by Jeff Price | Jun 1, 2014 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism
I’m sure you all are very concerned. In fact, I’m sure you’re tired of the public outcry about yet another hijacking, and this time by the copilot of the aircraft. I’m not talking about Malaysia Flight 370. I’m talking about an Ethiopian...
by Jeff Price | Mar 15, 2014 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism
U.S. officials now say that manual intervention was involved in the missing flight and Malaysian officials are calling it a hijacking. Some aircraft systems continued to transmit information for several hours after the aircraft went off radar, which may indicate that...
by Jeff Price | Dec 22, 2013 | Aviation Security, Commercial Aviation Aircraft Operator Security, Crime and Terrorism
I missed an important anniversary yesterday – the 25th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The bombing was eventually linked back to the country of Libya, who used operatives working for Libyan Airlines, based in...
by Jeff Price | Nov 15, 2013 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
TSA says they will study the response to the airport shooting in Los Angeles and how to speed up the notification process. Good deal. So is everyone else in our industry and that’s a good thing. The story is here in USAToday. What I’m seeing in all...
by Jeff Price | Nov 4, 2013 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
What should you do in an active shooter event? Did LAX do the right thing? Was the evacuation effective? There is a phrase I’ve heard in the aircraft rescue and fire fighting community, in answer to the question, “if you’re in a plane that crash, how far should...
by Jeff Price | Nov 2, 2013 | Aviation Security, Crime and Terrorism, Current Affairs
As more information continues to come out about the incident in Los Angeles, the question I have been getting most today relates to whether TSA screeners should be armed. Well, here’s some insight – there are TSA personnel that are armed. Obviously the air...
