The short answer is yes, but the real answer is no. While cockpit doors before the 9/11 attacks were designed to provide a barrier between pilots and passengers for disturbance purposes ...

Luis A. Vaquero was escorted off the plane by law enforcement after he threatened the captain and flight attendants and harassed passengers during the flight to Newark on Sunday, Feb. 9, the District ...

"It all culminated in a terrifying attack and attempted breach of the flight deck when witnesses say he banged on the cockpit door and confronted the pilot," Acting Special Agent in Charge Terence G.

According to the FAA, unruly-passenger incidents that airline crews report to the agency have leveled off since a dramatic spike in 2021 but still exceeded 2000 incidents last year.

Following the announcement, Vaquero got up from his seat and forced his way to the front of the plane, where he started banging on the cockpit door, “yelling and cursing at the captain” before ...