Re:Carlos Ghosn’s Brazen Escape from Japan
by protastus on Sunday August 07, 2022 @04:42PM
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> As far as I know the protection against "taking a jet and crashing it into a building" is a squadron of fighter jets that are quickly dispatched to (if necessary) shoot down any plane on a risky path.
It's 16 miles from JFK airport to Manhattan. A jet plane can fly this distance in less than 5 minutes at sea level, within a normal flight envelope.
There's latency recognizing from the ground that an airliner needs to be intercepted, launching alert fighters, and getting authorization to shoot down.
Trust is involved in allowing a big container to be loaded on a plane.
Re:Carlos Ghosn’s Brazen Escape from Japan
by CamperBob2 on Sunday August 07, 2022 @03:12PM
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You're not wrong, but still, the events recounted in this article provide a near-perfect template for some really horrific shenanigans.
As far as I know the protection against "taking a jet and crashing it into a building" is a squadron of fighter jets that are quickly dispatched to (if necessary) shoot down any plane on a risky path. That's exactly what happened when some mentally unstable airport employee "stole" a plane and committed suicide by crashing it into the water after a few stunts.
The other risk would be to take passengers hostage, but in case of a chartered plane I think it's fair game to let the customer themselves decide on the level of security they need - presumably they aren't harboring any terrorists/hijackers, and I would think hijacking a private corporate flight is really low on terrorist groups' bucket lists in terms of the expected "payoff".