Thread:Comments:Bomb threat on UK–Egypt plane; diverted to Greece/This is really getting out of control.../reply

Airport security is a joke. If I were someone intent on blowing up a plane, it would be really quite easy to do so -- although there's OTT screening of the passengers, the only security normally in place for ground crew is a door with a swipe card. All I need is a bomb, and a high-visibility jacket, and the plane is dropping out of the sky due to a gaping hole where the landing gear used to be.

Or, I could just short out my laptop, or just bribe someone.