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.

  • Carvex@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Opening the door during flight is attempted murder of everyone on board, fuck him. I hope it was hard to breathe the whole time and they put him in a nice padded cell for a while.

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      1 month ago

      Considering he was claiming to be the captain and trying to get off the plane it seems highly likely he was having some kind of mental breakdown. He needs proper medical care and a psychological evaluation, not summary execution. Yes he was a danger to himself and others, but that doesn’t mean he’s guilty of attempted murder. A padded room might be appropriate depending on the psych evaluation, but wishing suffering on him without knowing the full situation is too much.

    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 month ago

      They probably were going through some kind of mania or hallucination episode.

      Don’t always assume the worst in people, “eye for an eye” has never worked.

            • Ridgetop18@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              1 month ago

              Uh, no? “An eye for an eye.” is old school ancient.

              It was however a limiting statement. When Hammurabi made “an eye for an eye” into law, it meant you couldn’t just go kill a man’s entire family over losing an eye and call it justified.

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                1 month ago

                Where the counter comes from doesn’t preclude this, but is an evolution of it. If the law says your family takes their eye in revenge for them taking yours, then they take revenge for what you did, etc. It creates a potential for a cycle of vengeance. It’s better than nothing probably, but it also has serious flaws.

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          1 month ago

          Maybe try to reason about why an insane person might do that instead of assuming that everybody is evil?

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            1 month ago

            Feel free to reason it out with someone on your next flight as they do everything described in the article. Have fun.

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              29 days ago

              Hey perhaps you should get YOUR head checked… and hope that nobody is like you when you need some sympathy yourself to get through the day.

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                29 days ago

                Seriously? This is what you do, come back to week old conversations to talk shit?

                How pathetic can you be.
                Learn how to move on.

                • eskimofry@lemmy.world
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                  17 days ago

                  I am not chronically online like the rest of the chucklefucks here. I come back when i feel like it.