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To view this page ensure that Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124 or greater is installed. 19 See, for example, Jim Hoffer. “Security Practically Nonexistent at Many Small Airports.” WABC TV-New York Eyewitness News, February 5, 2004. 20 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. General Aviation and Homeland Security: A Security Brief by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. Frederick, MD (January 23, 2004). 21 Vickie Chachere. “Police: Student pilot who crashed Cessna into Florida building inspired by bin Laden.” Associated Press Newswires, January 7, 2002. 22 David McHugh. “Small Plane Crashes Near German Parliament.” Associated Press Newswires, July 22, 2005. GA aircraft as this incident occurred just over two months after a high-profile breach of the protected airspace around Washington, DC, by an unauthorized single-engine airplane that prompted evacuations of the White House and the U.S. Capitol.23 While these incidents have received significant attention given the focus on aviation security following the attacks of September 11, 2001, GA aircraft have been used maliciously in earlier incidents of this kind. Most notably, in the early morning of September 12, 1994, a suicidal individual with a history of mental illness, reportedly despondent over personal and business problems, intentionally crashed a stolen small single-engine airplane on the south lawn of the White House.24 While the small airplane was completely destroyed and the perpetrator was killed in the crash, property damage was minimal and the incident posed no threat to those in the White House. Although these events have attracted substantial media interest, such incidents are relatively rare. While they identify real vulnerabilities in GA security, GA advocates caution that they should be properly viewed in the broader context of risk assessment which fully takes into account the security threat to critical infrastructure posed by these aircraft as well as the nature and scope of specific vulnerabilities. First, while each of these cases highlight the potential threat of general aviation aircraft, it is important to note that in each of these cases, damage caused by the aircraft was relatively limited and no injuries or deaths to persons on the ground occurred. Second, while the incidents in Tampa and Berlin and the 1994 White House incident point to a legitimate concern over suicidal pilots, a cursory review of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) aviation accident data revealed that since 1962, suspected suicides using GA aircraft are extremely rare, occurring at a rate of less than 2 incidents per year.25 Perhaps more notably, none of these incidents resulted in any deaths of persons on the ground. 中国通航网 www.ga.cn 通航翻译 www.aviation.cn 本文链接地址：Securing General Aviation 通用航空安保(14) |
