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CCTV Use in Aircraft Safety and Security - December 2003
CCTV Use in Aircraft Safety and Security

A wide variety of incidents in aviation have demonstrated the need for the pilot(s) to be aware of what is happening throughout the aircraft both internally and externally. Cameras enable the pilots to see into both accessible areas such as the passenger cabin and inaccessible areas such as the cargo hold and outside the aircraft.  (more)

Image Recording On Commercial Aircraft - June 2003
Image Recording

On September 11th 2001 the world changed, and the realms of security and safety became inextricably linked, when 19 Islamic fundamentalist terrorists hijacked 4 US aircraft and turned them into weapons of mass destruction. .... (more)

Airport Security Solution - January 2002
Airport Security

Aircraft security is now considered a fundamental priority. This document is intended to demonstrate how cameras, monitors, and network appliance video servers can provide dramatic improvements over a short implementation time scale at an acceptable cost basis. .... (more)

FAA Symposium November 2001
Terrorism and Air Rage Current Video Technologies for Prevention, Detection and Prosecution

On Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, 19 Islamic fundamentalist terrorists passed through security checkpoints at three US airports, commandeered four commercial jets, and converted them into weapons of mass destruction. (more)

Flight Deck International - October 2000
Live Viewing

Many air accidents could be avoided simply by giving the pilot a view of the exterior of the aircraft .... (more)

USA TODAY - September 28, 2000
Panel wants cameras in plane cabins

An aviation industry panel wants closed-circuit television cameras in jet liner cabins to deter attacks by hijackers, bombers or irate passengers .... (more)

The Sunday Times - August 17, 2000
Pilots fight 'death watch' video cameras in cockpit

Pilots fear that film of their last moments in a mid-air disaster could be shown to a television audience of millions under new proposals for "black box" video recorders in the cockpit .... (more)

Aviation Security International - April 2000
AD Aerospace keeps an eye on disruptive passengers, hijackers … and pilots too!

Had Ad Aerospace's FlightVu Witness System been installed on aircraft that have recently been hijacked or the scene of the well-reported air rage incidents, images from cameras in the passenger cabins and cockpit could have been utilised by the authorities on the ground .... (more)

Flight Deck International - April 2000
Averting disaster

FlightVu cameras, externally fitted to a passenger aircraft of a British airline, recently helped in the management of an in-flight incident, and turned a potential disaster into a simple diversion .... (more)





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