This sort of snarky, nasty response will get your account banned here regardless of how bad some other comment was. Worse, you went into flamewar mode, kept up the nastiness, and ended with a nationalistic attack. These things are exactly what we're trying to avoid here. Would you please read the site rules and post civilly and substantively, or not at all, from now on?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

What a dumb response. Yes, this happened. And nothing that is currently inconveniencing millions would have made a shred of a difference there. This has been beaten to death for over 15 years. Cockpit doorlocks and passengers being more willing to actively resist hijackers is what made the difference. Border searches on incoming (not domestic) flights not so much, especially not of electronics data as well as personal belongings.

Overreaction is exactly what caused those Islamist terrorists to be able to credibly claim they not only won that particular battle but managed to get their enemy to continuously score own goals ever since.

All of those planes were domestic flights though and wouldn't interact with border patrol at all.

and your response has been to act like a bunch of paranoid morons, giving up your freedom for the illusion of security.

Great job. Really showed the terrorists with that response.