This course covers the history of Crime & Terrorism in Aviation, discussing motives, methods, lessons learned and resulting countermeasures.

History of Crime & Terrorism in Aviation is broken into different time periods as below:

o 1930 – 1960: The first 30 years.

o 1960 – 1980: Early days of ‘Jet Age’.

o 1980 – 1990: Implementation of Aviation Security Policies.

o 1990 – 2001: Industry wide false sense of Security.

o September 11, 2001

o Post 9/11.

Course Objectives:

• Covering significant and noteworthy incidents/forms of crimes and terrorism committed in the history of Aviation.

• Reviewing and discussing the countermeasures, policies and procedures set as a result of those forms of crimes and terrorism.

• Reviewing the motivations behind these crimes and acts of terrorism.

• Reviewing these topics & issues will allow you to gain a deep understanding of security issues within Aviation.

By learning from the past, we can more effectively prepare for future threats.