Passengers duct-tape man who allegedly tried to open door during American Airlines flight to Texas
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The passenger allegedly told a flight attendant about “wanting and needing to exit the aircraft now,” then jumped on her, injuring her neck and wrist, authorities said in a report.

Summary

Passengers on an American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to Dallas-Fort Worth restrained a Canadian man with duct tape after he allegedly attempted to open a cabin door mid-flight, claiming he was the “captain” and needed to exit.

The man became aggressive, injuring a flight attendant as he rushed toward the door.

Several passengers, including Doug McCright and Charlie Boris, subdued him, using duct tape to secure his hands and ankles.

Authorities detained the man upon landing, and the incident remains under investigation.

  • dan1101@lemm.ee
    1·
    3 days ago

    Intent is the key, if the person had a gun they thought was loaded but actually wasn’t, wouldn’t it still be attempted murder if they put it to your head and pulled the trigger? Same thing with the door, they thought it would open.

    • FaceDeer@fedia.io
      2·
      3 days ago

      So if I genuinely believe I can use my psychic powers to explode peoples’ hearts, I should be up on attempted murder charges whenever I glare at someone with intent to kill?

      Given that in a basically identical case someone linked to elsewhere in this thread no murder-related charges were filed for trying to open an airplane door like this, I suspect that wouldn’t be the outcome here either.