The FAA has become more proactive in New York’s airspace as a result of Cory Lidle’s deadly plane crash earlier this week.
“A smart terrorist could load up a small, little plane with biological, chemical or even nuclear material and fly up the Hudson or East rivers, no questions asked,” said Schumer.
The senator said the Lidle crash should be “a wake-up call to the FAA to re-examine flight patterns, which, amazingly enough, they haven’t done since 9/11.” The date refers to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack when two airliners were flown into the World Trade Center.
Nobody thought of this in the five years since 9/11? At times government incompetence can be frightening.
