"S.J. Van Sickle" wrote:
>
> If nothing else, the passengers probably reacted with the assumption that,
> like all previous hijackings, they were to be held for some sort of
> ransom. If they knew that they were going to die anyway, they would
> fight. This is apparently what happened on the flight that crashed in
> Pennslyvania. It is going to be a hell of a lot harder to hijack any
> plane again in the future.
As indicated by S.J. above, I do not think we need to look for new solutions. It
is the idea that hijacking equals death of the passengers, and perhaps thousands
of others on the ground, that will stop this. When people understand this, a
hijacking situation reverts to the deepest primal human response. No matter what
weapons they have, it would be very difficult for a few to stand against a mob of
over a hundred humans who have reverted to lizard brain.
-Ken
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