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Southwest Airlines On Friday, flying with his first jetliner built with a secondary locking barrier designed to prevent intrusions in a design change that has been in the making since September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In recent days, the airline has submitted a Boeing 737 Max 8 that flew from Phoenix to Denver and serves the flight as a milestone for a safety function that is used in new commercial aircraft that enter the American service in the coming years.
Secondary barriers have been asked since 11 September 2001, when terrorists make their way in cockpits and the four aircraft used in the deadliest terror attack in history. Aviation Safety Experts and Piloten ‘Trade Unions have argued that the secondary barriers will make Jetliners safer.
Boeing and Airbus told Reuters that they started delivering planes with the barriers in place under one Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Regulation from 2023 that came into effect last week.
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Southwest Airlines received his first Boeing 737 Max with a secondary guarantee barrier. (Kevin Carter / Getty images)
De FAA said last month that the airlines would give until July 2026 to bring in the barriers Newly supplied aircraft.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luv | Southwest Airlines Co. | 32.90 | -0.08 |
-0.24% |
| Ba | The Boeing Co. | 234.68 | -1.48 |
-0.63% |
Most Large air carriers The regulator told that they intend to take advantage of the extension and not to use the barriers immediately before the deadline.
Instead, Southwest has chosen to immediately start compliance and to anticipate the acceptance of the delivery of approximately 25 more Boeing aircraft with the barriers this year.
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Southwest is the first large airline to start using the new secondary Condskrekbarrière. (Scott requirements / Bloomberg via / getty images)
“We felt that we could get it done and put it into production as soon as the plane was ready,” said Justin Jones, Southwest’s Executive Vice President for Operations.
After the September 11 JapsThe FAA has adopted the security standards of the cockpit that were aimed at making them resistant to forced burglary and unauthorized access to the cockpit – an attempt that preceded the new rule and helped to protect aircraft currently employed.
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The newly implemented rule of the FAA requires aircraft manufacturers To install a second physical barrier on new aircraft used in the commercial passenger service in the US, but does not require existing aircraft to be installed afterwards.
Glanemakers without FAA certification of barriers do not yet have to be in accordance with the Regulation.
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Reuters has contributed to this report.
