The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #39046   Message #552741
Posted By: Lepus Rex
17-Sep-01 - 08:24 PM
Thread Name: Counter-Terrorism Measures
Subject: RE: Counter-Terrorism Measures
I don't think (or at least I hope) that passengers will allow hijackers to take control of the airplane after this. I think many people thought of hijackings as events with happy endings before the attacks on Tuesday.

100+ people could easily overpower 5 guys armed with box cutters. They could tear them apart, in fact. Looking at the lists of the dead on each plane, and seeing the names of young, possibly able-bodied men and women, I'm surprised that only one small group on one plane seems to have resisted the terrorists.

I mean, if someone pulled out a weapon on a plane that I was on, I'd attack him. (I felt that way before this, too) Am I alone here?

But, security... I'd have to go with the 'naked' plan (with enema). Someone could always sneak a non-metal firearm on board in one hole or another...

Meanwhile, I'll be in my car or on a boat. ;)

---Lepus Rex