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How 9 11 Changed Air Travel Forever | Auckland News
Twenty-five years after 9/11, air travel is unrecognizable from the days of lax security — a single day’s tragedy reshaped global aviation forever. Before the attacks, New Zealand’s flights had minimal checks; now, nearly all domestic flights require screening. The unprecedented nature of hijacked planes as weapons forced an industry to rethink safety entirely, turning passengers into active defenders — as seen heroically on Flight 93. Since then, crews train passengers to intervene, and nations like New Zealand mobilized emergency screenings, even deploying defense forces. Today’s scanners…
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