Secondary cockpit barriers likely coming to all commercial planes: ‘Prevent 9/11 from ever happening again’

Nearly 23 years after 9/11, the feds are finally expected to make all commercial planes have secondary cockpit barriers to prevent planes from being hijacked. The House of Representatives’ 387-26 vote on Wednesday comes about a year after the FAA announced that it will require a secondary barrier on the flight deck of new commercial airplanes. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law. Advocates have been pushing for secondary cockpit barriers for decades, …