UNITED AIRLINES REPRESENTATIVE DISPLAYS TASER WEAPON OUTSIDE HEADQUARTERS IN ILLINOIS, 2001-11-15 (photo)

Andy Plews, director of media Relations for United Airlines, demonstrates an advanced Taser weapon device outside the United Airlines headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Elk Grove Village, Illinois, November 15, 2001. United said on Thursday it will become the first major U.S. airline to put the stun guns in every cockpit of its 500 planes, to help pilots fend off hijackers without damaging their airplane. Tasers fire an electrical charge that instantly incapacitates an attacker for about 15 minutes. They are not lethal and would not blow a hole in an airplane's fuselage like a gun might, but they can cause burns. REUTERS/Sue Ogrocki