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Passengers duct tape man who allegedly tried to open door during American Airlines flight to Texas

www.nbcnews.com Passengers duct tape man who allegedly tried to open door during American Airlines flight to Texas

The passenger allegedly told a flight attendant about “wanting and needing to exit the aircraft now” then jumped on her, injuring her neck and wrist, authorities said in a report.

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.

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The passenger was seen lying on his stomach with his hands behind his back bound as well as his ankles with duct tape, the report said.

So for future reference, especially for those of you who do such things recreationally, facedown restraint is very risky from a respiratory standpoint, especially with the limbs back in the hogtie position, that is how the cops kill people (I would say accidentally except they have enough education on the topic to preclude that). But ultimately I'm mostly just glad they kept him from opening the plane. That's the obvious first priority there. Damn.
Toothbrush

Headphones

Neck pillow

DUCT TAPE.
I understand the need to neutralize the threat but duct taping someone to Texas is just cruel
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.
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including Doug McCright and Charlie Boris

Should I know these guys?
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?
Something tells me he was not the captain. But I'll wait for all the facts to come out before I rush to judgement.
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 tape fixes everything
Duct taped to the whole of the state?
Reminds me of a certain Airforceproud95 video.
Who flies with duct tape?
In a Boeing, right?

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