The chairman of the Dutch Civil Aviation Commission, Jan C. Fonteyn, said here yesterday that “not much can be done” to prevent airline hijacking and contended that “the world will have to learn to live with airline hijackings as it has learned to live with traffic accidents.”
Speaking on Dutch television, Fonteyn said Holland had “tried to learn everything possible” from the security methods of other countries but, he added, “there has unfortunately been insufficient international cooperation in this area.” He did not elaborate.
The government commission confirmed Friday that none of the passengers on the hijacked Japan Airline plane had undergone security checks because the Tokyo-bound plane was not considered a security risk. The commission was established 2 1/2 years ago.
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