[TheOtherOne]

Bad time to be a beligerent drunk on an airplane. As many here say, a hijacker would be overcome by passengers - as this drunken fool apparently was.

[LadyDoc]

actually, those who work with violent people have to be trained in how to restrain without killing a person.

Every once in awhile you hear about such deaths, either by police with a suspect or in a jail,or by medical personnel in mental hospitals...

if drugs/alcohol are involved, the danger is higher since patients may vomit and choke

This is not the first time passengers accidentally killed a violent person. Before 911, a mental patient went crazy on a SWAirline flight and died when passengers restrained him...

As for sedatives, that is always a danger. I once treated a patient with chest pain on an overseas flight. Another doc had an emergency kit with injectable sedatives/pain shots, but I refused to give it because I was worried about the rare reaction of stopping the patient's breathing. Instead we gave him a pill, and the pain finally settled down before we landed in Tokyo...

[csvset]

{Sigh} He could have been a future governor!

He was drunk fool and suffered for it. Too f'ing bad, end of story.

[jigsaw]

On Friday, Siess's body sat in a Queens morgue...

No doubt with his tray table up.

[alisasny]

An extremely drunk person prone to violent outbursts when drunk is capable of huge strength. Probably even more than if sober.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

This was an episode of "CSI"... man acting erratically on a plane tried to charge into the cockpit, passengers took him down and accidentally killed him. Turned out the guy wasn't drunk, although he had been drinking. He had some brain disorder or injury that combined with the alcohol and lower air pressure in the cabin caused him to freak out.

Anyone who remembers the episode better than I do, feel free to correct me!

[Kay Soze]

I fly alot and know full well that there are no more hijackings for cash and prizes.

The passangers will take any threat out.