January 7, 2013
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Duct Tape…not just for Naugahyde Chairs anymore!
This passenger was subdued by airline personnel and fellow passengers after having a meltdown during a flight from Iceland to JFK. Upon boarding, he proceeded to drink all his duty free booze and halfway through the flight, became unruly and started screaming profanities, spitting, and yelling that the plane was going to crash. When he tried to choke the woman sitting next to him, he was restrained with duct tape and plastic ties.
He was arrested when the plane landed and brought to a hospital, where I assume they removed the tape. Passengers declined to speak with police, so no charges were filed.
Airline personnel now stock duct tape and plastic ties to restrain passengers who present a threat to the safety of the other passengers.
Do you feel that appropriate measures were used or an alternate method to calm the passenger down should have been considered? Personally, I think this was a righteous taping!
Comments (33)
As good a use of duct tape as any Red Green ever came up with.
I remember doing things like that in college to people who had too much to drink
I have’nt laughed so much for a long time, brilliant, definitely a rightous taping ROFLMBO
Oh yeah….I agree wholeheartedly!@Roadkill_Spatula -
I’m sure they had it coming!@godfatherofgreenbay -
Got quite a laugh out of this myself! Thanks for the Rec!@MoonBeam2 -
LOL ya gotta feel sorry for the guy. He’s a goof, but still lol… Even so, a righteous duct taping to be sure
Hahahaha… a VERY righteous taping and VERY VERY funny too, thanks for sharing that one.
If you feel sorry for him in the picture..imagine when they took that tape off his face. OWWWWWWWWWWW!
@AOK4WAY -
Thanks for the visit…I got a few laughs putting it together!@SummerLane49 -
as long as they can breath and I would have allowed him to throwup if he needed,too.
I’m sure we would like to do this in the real world,too. lol
@Texasjillcarmel - i know it was real but we don’t put up with stuff in the airport or planes like we do on the ground.
Oh, so tempting. I have a couple of ex-mother-in-laws where duct tape would have come in handy!@Texasjillcarmel -
You are so right..but on the ground we can walk away from the jerks, in the air you are trapped!@Texasjillcarmel -
@crankycaregiver - Southwest Airlines used to have a reality show with all the trouble and crap they put up with on the ground-it really was funny but not if you know what I mean.
Sounds good to me.
ehh maybe we need a room for law offenders in airplanes now
Absolutely the right thing to do. I would have also whacked him on the head a little.
I would be an advocate for the duct tape though if he had been drinking as much as reported I’d hesitate to tape his mouth since it could be a problem (deadly in fact) should he not be able to hold that booze down.
hey whatever works to keep things safe<:)
I know the employees of airlines do not get paid enough to put up with this kind of crap!@Texasjillcarmel -
Something definitely had to be done!@ata_grandma -
A drunk tank on a plane…hmm. Might work!@f5ye_angel5 -
I was also concerned about his ability to breathe. But, they must have checked because he wore the tape for two hours! And someone was sitting across from him, so I’m sure it was o.k. So, I guess he didn’t need to use the “barf” bag.
After 9/11 people should know that airlines are NOT going to put up with this stuff anymore. My question was, don’t they usually have an air marshall on board a trans-atlantic flight? Just asking, since I have not flown since 9/11.@Grannys_Place -
Finally, a good use of those boring magazines they stuff in your seat! Brilliant!
@ZSA_MD -
ohmyword! that picture makes me laugh! but how scary for the passengers and crew.
if someone chooses to act up…they have the freedom to choose that.
but freedom to choose is not freedom from the consequences.
tape ‘em.
I got quite a few chuckles out of looking at this too!
I think this is perfectly legit. Kind of scary but it seems the right thing to do.
@olwd - Bet he’ll watch how much he drinks on a plane in the future!
I would certainly hope so! If not, he best shave before boarding his next airplane. hehehe
What else are you going to do to protect you and others when you are in the air with no escape? Tape and zip ties sound like a good idea.
i dont think duct tape was nessesary maybe the hand ties like the cops use or some feet restrains then something he cant get out of:)