alt Hacker NewsMost would-be attackers are not suicidal, I suppose. You would have to be in order to start a fire on a plane that you are on.
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closewith • yesterday at 12:00 PM
> Most would-be attackers are not suicidal
That's definitely not an assumption in the threat model.
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Most airplane attackers are, or at least since airplanes no longer take off with checked luggage from someone who hasn't boarded.
Non-suicidal hijackings have pretty much been eliminated by cockpit doors as well as 911 changing people's reactions.