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How to Shoot Down an Airliner

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Show Notes

In this episode we sit down to discuss the risk posed to commercial airliners by terrorism and armed conflicts with Aviation Security expert William Sandover. After 29 years in the UK Foreign Office, with postings in Vienna, Buenos Aires, Paris and Pakistan, William joined British Airways in 2008 as their International Risk Adviser, responsible for analysing the security threats to the airline's operation and people and working with colleagues to manage these. In 2015, William was appointed the first Chair of the Global Business Travel Association (Europe)'s Risk Committee. In 2017 William was appointed as Cathay Pacific's Independent Security Adviser.

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