Alaska Airlines Begins Reinforcing Cockpit Doors.Business Editors/Travel Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001 Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines, (NYSE: ALK) is an airline based in Seattle, Washington, United States. It operates hubs at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Los Angeles International Airport, and Portland International Airport. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALK ALK Alkohol (German: alcohol) ALK Alkaline ALK Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase ALK Automatisierte Liegenschaftskarte ALK Activin Receptor-Like Kinase ALK Alkylation ALK Srilankan Airlines (ICAO code) ) announced today that it will begin installing crossbar locking devices on all its cockpit This article is about the flight deck of an aircraft. For other uses, see Cockpit (disambiguation). A cockpit is the area usually nearer the front of a piloted aircraft from which a pilot controls the aircraft. doors, pending final government approval. The crossbar device, which is designed to hinder hin·der 1 v. hin·dered, hin·der·ing, hin·ders v.tr. 1. To be or get in the way of. 2. To obstruct or delay the progress of. v.intr. unauthorized access to the flight deck, is being installed on a single Boeing MD-80 aircraft tonight. Its primary component is a three-quarter-inch steel bar that can withstand a force of up to 1,500 pounds. Installation on the remainder of Alaska's 102-aircraft fleet could begin later this week pending a final review and certification of the new locking device by the FAA. Alaska expects to be completed with the installations within 30 days. The new crossbar device is just one of several measures the airline is taking to enhance cockpit security. For more news and information, visit the Alaska Airlines Newsroom on the Internet at http://newsroom.alaskaair.com. |
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