BA to fingerprint domestic passengers

Roland Perry ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Wed, 5 Mar 2008 16:38:12 +0000


In article <47CE7902.31953.46D263E@davidh.spidacom.co.uk>, David Hansen 
<davidh@spidacom.co.uk> writes
>Anyway, if one wanted to mix something up in a toilet then the thing to
>mix up is one of the nerve agents. They can be mixed in a few seconds,
>see binary munitions, and then circulated around the aeroplane via the
>air conditioning system. The companies recirculate nearly all the air,
>to avoid the expense of heating much replacement air.

That would seem to be a poor threat to use as part of a plan to hi-jack 
an aircraft and use it as a weapon, which is the risk that seems to be 
driving the current policy.
-- 
Roland Perry