Hatfield
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One thing that is confusing to me is why the passengers did not intervene.
That seems to be the big difference these days is that people have smartened up to hijackings and the passengers these days are more apt to take action themselves if needed.
Years ago it was not needed as much since most all hijackings were the old fashioned style where a hijacker would just be the run of the mill hijacker wanting to be flown to the country of their choice and in the end nobody usually died.
But these days it is common knowledge that when hijacked you and everyone else could become a martyr for someone else's belief system.
So if the elapsed time of flight is anywhere close to being accurate of many hours then it seems the passengers must have been taken out by decompression or some other means. I just dont see them not taking action unless they were somehow incapacitated. Especially if the erradic flight height is true. They would have known the plane was going through some sort of hijacking.
With over 200 people on board I dont care what type of weapon a few of them have. They can be overpowered easily. Sure maybe some injuries and maybe even a death or 2 but it sure beats everyone dying.
That seems to be the big difference these days is that people have smartened up to hijackings and the passengers these days are more apt to take action themselves if needed.
Years ago it was not needed as much since most all hijackings were the old fashioned style where a hijacker would just be the run of the mill hijacker wanting to be flown to the country of their choice and in the end nobody usually died.
But these days it is common knowledge that when hijacked you and everyone else could become a martyr for someone else's belief system.
So if the elapsed time of flight is anywhere close to being accurate of many hours then it seems the passengers must have been taken out by decompression or some other means. I just dont see them not taking action unless they were somehow incapacitated. Especially if the erradic flight height is true. They would have known the plane was going through some sort of hijacking.
With over 200 people on board I dont care what type of weapon a few of them have. They can be overpowered easily. Sure maybe some injuries and maybe even a death or 2 but it sure beats everyone dying.