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by wvenable 346 days ago
Prior to 9/11, hijackings occurred with mild frequency and the official policy was appeasement: get the plane safely landed and then negotiate with the hijackers. In any ways, 9/11 was possible due to exploiting that particular policy.

Since 9/11 there have been attempts to disrupt planes and no shortage of people willing to tackle the person responsible.