AeroMexico Flight 576 was hijacked after leaving Cancun today. Unable to gain access to the cockpit the hijacking ended in Mexico City when Federal Agents re-took the aircraft. All 104 passengers were freed an hour after landing. Apparently the 5 hijackers were Bolivian Nationals seeking an audience with the President of Mexico.
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September 9th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Doesn’t say much for security screening in Cancun.
Also, interested in your thoughts on the NTSB new edict on the Hudson River airspace below the Class B. I didn’t the full statement, but won’t they have to raise the class b floor a little bit?
September 9th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Rick;
I suspect they did a strong-arm type hijacking, 5 guys. It does show that the new procedures, deny them the cockpit, work. These knuckleheads will have to come up with a new plan.
The NTSB can only make suggestions, not regulation. If the FAA starts the process then you have to worry about airspace changes. I’ll take a look and see what they propose. Rediculous really, it wouldn’ have stopped the mid-air. True safety is never flying at all.
September 9th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Now it appears it was one nut with a box that he claimed was a bomb. The others arrested were caught up in the confusion. The hijacker says 09/09/09 was the cause, he had a preminition of an earthquake. Truth is stranger than fiction.