Originally Posted by
Lon More
There exists a legal responsibility of due care in British law, that you cannot just stand by and do nothing in such circumstances - same as watching someone drown in a swimming pool, you must attempt to rescue them unless doing so would endanger others.
Just being picky but this is not the case in English law. You cannot be found criminally liable by failing to act. A person who sees another man drowning but does nothing to help him, even though, if he had merely reached out his hand, the man who could not swim would have been saved has committed no crime.
There are a few exceptions. For example where you are require to act by law eg being obliged to report an accident; a contractual duty to act eg being a lifeguard at a swimming pool and watching someone drown. There are about half a dozen others.
Sorry I just came over all pedantic.
Well done to the BA crew. I hope I would have done the same.