Would you stop a hijacker on board your flight?

jeanjolie · 07-06-2017 07:37PM #1

Given the recent attacks in London with all these suicide bombers being attacked by a Millwan while passengers on a recent Malaysian flight to Melbourne tackled a man attempting to hijack a flight, I'm imagining a scenario closer to home;

If you were on an early morning flight from Dublin to London, Amsterdam, New York etc.. and three guys got up and tried to hijack the aircraft, would you be the 'hero' and try to tackle/beat them to death? There was a case of passengers on a Chinese flight in 2012 who did just that.

I'm a bit skeptical cause we Irish are stereotype for having a very lax system and being friendly to everyone. Do you think this extends towards terrorists? A

There's a poll so it'd be interesting to see what gender and your response is.

tomwaterford · 07-06-2017 07:39PM

If your going to die anyways,why would you not?

corner of hells · 07-06-2017 07:39PM

Where's the poll , has it been hijacked?

Breaston Plants · 07-06-2017 07:40PM

What's a Millwan?

GritBiscuit · 07-06-2017 07:41PM

If the alternative is sitting there meekly while the plane is used as a missile for some busy city killing everyone on board anyway, what have you go to lose?

alchemist33 · 07-06-2017 07:43PM

I'd use an airline bread roll to batter them to death.

Kolido · 07-06-2017 07:46PM

alchemist33 wrote: »

I'd use an airline bread roll to batter them to death.

At those prices.

Allinall · 07-06-2017 07:47PM

What's this "we Irish" you speak of?

mynamejeff · 07-06-2017 07:47PM

ya sure i ve seen enough chuck norris films to pull it off

pickarooney · 07-06-2017 07:48PM

Yeah, you weren't Irish yesterday, OP.

jeanjolie · 07-06-2017 07:48PM

Allinall wrote: »

What's this "we Irish" you speak of?

people who live in posh south Dublin. The hijackers have got nothing on those rough guys and gals from the country and the North of the city.

jeanjolie · 07-06-2017 07:49PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Yeah, you weren't Irish yesterday, OP.

Not fully Irish but as was discussed in another thread, I'm 'technically' Irish.

The_Valeyard · 07-06-2017 07:50PM

What if I was the hijaker?

snowflaker · 07-06-2017 07:51PM

I would hijack the drinks trolly!

jester77 · 07-06-2017 07:51PM

Defo, I've seen enough Die Hard and Fr. Ted to know how to get downstairs in the plane and do some magic to stop them controlling the plane.

jeanjolie · 07-06-2017 07:51PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

What if I was the hijaker?

snowflaker · 07-06-2017 07:53PM

jeanjolie wrote: »

Thats not a selfie!!! :mad::mad::mad:

pawdee · 07-06-2017 07:56PM

I'd walk up to the biggest guy and ask him if he's a terrorist. If he says yes then I'd kick him in the nuts. Obviously this would provoke a reaction so I'd lamp him into the side of the head knocking him out cold. With that his friends would set about me whereupon I'd dispatch the first one with a vicious headbutt before elbowing the third guy across the jaw. I'd then systematically kick all three of them to death before ordering a brandy, some beers, peanuts and a model of the plane from the inflight magazine.

snowflaker · 07-06-2017 07:59PM

How am I supposed to do a flying roundhouse kick on a plane?

The_Valeyard · 07-06-2017 08:01PM

jeanjolie wrote: »

You could at least make a funny face

snowflaker · 07-06-2017 08:08PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

You could at least make a funny face

You try and make a smile saying "allahu akbar!"

sjb25 · 07-06-2017 08:11PM

Would I stop them probably not alone anyway I'm to much of a weakling

But I'd certainly help in a team effort sure what have you to lose I'd at least throw stuff at them

Or maybe I'd go all chuck Norris on them

_Brian · 07-06-2017 08:14PM

Maybe show them the price of the crap in the inflight magazine - they should faint at that.

Pat Mustard · 07-06-2017 08:20PM

jeanjolie wrote: »

interesting to see what gender

I'm a sixteen year girl. Honest injuns.

Sure aren't we all

seamus · 07-06-2017 08:33PM

The world trade centre hijackings changed the game somewhat.

Up till then if someone was hijacking a plane, it was because they wanted to get somewhere, or they wanted some demands met, or perhaps they even wanted to steal a plane. Basically the hijacker wanted to live and didn't specifically want anyone on board to die.

So the prevailing wisdom was to stay calm, talk him down, land somewhere and see how it pans out. If you were a passenger on a hijacked plane, you were in a precarious position, but leaping out of your seat to be a hero was the road most likely to lead to death for you and everyone else on the flight.

This was in fact why nobody seemingly attempted to stop the hijackers in September 2001. The passengers on flight 93 did, but only after they heard the other planes had been crashed deliberately.

Now of course the prevailing wisdom is to go berserk on a hijacker because you're going to die if you don't.

07-06-2017 08:34PM

I'm a very, very, small female person and a devout coward.

Other than those factors, I've no real clear picture of how my tackling a hijacker would look.

pangbang · 07-06-2017 08:42PM

Some stereotypical English bad guy hijacks? not sure, depends on detail.

Some Hans Gruber german? Same as above

Some scots? same

Some irish? same

Some American? Same

Some middle-eastern looking dude? In this day and age, I think you'd be fighting through the stampeding crowds to all tear him asunder.

And that says a lot when you think about it. We're all the same, pfft.

Outlaw Pete · 07-06-2017 08:46PM

Wouldn't have a choice tbh....... It would be instinctive for me to disarm anyone putting innocent civilians' lives in danger.

Unless they were bigger than me or armed with guns, or had something sharp maybe, or heavy and blunt.. I'd rather not get hurt you see, as I already have a bad back and if I turn my neck too quick sometimes that can hurt too.. my osteopath has said...well, that's not important.. point is I'd like to help but just think maybe it would better if someone else did is all.

Fathom · 07-06-2017 08:49PM

jeanjolie wrote: »

Would you stop a hijacker on board your flight?

Try as try can!

Noveight · 07-06-2017 08:50PM

tomwaterford wrote: »

If your going to die anyways,why would you not?

The exact thought that came to my mind.

If some dirty bastid is gonna kill Noveight you can be damn sure he's gonna have to earn it :P

Bruthal · 07-06-2017 08:51PM

seamus wrote: »

The world trade centre hijackings changed the game somewhat.

Up till then if someone was hijacking a plane, it was because they wanted to get somewhere, or they wanted some demands met, or perhaps they even wanted to steal a plane. Basically the hijacker wanted to live and didn't specifically want anyone on board to die.

So the prevailing wisdom was to stay calm, talk him down, land somewhere and see how it pans out. If you were a passenger on a hijacked plane, you were in a precarious position, but leaping out of your seat to be a hero was the road most likely to lead to death for you and everyone else on the flight.

This was in fact why nobody seemingly attempted to stop the hijackers in September 2001. The passengers on flight 93 did, but only after they heard the other planes had been crashed deliberately.

Now of course the prevailing wisdom is to go berserk on a hijacker because you're going to die if you don't.

It was a bad day for genuine hijackers

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