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And i would imagine if, according to reports, the pilot of the plane traveling behind reported seeing fuel leaking. how was this not caught ahead of time? >> certainly that would have been something you would catch. what you have to think about is on those walk arounds, it's not like they are opening up the engine and even if they did open it up and looked at all the fans and connections, there might have been a fine looking connection which gave way when they tried to start the engine, which is what would have been happening while taxiing. normally you start with one engine going and fire up ...
There one fix to this? i assume though this doesn't happen very often so the pilot might not be looking for a stowaway, especially at san jose airport. is there one fix for this? >> there isn't. the reality of this is security is a product of risk assessment and budget. the risks assessment gives you the threats, where the threats are coming from, the priorities and there isn't an endless pot of money. the person pay for it has to prioritize. in this case maybe there needs to be more priority on the cctv or the people doing the walk arounds and procedures and protocols need to be better. >> ap...