Monday, 07 January 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!
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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
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 -