Posted on 02/16/2007 2:30:16 PM PST by protest1
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...with a twist -- :-)
All the pilot needed to do was tap the brakes. It takes little acceleration to send one flying.
Did you expect his parents to name him Blake O'Connor?
I wonder how they know this? It could just be a different mode of operation, claim to want asylum and as you come in to land shoot the pilot and crash into the airport terminal. Air crew and passengers are wise to it by now so a hijacker might want to conceal his intentions to try to avoid being overpowered.
Silly me I should know by now if an armed muslim is involved in any kind of crime then terrorism is automatically ruled out.
I'm sure Amnesty International, the United Nations, and, possibly, PETA will be filing their complaints of mistreatment shortly.
Yeah.. "Mohamed". What a surprise. Huh?
Yeah, but he probably thought Jack Bauer had given him the old torture treatment.
Congratulations, all those who took the highjacker down.
And kudos to the attendants who threw boiling coffee on him.
The hijacking came on same day that Spain began the trial of 29 people, mostly Moroccans, for the 2004 Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people, and days after al Qaeda called for attacks on Mauritania's rulers.
I think this was more than just asylum seeking.
Fantastic. This actually brought tears to my eyes.
Hell Yes! Double Hell Yes!
A man with his wits about him is never unarmed.
The pilot, apparently, had his wits quite handy.
Great story.
"Woops. Guess I hijacked the wrong plane."
You would have taken him out singlehandedly.
A short, sudden application won't damage brakes or tires. A longer deceleration will burn out/up both.
I guess you never landed at Midway Airport in Chicago. Pilots actually have to lower a tailhook and hope to catch a wire.
All those teeny boxes across the street from the airport are houses. Because of noise abatement, the pilots come in steep -- as soon as the plane crosses the fence, everyone starts pulling up on their armrests to get that puppy down on the runway NOW.
Drive a pick-up truck up to 80 MPH with someone standing in the bed of the truck, or on the inside of an enclosed vehicle. He won't have any trouble doing that. Then suddenly stomp on the brake, very wuickly but briefly, then slam down the accelerator immediately and watch what happens to your passenger in the back! Planes of that size land at TWICE THAT SPEED!
Finally...some use for the French language....
Was the hijacker a Papist or an Evangelical?
Planes landing at Midway also have trap doors on the floor in front of each seat so the passengers can lower their feet to the ground and help brake. Sort of like Fred Flintstone.
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