The FAA needs to get its act together -
A British Airways pilot said: "In view of the very sudden nature of what happened, an explosion of some sort, causing sudden loss of control, must be the most likely cause." One BA pilot said there had been repeated instances of poor security at Kennedy airport, New York, from which the aircraft took off 31 minutes before the crash.
In some cases, luggage had travelled on different aircraft from the passengers who owned it. He said: "Security at New York has been something of a joke. A cardinal rule of anti-terrorism is that passengers must travel with their baggage."
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Prof Wilkinson also criticised the slowness with which American airports and airlines had implemented improvements in security since the Pan Am bombing 11 years ago. He said: "Given that the US and US passengers are the number one target for international terrorist activities, it is surprising and worrying that there are quite serious loopholes in American aviation security."
Chris Yates, editor of Jane's Airport Security magazine, said a US government report last year showed that new luggage-screening equipment at high-risk airports, including Los Angeles and Kennedy, was used for only a tiny minority of bags. The EgyptAir flight took on baggage at both airports.
telegraph.co.uk
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