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Originally posted by Zaphod58
The pilots would have had to unstrap, stand up, work their way out of the seats, and tried to find room for all four people in their, before trying to fight them off.
I've been in cockpits of older planes, which were designed larger than the 757/767 to incorporate a flight engineer, with a large group of people, and let me tell you, you can barely breathe in those.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
You have to REALLY move the controls of a plane to get the autopilot to disengage.
Originally posted by Griff
Originally posted by Zaphod58
You have to REALLY move the controls of a plane to get the autopilot to disengage.
I would say trying to manuver a dead body out of that tight space while slipping on blood (you do know how much blood needs to be lost for death right) would be one of the hardest things to do without REALLY moving the controls. Think about it.
Then they had to do it not once but twice.
And then not twice....eight times total.
And with different highjackers with all different coordination and such. Seems unlikely that none of them would bump the controls.
[edit on 8/30/2007 by Griff]
[edit on 8/30/2007 by Griff]
Originally posted by Jaruseleh
Also, 1 could have held the controls while the other removed the bodies. I don't think it's that inconceivable that they could have been killed and removed without too much bumpage.
It's not like they are sitting on a barstool and can swivel around to stand up and fight off the attackers. How well would you be able to defend yourself when being attacked from behind while in a low and obstructed position?