Sep 13 2001
From The Space Library
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta allowed commercial aircraft to resume flying in the national airspace system, the first time that the Department of Transportation had permitted aircraft to fly since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. However, Secretary Mineta also announced that the government would permit airports to reopen and flights to resume only on a case-by-case basis, pending airports’ implementation of stricter security measures. Before reopening, airports would have to clear all individuals from terminals and conduct security searches. After reopening, airports would have to increase the number of law enforcement personnel at their facilities. Secretary Mineta had made the decisions after consulting with the White House and with intelligence and law enforcement officials. On the previous day, he had only allowed aircraft to use the nation’s airspace if flight controllers had diverted them from their original destination or had repositioned them so that they could resume flying upon government approval. (Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), “Statement of U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta,” news release, 13 September 2001, http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story. cfm?newsid= 5431 (accessed 28 January 2010).
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