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When Charles Bishop flew a single-engine Cessna into a 42-story skyscraper on Saturday afternoon, he sparked myriad questions. When investigators found a note expressing sympathy for Osama bin Laden and the September 11th terror attacks, questions turned to demands. How could this have happened...
...Bishop's flight instructor says he asked the teen to conduct a routine equipment check before the lesson began. He left Bishop alone with the plane, and the next thing he knew, the plane and the student were gone. Isn't anyone keeping an eye on our airspace, especially after what happened in September? Theoretically, yes. In practical terms, however, the answer is far more equivocal: New rules have been established in the past few months, but they are notoriously difficult to enforce. Small planes represent a largely unregulated sector of air travel. Technically, a general aviation (small plane) pilot...
...Meanwhile, in Florida, Bishop's crash left local authorities haunted by what-ifs: What if Bishop had taken his plane down in a crowded area? What if he had wanted to kill scores of people? The grim fact is that he probably could have done both. Although a Coast Guard helicopter was dispatched and its pilots told Bishop to land, the teenager ignored the commands and crashed the plane. Scrambled F-15 fighter jets reached the scene only after the plane hit the building...
...Bishop violated the rules, but as has become painfully obvious in the post 9/11 world, any threat of punishment is useless to someone intent on committing suicide. Bishop flew over restricted airspace, and prompted a military response, but attempts to stop him were futile...
...presidential aides on Dec. 3, sources tell TIME, and argued to relax a clean-air law requiring utilities to install new pollution controls when they upgrade plants. In November he sent promotional material for Siebel Systems software to Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, according to Siebel executive Frank Bishop. Racicot, a Siebel director, followed up with a phone call to Ridge. Racicot says it is "insulting" to suggest his political role might help his lobbying. "I've never found that a bad argument and a good relationship carried the day," he tells TIME. He promises "heightened sensitivity" to avoid...