Qantas Psycho Hijacking Attempt
It only begs the question - how do you argue in court that restraining this crackpots arms and legs, was an appropriate response and that it would be an efficient restraint of his (allegedly) sinister mind?? And how do you maintain that someone "thinking about" bringing a plane down is a credible threat?
It's going to be interesting to see how this one plays out..........
From the ABC news website 24 minutes ago
Man threatens to bring plane down with mind
Singapore Police are questioning a man who threatened to bring down a Qantas flight from Singapore to Sydney.
The man was restrained by flight stewards after he made threats to disrupt QF31 using mind power.
According to ABC reporter Nick Luchinelli, who was onboard the flight, it seemed the middle-aged man was either under the influence of drugs or alcohol - or possibly both.
He was suffering some sort of delusion and people who were sitting close to him in the next row said he was threatening to use the power of his mind to being the flight down.
The stewards had to take the threat seriously so he had both his arms and legs cuffed, and remained that way for the rest of the flight.
Singaporean Police boarded the flight after passengers disembarked.
Last edited by Red Jet; 5th Apr 2010 at 19:58.