Quote Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat
I don't mind complaints about the government of the United States, when they have some basis in fact - but you're going off in the wrong direction if you think that a bunch of menatlly-ill religous fanatics with sharp objects are incapable of hijacking planes.
Although that's only part of it, I agree with you though in essence:

The way I see it is that the difference here is that the Hijackers were able to pilot the aircraft - AFAIK this isn't 'usually' the case.

If they killed a passenger or two, killed or threatened cabin crew etc then I can see them gaining control. Without having to rely on the pilot/copilot and other crew they were free to do whatever they wanted.

I'm not the sort who thinks they were remote controlled drones or something similar but when you look at the overall picture that day there were a lot of screw-ups. From a cabin door to warnings ignored - (conspiracy theories aside) the people in charge screwed up. Since then however they have obviously gotten a whole lot better at preventing such screw-ups, hence no more attacks since 9/11

What fans the flames is that it looks like a golden opportunity for a few opportunistic S.O.B's to make some serious $$$ and we all know to follow the money if we want answers.

P.S: I meant "defeated" for just one day :thumbsup: