What if scenario: Airline door opening
What would be your reaction had someone attempted to open an airline door mid-flight? I know exactly how I’d react – the question is how one would actually act had the scenario presented itself.
A man wearing military fatigues and throwing punches into the air tried to open the exit door of a jet during a cross-country flight on Tuesday night, airline officials and passengers said.
United Airlines Flight 890 from Los Angeles landed as scheduled at Washington Dulles International Airport at 8:35 p.m., said Amy Kudwa, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman. No one was injured.
Ken Wolfenberger, of Whittier, California, who was on the flight, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that he helped subdue the unruly passenger. The man wore patches on his fatigues with special forces and jujitsu champion logos, Wolfenberger said.
The man had been acting strangely for about 20 minutes, then sat up, wrapped belts around his hands and threw punches into the air, Wolfenberger said.
So have at it. Would you put your head between your legs and pray? Or, would you stand up, bum rush the guy with a few fellow passengers, and knock some sense into the loon?
