Budo international Martial Arts Magazine Jul.-Aug. 2014 | Page 224

his article is not a terrorist plot and is only written
for the purpose of creating security awareness
and preventing the potential scenario described in
this article.
A Cessna jet with three passengers leaves a
local Los Angeles-area airport for a VFR flight to
another local airport which takes only 10 minutes. The three
passengers, dressed in pilot uniforms, seemed like they were
going to work as usual. But on this day it was a different
mission. As the Cessna was cleared for landing, they were
going over last minute details of another flight they had
planned. When they left, the Cessna had a lot of baggage
and was loaded to the maximum weight but within the takeoff limitations of the plane. The destination airport was one of
the world's busiest general aviation airports in the world. The
three men had rehearsed this several times. The pilot
requested runway 16 left to land at the destination airport, an
airport used by many Hollywood celebrities, politicians, and
business executives, because it protects their anonymity.
There are about 1700 flight operations a day. There is a small
police force with two officers per shift and no private security.
The location of the police office is on the North side of the
field. They make regular patrols but focus on the perimeter of
the airport grounds.
Earlier that day, the people passengers in the Cessna were
focused on a website called “flightaware.com, which allows
people to view incoming and outgoing flights from all airports
in theUnited States. They had a specific interest in one of the
outgoing flights at the destination airport. The tail number of
the plane, a Gulf Stream IV, was N254TC, and was owned by
a famous celebrity. Parked at Charter Aviation Company, the
plane and its famous owner are preparing for departure in the
next hour forNew York City. The passengers in the small
Cessna are obsessed with this flight as they were landing, but
their obsession goes unnoticed, as there is no one but the
hired pilot to notice and he is preoccupied with the landing.
At the passengers request, the pilot taxis near the charter
aviation company, where the celebrity's security detail is
dropping their client at the charter company's gate to board
his plane. The passengers have done their homework-the
celebrity never takes security on the plane with him-security
will resume inNew Yorkupon his arrival. The airport police
confined primarily to the airport's perimeter, by policy and
practice, were no where in sight.
As the Cessna pulled into the charter company's airplane
parking area the men exited their plane rather quickly. They
took their luggage from the hull and walked directly to the
Gulfstream. As you may have figured out by now, they were
not looking to get an autograph. In their bags were automatic
weapons and as they boarded, they immediately took control
of the plane. They already knew a flight plan was filed, knew
how to fly the plane, and were now en route toNew York City.
During the flight they turned off the transponder to avoid
radar contact. No one knew the flight had been hijacked and
that a famous celebrity was their hostage. But this was not
the final mission of the kidnappers.
The plane took off from the airport and quickly reached a
speed of 350 knots, and made a right turn toward downtownLos
Angeles. Ten minutes later it slammed into city hall building in
downtownLos Angeleswith full tank of fuel on board.
The World Protection Group, Inc. assesses this type of
attack as more likely than another commercial airline
hijacking. This type of attack would be easier to accomplish.
If the above scenario is moved to some of the other GA
airports thro Vv