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Bill Looks to Require Second Cockpit Door

By Kimberly | Published: May 1, 2013

Woodrow Bellamy III, Aviation Today Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) on Monday announced the Saracini Aviation Safety Act, which would require airlines to install a secondary cockpit barrier on commercial airplanes to protect pilots and passengers from 9/11 style airliner attacks.   Current airline standards require reinforced cockpit doors, which Fitzpatrick said is not enough to [...]

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PA congressman, joined by widow of 9-11 pilot, calls for 2nd barrier to airline cockpit

By Kimberly | Published: April 29, 2013

Kathy Matheson, Associated Press YARDLEY, Pa. – New airline safety legislation would mandate the installation of extra cockpit security in order to protect pilots and passengers from 9-11-style terrorist attacks, its main sponsor said Monday. The current standard of requiring reinforced cockpit doors is not enough to prevent hijackings, but a relatively inexpensive secondary barrier [...]

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9/11 mom angered after Boeing confirms wreckage found near ‘Ground Zero mosque’ is from one of planes that brought down Twin Towers

By Kimberly | Published: April 29, 2013

And NYPD also solves mystery of rope around the wing segment By Vera Chinese and Corky Siemaszko New York Daily News The discovery of plane wreckage near the “Ground Zero Mosque” a dozen years after 9/11 was like a slap in the face to the grieving families Monday who never got a body to bury. Sally [...]

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