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Program ~ackgro~tnd 1987 Program i3ackground ~ 1988 <br /> Flight Tragedy Flight Bombing <br /> Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 Pan American Airways Flight 103. <br /> December 7, 1987 , December 21, 1988 <br /> ~ >~•rr-s , <br /> Crashed in route from Los Angeles to Destroyed by a terrorist bomb that <br /> San Francisco, killing all 43 on board. was placed inside a radio cassette <br /> <br /> I xc F ~ player and packed in a suitcase as <br /> A disgruntled former airline employee ,r~~ checked baggage. <br /> } ~ gained access to the AOA with invalid <br /> airline identification and boarded the ~'+~c.~?'' ~ ~ . The explosion took place 31,000 <br /> fli htwithahand un. At 22,000 feet, <br /> 9 9 ~ feet above Lockerbie, Scotland <br /> the man fatally shot his ex-supervisor ` killin 259 ersons on the aircraft, <br /> . l and the flight crew. ~ and 91 on he ground. <br /> tnvsstigative Camm~sson - 1889 Government Response - 1990 <br /> Terrorist acts on U.S. commercial aviation led then President Congress enacted Aviation Security Imarovement Act. <br /> George H. W. Bush to form the President's Commission on Implementing the recommendations of the commission and <br /> Aviation Security and Terrorism in August, 1989. requiring the FAA to issue rules that deal specifically with airport <br /> The commission's goal was to evaluate the overall security (49 CFR PART 1542). <br /> effectiveness of the. U.S. civil aviation security system. New employment standards <br /> Study resulted in (64) specific recommendations to improve Training requirements for security personnel and persons <br /> the U.S. civil aviation security system. authorized access to secure areas <br /> • Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) <br /> Access Control Systems <br /> • Identification and Escorting Procedures <br /> ,2 <br /> <br />