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How would you eliminate the risk of hijackings?


Reinforced cockpit doors with strict policies in place for when the pilots can open it, which is what we do now (in the U.S. at least) even with all of the TSA stuff.


Those doors don't stop a hijacker from executing stewardesses until the pilot opens the door.


This source[1] claims that the probability of getting hijacked while on a commercial flight is 0.000004%. On the other hand, the case fatality rate of covid-19 is around 2% based on what I'm able to find.

So why are we worried about possible plane hijackings when a lot of people don't seem to be overly worried about something that's many times more risky.

[1] https://findanyanswer.com/what-are-the-chances-of-a-plane-ge...


With the current measures in place (reinforced cockpit doors), it's not a significant enough risk to worry about.




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