http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=944_1197550450
Don't know whether it was physiological or psychological but the man obviously was not well. Looks like the crew and pax handled it well.
Good job.
Guy was lucky that this didn't happen on an american carrier. The marshall would've been all over him (not to mention the self appointed air militia passengers).
Anyone know if the flight diverted or continued to Heathrow?
BP
PS Posting it just so that the kids can see what can happen "up there" and maybe think it over a bit so that they can be better prepared if something similar happens aboard their ship.
PSS Wonder how this would have turned out if it had occured at YVR...
Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
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Southwest Airlines had a guy go bonkers on one of their flights - post 911 a few years ago. The person was deranged and had been subdued, he was of no harm to anyone but himself. The self proclaimed militia freaks on board jumped on his chest until they killed him. They were all applauded as heroes. How sick is that 
. In any sane, civilized society it would be called mass hysteria leading to homicide, the perps would have been charged with manslaughter. Now it's called heroics.
. In any sane, civilized society it would be called mass hysteria leading to homicide, the perps would have been charged with manslaughter. Now it's called heroics.You will never live long enough to know it all, so quit being anal about it..
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Chuck Ellsworth
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PSS Wonder how this would have turned out if it had occured at YVR...
Good question, judging from his apparent mental state and how agitated he was they may have skipped the taser " continueum of force " and just shot him.
God I love the buzz words our so called authorities use to make us believe they are superior to us unwashed in society.
The most difficult thing about flying is knowing when to say no.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
That wasn't a panic attack.
"FLY THE AIRPLANE"!
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GilletteNorth
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I'd hope that there were no other available seats was the reason the flight attendants didn't try to move people away or isolate the person from those around the incident. Does that make sense?
Having a standard that pilots lose their licence after making a mistake despite doing no harm to aircraft or passengers means soon you needn't worry about a pilot surplus or pilots offering to fly for free. Where do you get your experience from?
Re: Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
No, the flight attendants would have looked for able bodied passengers to assist in restraining the guy, hence the 2 guys on either side of him.
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Re: Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
Is that cigarette smoke I smell???Disco Stu wrote:No, the flight attendants would have looked for able bodied passengers to assist in restraining the guy, hence the 2 guys on either side of him.
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Re: Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
Wheres the air marshall when we need him?
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you wouldn't want an air marshal to get involved in something like that. Just think for a second. If it's a cooperative effort, this dude is the 'distraction' needed to flush out the cops on board, and now his buddies know who's who. An air marshal is supposed to lay low and just be part of the crowd in such a sit-chi-ay-shun
Drinking outside the box.
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Re: Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
I'm almost sure I just saw this same person on youtube, different flight but same crap. Wow, how many flights has he been removed from?
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Re: Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
Look at the girl sitting in front of him toward the end of the video... that's why I'm saying it would be nice to at least clear the row ahead and behind the person in case the two 'able-bodied' men lose control of him.
Having a standard that pilots lose their licence after making a mistake despite doing no harm to aircraft or passengers means soon you needn't worry about a pilot surplus or pilots offering to fly for free. Where do you get your experience from?
Re: Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
Kudo's to the passengers next to him. Its an unfortunate situation but only in Canada would other pax remain so calm.
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Re: Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
I would say that everything was done right in that situation, no one got hurt and the man got out of the situation and get things resolved with out anyone getting hurt. Staying calm helps in these situations.
Cheers,
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Re: Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
From the part of the problem we see it looks like it was handled pretty well. The man was restrained and they attempted to calm him down. I agree if the flight wasn't full it might have been better to move him away from the other passengers but who knows. Maybe they tried that and he freaked out more. Just a really bad situation as they could have been over the ocean somewhere and a long ways from landing. Props to the passengers for staying so calm. I could easily see how a bunch could have taken things into there own hands which was totally not needed.
Just part of the many things that aircrew have to deal with everyday. I agree having it posted is good training material. Deffinately made me think about how I would deal with such a situation.
Just part of the many things that aircrew have to deal with everyday. I agree having it posted is good training material. Deffinately made me think about how I would deal with such a situation.
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Re: Passenger's nervous breakdown inflight
Only in Canada????Its an unfortunate situation but only in Canada would other pax remain so calm.
What do you base that assumption on?
Are you referring to the perception that Canadians are programmed to be sheep?
The most difficult thing about flying is knowing when to say no.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
After over a half a century of flying I can not remember even one trip that I refused to do that resulted in someone getting killed because of my decision not to fly.
