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by aaronem 4087 days ago
> they'll have a nice leisurely ride to a waiting SWAT team

...and no reason not to murder the entire passsenger load on the way there, save possibly to have hostages once the aircraft's on the ground. I really don't think you have thought this all the way through.
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DennisP 4087 days ago
I don't see how it gives them any extra incentive to murder. I'd say it gives them less, since there's nothing to gain.

It's also a better situation by far than letting them crash the plane into a building, and if the system is known to exist it's a deterrent against hijacking planes in the first place. And if there's a struggle on board, it's less likely that the struggle will cause a crash.

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aaronem 4087 days ago
> I don't see how it gives them any extra incentive to murder.

Schrecklichkeit, maybe?

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