WTH?
THe axe is in the hands of the crew. But yeah, whether you call it a fire axe or a crash axe, it’s a short-handled evil-looking thing.
Taking stuff away from the passengers is about control, not safety.
I fly a LOT for business. I can assure you that no nutcase is EVER going to hijack an American-flagged air carrier. Passengers will F’ing kill the guy. You see it in the news kinda in the open now.