justice, he apparently tried to fly away, failing, he shot himself to death. the jet engine still idling when police arrived. a tragedy on the personal level and a wake-up call in several security levels. aviation security is a system and the system is only as strong as the weakest link. reporter: first, most would be surprised to learn the commercial jets are not locked and have no security code or keys to the entry door or the ignition. anyone who knows how can just start a plane up. in fact, all that was between this pilot or anyone who wanted to start the plane up and take off was a barbed wire fence and a lone police patrol car assigned to the field, a glaring weak spot repeated at small airports with big jets across the country. jim avila, abc news, washington. how can my toyota have better
prime suspect in the murder of his ex-girlfriend, christina lopez. in a reckless escape from justice, he apparently tried to fly away, failing, he shot himself to death. the jet engine still idling when police arrived. a tragedy on the personal level and a wake-up call in several security levels. aviation security is a system and the system is only as strong as the weakest link. reporter: first, most would be surprised to learn the commercial jets are not locked and have no security code or keys to the entry door or the ignition. anyone who knows how can just start a plane up. in fact, all that was between this pilot or anyone who wanted to start the plane up and take off was a barbed wire fence and a lone police patrol car assigned to the field, a glaring weak spot repeated at small airports with big jets across the country. jim avila, abc news, washington. how can my toyota have better security than a jet? i am floored and think
had parked his motorcycle, jumped a fence to the airport, gained access to a skywest jet, and started its engines. according to officials he backed the plane up, then moved it forward clipping the terminal. he was not able to get the plane airborne and instead crashed into several empty cars in the parking lot. a police officer patrolling the area noticed a motorcycle with its engine still warm and shortly thereafter discovered the plane. he immediately notified skywest that they had a plane in the parking lot with the engines running. they had a person here who was able to come out and shut down the plane. reporter: officers arrived on the scene, entered the plane, and found hedglin dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. officials in st. george later confirmed that the motorcycle did long to him and he was wanted in colorado springs in connection with the death of his girlfriend. we took every precaution we felt we needed to take based on believing that he was the suspect in
those inputs. and we need to improve that training and we have got to move a little bit away from pilots becoming so reliant on that technology to fly these aircrafts. by the time the pilots realized they needed to pull the nose of the plane up, harris, it was way too late. harris: you know, i imagine that there were a lot of lessons that they re learning from. this would any of it maybe lead to changes for the airline industry? well, it already is. airbus issued a statement saying they are trying to improve those tubes. the airspeed censors as well as every pilot who is in europe now has to use the sensors turn off all the automated equipment and they do it the old fashioned way. they fly the planes manually and reports no doubt say new training for air bus training for pilots. some families of the victims believe the investigators did a great job. listen. i m satisfied. i think they did a very good
rumsfeld patted down by tsa. now, representative rogers and the house is asking, why should celebrities be screened? listen. there are certain people that are so well-known, that you ve got to use common sense because if you start patting them down, people are going to say, they re patting down beyonce. i mean, she s not going to blow a plane up. dave: i would take the contrarian side of this. if i m waiting an hour with my kids and stressing out and see the celebrity skipped through because they re a celebrity i m more angry now. alisyn: there are i know they re not going to blow up a plane, but i m on your side on this. here is why. rather when jason bateman was in line, and apple iphone and all of these tmz photos and someone pulling out of the line and everyone was outraged. alisyn: is this more spanish treatment for celebrities or just make common sense you don t need to