Here’s what actually happens when a plane passenger tries to breach the cockpit

Reinforced cockpit doors, secondary barriers, armed pilots and undercover air marshals are among the security measures in ...

What an airline passenger encounters when they try to storm a cockpit

Cruising above the clouds at 32,000 feet in the air, chaos erupted in the cabin of a Frontier Airlines flight from Puerto ...
Boston Herald

‘We’re still vulnerable to a 9/11-style attack’ without secondary cockpit barriers: Ex-FAA special agent

Almost 25 years after 9/11, there are still major security risks on airplanes without secondary cockpit barriers. That’s the urgent message from a former FAA special agent, the widow of a pilot who ...
AOL

New secondary barriers give added layer of security for airline cockpits

It's been nearly 25 years since 9/11, when terrorists hijacked commercial jetliners and turned them into weapons of mass destruction. Now, after years of delays, new secondary barriers protecting ...
AOL

Take a look at Southwest's newly installed fold-away cockpit barriers

Southwest Airlines passengers will soon begin seeing a new security device on the carrier's newest Boeing 737s. The airline announced Friday that its first plane with secondary cockpit barriers had ...
UPI

Southwest Airlines takes first flight with secondary cockpit barrier

Sept. 1 (UPI) --Southwest Airlines has become one of the first U.S. carriers to take flight with an added barrier to protect pilots from intrusions when they exit the cockpit. Southwest took delivery ...
WSAW

Southwest Airlines adds ‘secondary barrier’ to protect the cockpit during flights

PHOENIX (CNN) - Southwest Airlines says its new planes are now equipped with a barrier to protect the cockpit when pilots need to open their door during a flight. The air carrier’s first Boeing 737 ...