter: before richard russell made it into the sky in a horizon air dash eight. investigators want to know how he made it across a crowded tarmac and on to a runway. >> the dak 8 on runway 1-6 center, say your call sign. >> causing confusion in the control tower and a call to the military. >> you need to call and scramble now. >> yeah, we are. >> reporter: with a fair of f-15s on his tail, russell stayed airborne for more than an hour before dying in a fiery crash. his flight reveals a troubling security gap at our ...

25,000 domestic flights, a million checked bags, 2 million passengers. and thousands of airport workers, restaurant employees, ramp workers, baggage handlers, many of whom with access to secure areas. now, renewed focus on just how good airport security really is and could u.s. aviation be at risk from an insider threat? >> when you give somebody an airport i.d. badge it is like giving somebody the key to your house. you have entrusted them now to access your house and get passed the alarm systems and locks used to keep everybody else out. >> reporter: atlanta 2014, police busted a gun smuggli...

Security overseas and here at home. frances? >> thomas, while homeland security is working to ramp up security jefr seas there's renewed scrutiny at home here in the united states. this is images here from last night at miami international airport where a suspicious looking package caused massive delays. it was eventually deemed not to be a threat. but that downed metrojet has many of us on edge and there's not a successful terrorist attack against the u.s. domestic flight against 9/11 but security consultants are similarly worried. here's nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: it's a massive securi...

Investigators. >> they put guns on a plane this time. they could easily put a bomb on one of those planes. >> reporter: here's how authorities say it happened. delta baggage handler eugene harvey uses his badge to enter the secure area of the airport bypassing security checkpoints. most airport and airline employees like ramp workers and baggage handlers undergo security vetting and reoccurring background checks. but they do not go through daily tsa screening to gain access to secure and restricted airport areas. the accomplice former delta employee mark henry clears tsa and arrives at a conco...