'The pilots followed their procedures. Airplane warning systems were activated as designed. The culprit was discovered. Bruce Willis did not have to intervene. You can now board your flight,' writes Les Abend, a former Boeing 777 captain, for CNNOpinion
Les Abend recently retired after 34 years as a Boeing 777 captain for American Airlines. He is a CNN aviation analyst and senior contributor to Flying magazine. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. View more opinion articles on CNN.
Before everyone goes all"Die Hard 2" and envisions airplanes being directed toward disaster by terrorist master minds, let's please pause to understand reality. I am referring to the July 17 event at Miami International Airport where it is alleged that an American Airlines 737 was sabotaged by an apparently disgruntled mechanic. The pilots determined there was a problem, discontinued the takeoff and safely returned the airplane to the gate, where it was then taken out of service for repair.
This unfortunate situation is an anomaly. There is no epidemic of terrorist mechanics infiltrating the airlines. For this circumstance, the safeguards worked. The pilots followed their procedures. Airplane warning systems were activated as designed. The culprit was discovered. Bruce Willis did not have to intervene. You can now board your flight.
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