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If only there were some safe way to just pump knockout gas into the cabin once everybody is boarded and strapped in, and then wake you up just before landing, a
by thrower123 5y ago
If only there were some safe way to just pump knockout gas into the cabin once everybody is boarded and strapped in, and then wake you up just before landing, air travel would be so much more pleasant.
- mnw21cam 5y agoThe Russians tried that when they had a hostage crisis [0]. It did not go well. Out of 850 hostages, up to 130 of them died due to the effects of the knockout gas. There's a reason why when you have medical surgery, you are knocked out by a highly trained specialist whose sole job during the entire procedure is to monitor your health and make sure you are responding in exactly the right way to the knockout drugs. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_theater_hostage_crisis
- thrower123 5y ago> If only there were some safe way
- mnw21cam 5y agoI guess the other thing to note is that in an emergency I think the crew would very much like it if the passengers were alert and able to evacuate the plane on their own steam.