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Lockerbie - The Story and the Lessons (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R2,617
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Lockerbie - The Story and the Lessons (Hardcover, New): Rodney Wallis

Lockerbie - The Story and the Lessons (Hardcover, New)

Rodney Wallis

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The explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December 1988, should never have happened. Wallis, who has extensive, direct, personal knowledge of aviation security matters gained from his position at the crossroads of security information and the industry's endeavors to combat aviation terrorism, had warned the industry one year before the bombing that the interline element of baggage represented the prime opportunity for terrorist activity and had urged the adoption of passenger and baggage matching, a system that he had helped to develop. Mandated by the FAA for use at high risk airports, it was the feature missing from Pan AM's activity at Frankfort, an omission so cruelly exploited by the bombers. Wallis argues that the priority given by governments to technological solutions to the continuing terrorist threat puts the flying public at unnecessary risk every day.

This volume brings together all of the facts surrounding the sabotage of Flight 103, including the investigation and the civil litigation in which so much of the story unfolded for the first time. It uncovers the fundamental weaknesses in Pan AM's communication and management policies. Wallis supports the policy that politics are politics and explores the possibility that U.S. and U.K. policy towards a neutral trial for the two Libyans indicted for the bombing, which may have been affected by the wider scenario of Middle East politics rather than simple justice for the victims of Lockerbie. Although the tragedy has led to improvements in defense technology for use against acts of aviation sabotage, these methods have yet to be applied universally.

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Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 1999
First published: November 2000
Authors: Rodney Wallis
Dimensions: 166 x 242 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 200
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-96493-1
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General
Books > Law > International law > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Emergency services > Police & security services
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General
Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Transport industries > Aerospace & air transport industries > General
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LSN: 0-275-96493-0
Barcode: 9780275964931

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