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2005-10-09 Britain

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Posted by Dan Darling 2005-10-09 00:26|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The plot, which was taken so seriously that ministers considered shutting down the airport,

Gawd, the ineptnes of government flacks.

Like they just say "The Airport is Closed" and flights "Into" the terminal can't happen.

I don't remember seeing any flight plan "Into" the World Trade Towers? Do you?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-10-09 10:49|| 2005-10-09 10:49|| Front Page Top

#2 But if the terminal's empty a lot fewer people get killed.

Posted by Glereger Javitle9188 2005-10-09 10:51|| 2005-10-09 10:51|| Front Page Top

#3 True, but the whole idea is shock, terror and publicity, otherwise the plot to crash airliners into the Eiffel Tower would never have been planned.
Few people there, but destroying a national symbol is a goal all in itself.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-10-09 10:59|| 2005-10-09 10:59|| Front Page Top

#4 I wish good luck to someone who would try to do something funny from Estonia: shades of the Soviet era ,security is much tighter than in Western airports. For instance in 2000, they already had computer-assisted passenger recognition well before in Paris.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-10-09 12:13|| 2005-10-09 12:13|| Front Page Top

#5 Redneck Jim has it mostly nailed.

Nothing's slipping through the Estonian airport, although it has less to do with Soviet "efficiency" and more to do with Scandinavian computer-tech geekness.

Although, having been through the airports in Riga, Vilnius, and Warsaw, I wonder.

But if I'm flying in Zoo-ropa, these are my personal least-favorite Eastern-European airlines (or cities), for security reasons (what I've experienced in their hubs, and what I evaluate my risk factor at):

Air Baltic (Riga, Latvia)
Lufthansa(Germany)
SAS (Stockholm)

I feel good flying on FinnAir, Estonian Air, and Polish Air (distant third).

Your milage may vary.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2005-10-09 20:12|| 2005-10-09 20:12|| Front Page Top

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