Wednesday, January 26, 2005
More on the Rise of the Vigilant Passenger
A deranged man who tried to storm the cockpit of a Southwest flight didn't stand much of a chance:
I'd wager that a large part of the reason that air travel recovered after 9/11 is that passengers knew that future hijacking attempts wouldn't be tolerated (and that Al Qaeda realized that too and abandoned the hijacking tactic).
A deranged man who tried to storm the cockpit of a Southwest flight didn't stand much of a chance:
- Egyed exchanged punches with a flight attendant before passengers joined the scuffle and subdued him, authorities said.
'They used duct tape to tie him up,' FBI spokeswoman Judy Orijuela said.
I'd wager that a large part of the reason that air travel recovered after 9/11 is that passengers knew that future hijacking attempts wouldn't be tolerated (and that Al Qaeda realized that too and abandoned the hijacking tactic).
