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Unfortunately, many safety systems work like this: tradeoffs, not strict improvements.

They locked the cabin doors to planes after 9/11 with a lock that can be sealed from the cockpit.

Which is great until the pilot takes a restroom break and the co-pilot decides this is the day he's going out and taking everyone with him...



Germanwings 9525. So sad.




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