[cynwoody]

You suppose the pilot is a Muslim that doesn’t want to be a Muslim anymore....and this was the only way he could think of to escape?

Who knows?

The surprise comes from the report that the pilots were exiting via the cockpit windows, yet now we learn at least one of the pilots was in on the hijacking.

I mean, I was thinking, this validates hardening the cockpit — they can be induced to divert the flight, but they cannot be made to fly into skyscrapers. But then we learn the asylum requester was in the cockpit! WTF‽

[devolve]

- All - All - highjackers should be shot in the head on the runway after any landings -

- That will stop the Hollywood PR that they are seeking and getting -

- Either that or feed them to hungry wild boars - “Hannibal” style

[PghBaldy]

There was the EgyptAir pilot who crashed his plane, intentionally, on Halloween of 1999, IIRC.