Following 9/11, airlines quickly reinforced cockpit doors made of bullet-resistant glass or sturdy metal bars. In 2003 , the US noted that all commercial aircraft flying within the US would have ...

Before the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings, cockpit doors were designed to provide a quiet office environment for pilots. After the attacks, Congress decided cockpit doors should be designed to protect ...

There are a few added elements that make cockpit doors much safer. One is a recent development that came to pass in 2023 after being discussed as a priority of the Biden-Harris Administration in 2021.

American Airlines Flight 2885 to Orange County was 35,000 feet over Kansas when the captain was banged on the head, leaving him unable to fly the plane.

Juan Rivas, who threatened flight attendants with a champagne bottle and a plastic knife, tried to open an exit door of an American Airlines plane, prosecutors said. By Hank Sanders A California ...

An unidentified passenger on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Los Angeles allegedly tried to forcefully enter the cockpit and open the plane's exit doors before takeoff.