US Airlines Pilots Association warns of possible terror attack

The US Airlines Pilots Association has warned in an internal memo that airlines need to be more vigilant concerning possible terror attacks since there is evidence probes have been carried out recently to test security. “There have been several cases recently throughout the (airline) industry of what appear to be probes, or dry runs, to test our procedures and reaction to an in-flight threat,” reads the memo. In one incident, on a US Airways Flight 1880 from Washington to Tampa on September 2, a “Middle Eastern” man was reported to have ran toward the cockpit from his seat and suddenly