Mesa Airlines says it will begin training its pilots to use taser weapons in the cockpit

Mesa Airlines says it will begin training its pilots to use taser weapons in the cockpit and is working with the FAA to get approval to carry the devices in flight. The handheld, nonlethal weapon uses compressed nitrogen gas to fire a set of probes at would-be attackers up to 15 ft. away, pumping a...

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