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Originally Posted by ken0042
Well, first off a disruptive passenger can be a danger to the safety of the plane. A dead person isn't.
The second thing- they were on a 9 hour flight. Based on what I've read about 9/11 and from watching "Mayday" they would have had to dump several thousand gallons of fuel to do a safe landing. Let's say 5,000 gallons, and let's say that costs $20,000. Who pays for that? I'm also not sure if the airline also would have to pay for the cleanup costs of that much fuel going into the environment.
Could it have been handled better- probably. But risking a return to the airport wouldn't have been my first choice.
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Why would you have to dump the fuel out? Lessen the risk of the plane exploding I assume?
There is probably a good chance that many of the disruptive passengers are drunk. Who sold them that alcohol? The airline or airport. So the airlines are potentially causing their own problems with disruptive passengers in that case. I don't hear any complaints about wasting money because someone is drunk. And I am sure this happens way more than someone dying on a plane. I understand the need to getting distruptive passengers off of the plane, but someone dying mustn't happen that often.