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Security Measures Cut Hijack Threat Seeks Public Burden
Washington reports that an 89 cent passenger surcharge funds a wide anti hijacking network across 431 airports. Since mandatory screening began, hijackings have slowed to zero since 1972, with guards at gates and denials of boarding rising earlier but then dropping. Magnetometers detected hundreds of weapons and knives in 1973, though the system shows progress against hijacking.
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Claude S. Brinegar
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Transportation Department
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Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
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