"Why was a plane able to fly over New York?"

"Roger (K8RI)" wrote in message
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 12:53:19 +0200, Thomas Borchert
wrote:

Mxsmanic,

For most people, airplane + New York = terrorists.


And prohibiting flying over NY would stop terrorists exactly how? I can
just see it: Mohammad Atta calling Osama: "Hey boss, we have to call
the thing off, they've prohibited flying over NY!"

One network and I don't remember which, did quote the AOPA's statement
about a small car being capable of carrying much more of any weapon
(biological, explosive, or what ever) than a small plane.

ABC...and they blew it

http://formerspook.blogspot.com/2006...ve-winner.html

We Have a Winner
Yesterday, I speculated about how long it would take the MSM to print or
broadcast a story about the potential terrorist threat from general aviation
aircraft--despite ample data suggesting that light aircraft pose little
danger as terrorist weapons.

Sure enough, ABC's Lisa Stark was one of the first out of the box. On
Wednesday's edition of "ABC World News," she filed the obligatory report on
the threat posed by terrorists stealing light aircraft and using them as
weapons. Not surprisingly, the "threat" was grossly exaggerated, and she
even managed to quote an AOPA spokesman out of context, to boot.
Interestingly, I can't find her story on the ABC News website, so perhaps
members of the AOPA complained, or her bosses didn't think much of her
report.
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