• bisby@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        But that wasnt the threat. They were going to stop him from blowing up the plane by… blowing up the plane.

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            9 months ago

            bluffing a threat to the plane by snapchatting your friend would be a weird move. No one on the plane even knew a “threat” was made.

            It seems like “we have no details at all about the threat (because it wasn’t actually credible), so let’s just be prepared for every situation” is the logic.

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      9 months ago

      They’d get a really big megaphone and tell the pilot “Pull over!”

      jk, they’ll just fire a Sidewinder missile at it if it deviates from its flight path.

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      9 months ago

      Guessing it gives them information on what is actually happening on the plane. If the pilots were being held against their will they could be following orders from a hijacker.