"NINE/ELEVEN"

The FAA Foul-ups That Changed the Course of History

By David H. Brown

With

JohnT.Dailey,Ph.D
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1. R.port No.

FAA-AM-78-35
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4. T i t l e ond S u b t i t l e 5. Report Dal*

TASK FORCE ON DETERRENCE OF AIR PIRACY—FINAL November 1978

REPORT 6. Performing Organ,,ction Code

J. Performing Organisation Report No.

7. Aulhor/l)
H. L. Relghard, M.D.
John T. Dailev. Ph.D.
9. P e r f o r m i n g Orgonilotion Nome ond Addrell 10. Work UrnI No. ( T R A I S )

Office of Aviation Medicine

Federal Aviation Administration II. Cot
800 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20591 13. Type of Report and P e r i o d Covered

12. Spontoriflg Agency Name ond Addte*!

Federal Aviation Administration 0AM Report
Department of Transportation
800 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20591
15. Supple. a., No,

In February 1969, as the frequency of hijacking of U.S. air carrier aircraft was
rising to an all-time high, the Federal Aviation Administration established a
multi-disciplinary Task Force on Deterrence of Air Piracy. The work of the
Task Force in developing an airline passenger pre-boarding screening system
and other actions to deter hijacking is summarized. The screening system com-
bined a behavioral profile with a metal-detecting magnetometer to identify
those persons who could be potential hijackers. The value of the epidemiological
method and the multi-disciplinary approach to problems of the magnitude and
complexity of hijacking is emphasized.

17. Key Wordi 18. Di.tribution Sloremorrl

Hijacking Air piracy Document is available to the public
Hijacking deterrence Behavioral pro- through the National Technical
Hijack Task Force file Information Service, Springfield,
Aviation Safety Magnetometers Virginia 22151
Epidemiology of hijacking
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