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United Airlines cockpit access codes leaked online (Help Net Security)
2017-05-15 19:20

A United Airlines flight attendant has inadvertently leaked access codes for the company’s airplanes’ cockpit doors, a safety alert email to United employees has revealed. According to the WSJ, the information was mistakenly posted on a public website. Cockpit doors did not use to be locked in this manner prior to the 9/11 hijackings, but they are now both fortified and secured. Entering an access code from outside the cockpit does not automatically open the … More →


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