Re:United Airlines bans duct tape restraints
by relax88 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:35AM
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There is a risk of killing someone regardless of how long you hold a choke hold. Obviously if you could restrain them it wouldn’t be necessary.
Im also not sure what to make of your comments regarding windows and doors on airplanes. It seems the doors would be impossible to open at high enough altitude, but I’m not so sure about windows:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243764/Man-arreste...
I wonder if in this example it was just the interior layer of plastic/glass?
Re:United Airlines bans duct tape restraints
by Stevvo on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:12PM
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Doors including emergency exits are locked by the aircraft's systems when airborne.
It's possible, though unlikely, the guy in the article made it through the middle plexiglass layer in addition to the inner layer which is only there to stop you from scratching the plexiglass; at 4mm thick it's certainly within the realm of human strength. However at 12mm the outer layer is comfortably beyond what a human could crack without weapons/tools.
The door will not open. The window itself is strong enough to withstand any kick that someone could put on it, but that is largely irrelevant as there is the a scratch pane, and that additional window with the tiny hole in the bottom in front of it for additional protection.
If you're holding a choke hold beyond the point someone has passed out, i.e. "risking killing them", then YOU are the danger to others in that situation, not mentally ill dude trying in futility to exit the aircraft at 36000ft.