Brings back memory of one pitch black African night when I woke up with riot like noises on the streets, people running up and down, húndreds of them.
Like in this thread, for a few minutes I just sat down in my room, trying to comprehend the situation, planning my next step. Same doubt as in this thread in deciding to go down to the lobby or lock myself up.
Flashes of the whole hotel being "cleaned" by a blood thirstly, money hungry and foreigner hating machete armed mob flashed through my mind.
The situation really scared the &^%$ outta me, dáng, did I feel helpless for a second.
Many African states are so politically unsteady, this could be a real scenario. Things can turn ugly overnight there.
It turned out they were celebrating some political event! They just had fun!
Airlines might consider "training" crew for this kind of danger. As flying itself gets more and more difficult to target, these fanatics are looking for easier opportunities.
When I started flying long haul some 30 years ago, there were a few large hotel fires each Year worldwide. That really scared me so much I always carried an emergency escape rope with me for a few years. But then hotels got higher! But also got sprinklers etc so I stopped taking it with me.....
Sickening idea to spend a lifetime training to control all kinds of airplane related risks, and getting choked in a hotel room....