What exactly would the hostie do if the naughty pilot decides to divert? Take over control? Overpower the pilot and force him/her to behave? Threaten the pilot with the fire axe? Open the door to allow access to the other pilot?
AP is quoting the witnesses:
"The pilot was threatening (the hijacker) to open the cockpit door and tried to knock it down without succeeding,".
"At this point, a message was transmitted by the loudspeakers in poor English, but the threat to crash the airplane was clearly understood," .
Oxygen masks then came down, making everyone on the plane very tense.
"We got scared because we saw these (oxygen masks) come down and the voice of the pilot, that usually is friendly and mellow, was cracking and worried, saying, `Breathe with the oxygen masks! Sit down!'...
The co-pilot later threatened to take away passengers' oxygen if they tried to leave their seats.
"`If you're not sitting down and belted, I'll take away your oxygen,'"