[naturalman1975]

Mr Schwerdtfeger said he and other male passengers kept watch on the passenger to ensure he did not attempt to enter the cockpit.

I'm glad they did this - and not being there, maybe it was the best call to not risk inflaming the situation further, it's easy to judge from a distance in hindsight - but I would have wanted to actively restrain him.

[Paladin2]

Sounds like Romney should’a been there to defenestrate him.

[Last Dakotan]

"He eye-balled me from behind the curtain and ran his finger across his neck suggesting he was going to kill me."

That's when you give him the old "eyes watching you" hand gesture. Man up.

[DIRTYSECRET]

U R ALL RONG! Even the nuts out there understand that death is not an option so they only go so far.

[headstamp 2]

“It was the scariest thing ever,” said traveller Daniel Schwerdtfeger.

“He eye-balled me from behind the curtain and ran his finger across his neck suggesting he was going to kill me.”

That’s when I would have went up and kicked the sh** out of him.

[Sherman Logan]

The period of terror would have been shortened considerably had the passengers kicked the crap out of him and then tied him up. I suggest the airline stock zip ties.

I would have been more than happy to participate. Anyone attempting to interfere with the operation of an airliner is guilty of attempted mass murder and should be treated accordingly.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Fearing he would storm the cockpit, a group of passengers aboard told how they kept a constant watch as the man attempted on four separate occasions to enter the toilet at the front of the plane.

Why didn't the crew of the plane tie this guy up with the plastic ties I've heard have been used on other flights? And why didn't the passengers insist on it - or just jump him and restrain him themselves?

[righttackle44]

Gotta love the Aussies. But if it had been an American flight, he would have been subdied, bound and secured in a seat facing backward, the seat belt cinched to keep him there, causing him great pain if necessary. We owe the passengers and crew on Flight 93 to follow their example.

[PAR35]

Passengers were a bunch of wimps. A few years ago, a passenger tried a stunt on a Southwest plane. Authorities removed the body when the plane landed.