Originally Posted by HeathrowGuy
Not quite true:
"November 15, 1979
American Airlines Flight 444
A mail bomb is sent from a post office in Chicago, and placed aboard an American Airlines flight bound for Washington, D.C. The bomb, equipped with a barometer to measure altitude, explodes as the plane reaches 34,500 feet."
Sounds like a terrorist attack upon US commercial aviation to me...
This bombing supports my argument. The Unabomber was not a suicide bomber on this flight, but rather his explosive device was cargo loaded onto the airliner. Confer this link -
http://www.courttv.com/trials/unabomber/bombings.html#3
TSA screening methodology in place today likely would not have prevented this attack. TSA focuses almost exclusively on (some) passengers, ignoring cargo and ground personnel. SSSS screening does nothing to guard against cargo bombs, or for that matter those who are most likely to be suicide bombers.