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Wishful thinking. Even if passengers assumed there's not path to survive other than fight -- and you're not in a position to say that they assume this -- most p

• monkeynotes 5y ago
  It doesn't take 'most' passengers to overpower some people. All it takes is one hero to move and others will pile on, just one person to break the bystander effect. This is scientifically proven with crowd modelling.
• ceejayoz 5y ago
  > most people will not do anything about the hijack anyway You don't need most. Flight 93 demonstrates that the "sit down and be quiet while the hostage negotiators work" approach is dead for a while.
• jcranmer 5y ago
  Flight 93 resulted in a passenger revolt that prevented the plane from reaching its intended target. The underwear bomber was tackled and subdued by fellow passengers.
• deleted 5y ago
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