Terrorist attacks and threats form a substantial concern to both airport security and national security. The threats of these attacks come in different forms of execution and complexity. Detection of the dynamic nature of the terrorists and their ever-changing tactics provides a challenge to airport security stakeholders. Despite the technological advancements and surveillance, aircraft hijacking still remains barely undetectable (Tibi, 2003). In this advanced technology era, could modern surveillance and monitoring be used to detect and identify hijacking plans before they happen?
First, hijacking airplanes has previously been used by terrorists with one of the most prominent occurrences being the 9-11 attack in the US (Klenka, 2019). This kind of attack still remains a great risk to airlines and airports due to the difficulty in detection (Hub & Komenda, 2017). Aircraft hijacking could be conducted using the simplest weapons like human strength whereas a large extend of airport security is focused on the detection of weapons and harmful substances. However, the security systems cannot detect a would-be aircraft hijacker.
Although other forms of surveillance like social media monitoring could aid in identifying terrorism planning and targets, the likely event of a lone wolf operator or a group of operators with minimal online footprint could be undetectable. They may not fit the stereotypes of a terrorist while boarding but cause massive destruction and harm if they use the “air-borne” aircraft as a weapon of massive destruction.
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The administration that oversees the transportation of firearms is the same one that’s overseeing tobacco and alcohol transportation as well,
the ATF or U.S. Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, unlike common belief, it’s still allowed for some firearms to be transported through air, examples are firearms used for hunting or sports. as of April 11th, 2006 a bill that encapsulates everything about the ATF transportation was introduced, Title 27 CFR of the ATF Regulations, stating that firearms have to be unloaded and be put in a cargo placement, and requiring official law enforcement personnel to inspect it and put tags on the carry cases of the firearm. laws differ from state to state so doing research prior to checking-in a firearm(going along with the rules of the law) would be convenient both for the traveler and the local law enforcements.
Carrying a firearm in the airplane is strictly prohibited, even a concealed carry, however, it is allowed in some parts of the airports, depending on the state, of course, sterile areas are still prohibited.
