A plane southwest of the first plane with a new safety barrier

Southern West Airways On Friday, it began to fly the first birds built with a secondary flight surface barrier designed to prevent interference in changing the design that was in the business since September 11, 2001.

Airlines Boeing 737 received a maximum of 8 in the last days that flew from Phoenix to Denver, and the flight works as a teacher of safety feature that is published through new commercial aircraft entering the United States service in the coming years.

Secondary barriers have been searched since September 11, 2001, when the terrorists forced their way to the cockpit and kidnapped the four planes used in the bloody terrorist attack in history. Aviation safety experts and pilot unions have argued that secondary barriers will make aircraft safer.

Boeing Wesbus told Reuters that they started delivering aircraft with the barriers under A. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) The regulations from the year 2023 that came into effect last week.

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The Federal Aviation Administration said last month that it will grant airlines until July 2026 to start setting barriers in Newly delivered aircraft.

index	protection	last	Changing	% Change
Loew	South West Air.	32.90	-0.08	-0.24 %
Ba	Boeing Company.	234.68	-1.48	-63 %

most Main air transport companies The organizer told that they intend to benefit from the extension and will not put barriers in immediate use before the deadline.

Instead, Southwest chose to start compliance and expect to accept the delivery of about 25 other plane from Boeing with barriers this year.

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“We felt that we could do so and put it in production as soon as the plane is ready,” said Justin Jones, Executive Vice President of Operations in the southwest.

after September 11FAA has adopted the security surface security standards aimed at making it resistant to forced infiltration and preventing unauthorized entry into the cockpit – a effort that precedes the new rule and helped secure the currently in service.

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The newly implemented FAA base requires Aircraft manufacturers To install a second material barrier on the new aircraft used in the service of commercial passengers in the United States, but do not require the re -aircraft of the current aircraft.

Manufacturers who do not get a FAA certificate for barriers yet need to comply with the organization.

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Reuters contributed to this report.