Just seconds before the hijackers stormed the cockpit on September 11th, 2001, the captain of Flight 93 received a warning message from the FAA that said something to the effect of "Beware cockpit intrusion, two aircraft have hit the World Trade Center."
He then hears a knock on the door, and decides to open it.
What if..... the captain had heeded those warnings?
My guess is the terrorists would have kept trying until they got through. Perhaps they would have lied and said they had a bomb on board. But if the captain had kept the cockpit closed a little longer, he would have received the order to ground all planes after Flight 77 hit the Pentagon.
I think it is entirely possible the four hijackers would have been caught. What would this have meant for the war on terror? Might we have caught Osama Bin Laden by now?
He then hears a knock on the door, and decides to open it.
What if..... the captain had heeded those warnings?
My guess is the terrorists would have kept trying until they got through. Perhaps they would have lied and said they had a bomb on board. But if the captain had kept the cockpit closed a little longer, he would have received the order to ground all planes after Flight 77 hit the Pentagon.
I think it is entirely possible the four hijackers would have been caught. What would this have meant for the war on terror? Might we have caught Osama Bin Laden by now?