Summary
Passengers on an American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to Dallas-Fort Worth restrained a Canadian man with duct tape after he allegedly attempted to open a cabin door mid-flight, claiming he was the “captain” and needed to exit.
The man became aggressive, injuring a flight attendant as he rushed toward the door.
Several passengers, including Doug McCright and Charlie Boris, subdued him, using duct tape to secure his hands and ankles.
Authorities detained the man upon landing, and the incident remains under investigation.
Assuming it wasn’t a Boeing, he wouldn’t have been able to get the door open, so at least they weren’t in any real danger.
Well, not from the door opening, you are right (pressure difference and such). But he already injured a flight attendant, so I guess he wasn’t going to say “oh well it doesn’t open, I tried, I’ll sit down quietly now”.
I wasn’t meaning to suggest that. Just that he wasn’t endangering everyone on the plane.
Well, not everyone at the same time, just one at a time! Lol
I understand what you mean, I’m just kidding.
“Whoopsie-doodles! Sorry y’all, I thought that was gonna open. Don’t mind me none!”
That depends on where in the flight he tried to open the door. The article says mid flight but that could mean anything.
Above 10,000 ft he wouldn’t be able to open the door because of the pressure difference but below that and he would have no problems since the cabin isn’t pressurized and the doors aren’t locked with any key or anything.
Depends on the aircraft. In a 737 the doors drop pins once the takeoff roll begins. He wouldn’t be able to physically open the door at that point.
Because of the way this headline is phrased, I am forced to assume that “who allegedly tried to open door during American Airlines flight” is a clause, and that the passengers duct taped this man to the state of Texas.
The year is 2024. Publications no longer need to save headline space by ignoring common punctuation usage. Why do they still do this?
It’s a tradition.
Tradition is always a terrible reason to do something poorly.
The headline is perfectly understandable though.
Why is duct tape easily available on the airplanes then normal rope to tie? Are the airplanes required to use the duct tape in an emergency case?
They duct taped him TO TEXAS?!?
There was a CSI episode with a situation similar to this. Of course, since it’s CSI, the way that turned out was the mentally ill person was killed (and the episode was about the passengers/crew subtly covering for each other).
Nice case of how in real life, people avoid harm when possible, and in fiction, people are all secretly ruthless savages out for each other’s blood.
Oh; I should say, in fiction, and for police, who similarly live in fiction-land.
Duct taped to the whole of the state?
Live in Texas, can confirm. I’m currently taped to his ankle.
Duct tape fixes everything
Reminds me of a certain Airforceproud95 video.
No idea what you’re talking about
I think they mean Bearforce1
