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Group: aus.aviation · Group Profile
Author: Sylvia ElseSylvia Else Date: Sep 17, 2008 05:26
Paul Saccani wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:14:48 +1000, Sylvia Else
> wrote:
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>> Well, in the one known instance where passengers attempted to regain
>> control of the aircraft, everyone is dead. We don't know how successful
>> the strategy would be on average. Maybe the people on the aircraft
>> heading for the Whitehouse were merely unlucky not to succeed.
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> That is not correct. That was the second case known to me. In the
> first, the offender was neutralised, but the aircraft was destroyed in
> the subsequent mishandling by non-crew members who broke the door down
> to regain control (the flight crew having been shot).
Was that a BAe 146? I vaguely remember something. I wasn't aware of
evidence that the cabin crew attempted to regain control.
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> So it is two out of two.
Well, OK, but still of limited statistical significance.
Sylvia.
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