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Re:United Airlines bans duct tape restraints by relax88 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @11:35AM (#28222690)
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?

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Re:United Airlines bans duct tape restraints by Stevvo on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:12PM (#28227234)
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.

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