Southwest Airlines incident today
 

Well, I wonder if this will be shown on Airline.. probably not, but let's credit those smart and fast thinking passengers for aiding the flight attendents. I know I do some scanning, both in the waiting area and once boarded. would hate to ever have to subdue someone, but I guess we should be prepared mentally. I'm wondering who had the duct tape, is this standard equipment now?

jetset1, I had the same question as you about the ducttape, LOL. Not that the incident was funny by any means.

But seriously, do some cautious flyers pack ducttape into their carryons or do the attendants have it with their supplies? If so, wonder why they don't also have handcuffs.

Interested minds want to know!

In the article I read they didn't say who had the duct tape, maybe the crew?

LoveItaly and Faina~ I guess it serves so many purposes, and maybe we'll find out who had it. No, by no means funny, I think of the pilots as holy, their job is to keep us safe, and we as passengers now have an equally important task, imho.
I do have to share a light moment memory. Back when we were living in the Aleutians and Reeve was our big carrier from Anchorage.. we had made a stop in King Salmon. The day was bitter cold, early January, snow and ice, bright blue skies. The door was stuck, and we sat for a few moments freezing(seated across from door with our two kids), no jetway here, only stairs to the ground. Just when I thought we were hypothermic, a mechanic comes up the ramp, wrench in one hand, a roll of DUCT TAPE in the other, and says "good to go". (250 lb. 20-something, can of chew in one pocket, didn't look like a grad of airplane repair 101), but hey, we made it! Anchorage-Cold Bay, 17 yr. survivor!

Anyone care to share a link? I have no idea what anyone is refering to.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/26/air...gle/index.html

Looked like a member of Spinal Tap to me. And I too wondered if the flight attendants have a special stash of duct tape expressly for this purpose. It must have been terrifying for the passengers.

GT: I just read it but now can't find the link.

In a nutshell, some idiot tried to get into the cockpit of a SWA flight (I believe he hit or punched a flight attendant) and some passengers subdued him and tied him up with duct tape!

The incident happened last night, according to CNN. But something's not quite right about this. I cannot find another source on this-- Reuters, AP, FOXnews.com (uggghhh), even philly.com. Why only CNN?