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Choosing the Right Crisis Leader

BryghtPath

In April 2017, the internet exploded with the viral video of a passenger being dragged from United Express Flight 3411 by security and law enforcement officers in Chicago after refusing to exit the aircraft after the flight had been overbooked. The aftermath of this incident resulted in a significant reputational crisis for United Airlines.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. Based on SARS 2003 and early infection rates, a projection for the effect of Covid-19 on the airlines shows a dip for six to nine months (Pearce 2020). US Homeland Security Council 2005. In some quarters, it had an immediate effect (e.g.,

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31/07/2014 What can we learn from flight MH17?

Plan B Consulting

The site has not yet been secured so the crash investigation has not been started. Airlines and those who regulate national airlines make a risk assessment on whether airlines should fly over war zones. Airlines and those who regulate national airlines make a risk assessment on whether airlines should fly over war zones.

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31/07/2014 What can we learn from flight MH17?

Plan B Consulting

The site has not yet been secured so the crash investigation has not been started. Airlines and those who regulate national airlines make a risk assessment on whether airlines should fly over war zones. Airlines and those who regulate national airlines make a risk assessment on whether airlines should fly over war zones.

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British Airways under fire for leaking passenger info in links

Behavior Group

British Airways has come under fire from the security community again, this time after a vulnerability in its e-ticketing system was found to be exposing passenger’s personal information leaking passenger info in links Security firm Wandera claimed in a blog post yesterday that the airline was sending out unencrypted check-in links to customers which (..)

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8.5 Million Crashes Later: Why CrowdStrike’s Blunder Is Your Risk Management Wake-Up Call

LogisManager

One company’s screw-up spiraled into a global disaster, hitting everyone from airlines to banks. Get proactive, get protected, and let’s keep our systems, data, and futures secure. Third-Party Contagion: When One Falls, We All Fall This incident perfectly illustrates third-party contagion.

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The Outrage or Lack Thereof: Lessons Learned from the CrowdStrike Outage

Fusion Risk Management

For example, in an effort to keep flights running, many airports switched to manual processes; Delhi wrote out departure gate details on a whiteboard, and Gatwick switched to manual security checks on boarding passes. 13 It speaks to the fact that third parties and Operations, Security, and IT teams are now all intrinsically linked.

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