Originally Posted by
vancouv
'We didn't shoot it down because we didn't want to kill everyone on board plus those down below and we didn't think it was likely it was another 9/11 so the crash into central London which killed several thousand people rather then the 300 if we'd shot it down was unfortunate.....'
Load Toad - i get where you're coming from but it's a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation - before 9/11 it might have seemed impossible, sadly now that's no longer the case.
In that case, I'd much rather be dammed because I didn't. Ordering the shoot down of an aircraft and killing innocent people because if I don't the terrorist will kill them..and possibly some others on the ground, is an abhorrent strategy. By the way vancouv, another thing that's changed since 911 is that passengers no longer remain compliant and seated when airborne terrorist/unruly passenger situations occur. They fight to retake the aircraft or group to subdue the unruly one. Unless they get shot down by their own!!