Some fool tried to hijack a 737, only to be inevitably taken in hand by the passengers. Hijacking isn’t going to work for many years; the rules changed on September 11th. Now we know not to cooperate with hijackers, but to kill them.
BBC reports that the pilots hammered the brakes upon landing, knocking the idiot down in preparation for his pummeling by the pax. (There’s also a report the flight attendants threw boiling water at him. Sounds right out of “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”)
Posted by Jeff Uphoff on 16 February 02007 @ 12pm
To follow up on Jeff, seems the hijacker didn’t speak French, which the pilot and most of the passengers did. The pilot told women and kids to move to the back, men to the front, boil some water, and hold tight. More or less. Freakin’ ingenious.
Posted by Jason on 17 February 02007 @ 12pm
Didn’t realize you were such a big fan of the death penalty.
It’s also worth noting, as commenters above do, that this hijacker was not killed, and that the passengers were organized by the pilot.
Posted by Nell on 21 February 02007 @ 4pm
Didn’t realize you were such a big fan of the death penalty.
I’m not — I actively oppose it. Didn’t realize we were talking about the death penalty.
Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 21 February 02007 @ 4pm
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