A Japanese plane headed from Tokyo to Texas had to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to open one of its doors during the flight.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 114 was diverted to Seattle hours after taking off on Saturday “due to an unruly passenger”, the airline said.
Port of Seattle police told media they had been notified of a man who “attempted to open exit doors during the flight”.
The man, who was not identified, was “having a medical crisis” and had to be restrained by other passengers and flight crew, police said.
I thought it wasn’t possible to open a plane door in flight due to the air pressure.
Its not, but you can’t just keep a passenger on your plane who is flipping out and might try something else crazy apart from that.
Why not just duct tape them to a seat for a few hours so everybody can get to where they’re going?
Because none of the flight crew or the company wants a lawsuit if they can avoid it. Land asap and give the guy over to authorities
They do restrain disruptive passengers in those situations, very often by duct taping them to their seats. The risk of a lawsuit from the psycho is less than the risk of a lawsuit from every other passenger in the cabin when they refuse to restrain the nut job.
https://youtu.be/RaiBI00zMaM
“I think they did a very nice job”
Duct tape is probably not always readily available mid-flight.
The flight crew is equipped, trained, and authorized to subdue passengers when necessary. They have handcuffs, zip ties, straps, and/or rolls of duct tape specifically for this purpose.
This is the exact reason why I always keep several rolls of duct tape in my carry-on.
It’s less the issue of opening the door, and more the problem of having a fucking nutjob running around inside your plane