<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by B747-437B:
The possibility of a suicide mission has always been considered and written into the operational planning of pretty much every major international airline whose response procedures I am aware of. This has been the case for many years.</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by B747-437B:
Unfortunately today a "simple" hijacking will likely result in a catastrophic escalation because of passengers and crew who incorrectly believe that an escalation of force is the ideal response to any hijacking. It isn't, except in very exceptional circumstances.</font>
I wrote my post just from a passenger point of view because I don't know about the related procedures.
I assume that any terrorists attack the crew first and pin them down. So as a passenger or Air Marshal you have to judge if its a "simple" hijacking or worse to ajust your reaction to the situation. From my point of view this judgement is the key problem (probably also for Air Marshals) and I was wondering how the pax would judge a hijack situation nowadays.
Personnel I don't think that an escalation of force is the #1 reaction in case of an hijacking.