- Title: USA: PASSENGERS NERVOUS AS FLIGHTS RESUME AFTER FATAL HIJACKS.
- Date: 17th September 2001
- Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA (SEPTEMBER 16, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/GV/PAN: PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT AMERICAN AIRLINES TERMINAL 9 AT JFK AIRPORT ON SUNDAY MORNING/ AMERICAN AIRLINES TERMINAL AT JFK/ LONG QUEUES AT AMERICAN AIRLINES CHECK IN COUNTER (2 SHOTS) 0.15 EN ROUTE NEW YORK BOSTON ON FLIGHT 5015( SEPTEMBER 16,2001)( REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 2. AV: AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 5015 TO LOGAN AIRPORT, BOSTON 0.19 3. MCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) OF PASSENGER ANDREW CORTEZ SAYING: "When I got to the airport, I was nervous. I was saying, "Wow" Should I cancel or what. I did not know what to do. But I said No . Let me not cancel. Let me just go on with it." 0.30 4. MV: EMPTY AISLE ON FLIGHT 5015. 0.38 5. CU: REPORTER ASKS "HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT BEING ON THE PLANE 0.43 6. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) JUANITA ANDRADE A PASSENGER ON AMERICAN AIRLINES SAYING " Bad, I don't know. I am nervous. But I have to do." 0.57 7. MCU: CLOSEUP OF CAPTAIN JAMES SWISHER'S FLIGHT I.D 1.02 8. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) OF SWISHER SAYING: " They have always locked the cockpit. Each airline has a slightly different interpretation of the FAA regulation. We are not allowed to have the cockpit door open in flight, except obviously to allow food or something to come in. But the flight attendants would all have keys so theoretically, they could walk right up and walk in so. Now no longer is that allowed. The door stays locked and no one has a key on this side to unlock the cockpit. It has to be done by the pilots from inside. 1.40 9. GV/PAN/CU: SWISHER SHOWING A CUT OUT FROM NEW YORK TIMES OF FRIEND AND PILOT JOHN OGONOWSKI (2 SHOTS) 1.58 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. (SEPTEMBER 16, 2001) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 10. GV: INCREASED SECURITY AT LOGAN AIRPORT 2.03 11. CU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) OF EMERGENCY RESCUE SQUAD TROOPER CAVANAUGH SAYING: "This is a more enhanced level of security than has normally been seen here, specifically because of the incident which happened." 2.13 12. MV/GV: U.S MARSHALL TALKING TO AIRPORT SECURITY (2 SHOTS) 2.23 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK/BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES
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- Country: USA
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- Story Text: Passengers within the United States are still nervous
of flying, five days after the terrorist attacks on the United
States, despite extreme measures by the Government and the
Airlines to ramp up security and flights are leaving nearly
empty.
Despite extreme measures to ramp up security, the
American passenger is still nervous of flying. Most of the
passengers who were meant to fly from JFK to Logan
International Airport cancelled at the last minute, and the
few that mustered up the courage to leave, were very nervous
on the plane.
Andrew Cortez who was flying to Boston from New York, to be
reunited with his wife and children said that he had second
thoughts about catching the flight.
"When I got to the airport, I was nervous. I was saying, "Wow"
Should I cancel or what.? I did not know what to do. But I
said No . Let me not cancel. Let me just go on with it."
Another lady on the same flight was also scared. When asked
how she was feeling about taking her first flight since the
attack, she said, " Bad, I don't know. I am nervous.". But I
have to do."
But Captain James Swisher, who has been a pilot with American
Airlines for 30 years said it was probably the safest time to
fly. Swisher, who was a close friend of Pilot John Ogonowski,
who was on American Airlines Flight 11, the first plane to hit
the World Trade Center, said since the incident, airlines have
added new security measures to protect the cockpit.
He said, "They have always locked the cockpit. Each airline
has a slightly different interpretation of the FAA
regulation. We are not allowed to have the cockpit door open
in flight, except obviously to allow food or something to come
in. But the flight attendants would all have keys so
theoretically, they could walk right up and walk in so. Now no
longer is that allowed. The door stays locked and no one has
a key on this side to unlock the cockpit. It has to be done by
the pilots from inside."
Logan International Airport, where American Airlines Flight
11 and United Flight 175, the source of the two planes that
hit the Twin Towers, saw heavy security.
U.S Marshals, Emergency Rescue Squads, and additional airline
staff were thorough in checking passengers and belongings.
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