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Old 27th Jul 2014, 21:01
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Gauges and Dials
 
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I'd go further than that

The SWAT team should take a look at the clips (especially the second), sit down and work out a new plan which would not have killed many people had there actually been a dangerous, armed, person there, rather than a standard nut case.
I'd go further than that, and say that the SWAT team should not exist.

Either it's necessary to militarily storm an airplane full of passengers (which I believe may have been done successfully at the very most a handful of times, worldwide, in my lifetime) or it is not necessary. If it's necessary, then for God's sake, bring in the best special forces team in the region to do the job. and do it. This is not the kind of operation to be carried out by a couple of members of the local constabulary to whom you've given some surplus military kit and a weekend's worth of training. Encouraging local police departments to play commando is a good way to get innocent people killed.
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