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Multiple passengers did involve themselves, and got hurt in the process. News articles don't say (it's not an important detail), but we may speculate that ther
by lobster_johnson 9y ago
Multiple passengers did involve themselves, and got hurt in the process.
News articles don't say (it's not an important detail), but we may speculate that there were people on the sidelines who were waiting for an opportunity to enter the fray.
But also, everyone involved seemed to be continually surprised about how difficult it was to get the guy under control. Personally I'm not sure that, if I were on that flight, I would've bothered if I saw that three or four people were already engaging. The bystander effect (aka "someone else's problem") isn't always completely illogical.
It probably happened quite fast, too. As I understand it, happened in an area between bulkheads where there aren't any seats. The fight likely wasn't visible to everyone on board, and by the time enough people rose to engage, it might have been over. Again, just speculation.
Lastly, there's also obviously a limit to the number of people who can engage in a fight in cramped airplane cabin.
- TheRealDunkirk 9y ago> an opportunity to enter the fray. I'm a fairly large guy, and prone to have jumped in the middle of this. I can only imagine how difficult it would have been to navigate the cramped seats and isles, where surely everyone was gawking and rubbernecking, just to get to the galley, where 2 small people have a hard time standing side-by-side, and help in the fight. Two people tussling in that space is about all it's going to allow, and the troublemaker was clearly on something I ain't on, to take a beating with a wine bottle, and keep fighting. There's just no good answer here, except for the pilot to ask, over the intercom, if there's a Jackie Chan on board.