Unruly guy duct taped to airline seat...

Well, being duct taped to an IcelandAir seat for any amount of time is enough to sue over. My ass ached for a week after a flight from JFK to Reykjavik.

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He was tied to the seat. His feet were taped. His mouth was taped. It looks like there was a large zip tie around his legs. It seems a bit extreme. I don't know what the alternative would be, but don't air marshals have handcuffs? The fact that his friend was with him and taking pictures tells me they might have been having a laugh.

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Updated On: 1/5/13 at 09:08 AM

The details of this seem rather murky (I've read several other accounts, and they all differ in the details). Most say that the photo was not taken by a friend, but rather simply a fellow passenger. It seems that the man was taken into custody upon landing, but may not be prosecuted because passengers aren't coming forward with details. IF what most accounts are saying is true (attacking other passengers, spitting on other passengers, trying to choke a woman), what would you have them do?

Two hours is an awfully long time to spend in a pressurized tube way up in the sky with a screaming, spitting, out of control lunatic. I'll be interested in further details on this.

To be captured in that outfit with the hairdo is punishment enough.

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This is the only way to sit thru an entire performance of "The Anarchist"

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If he were spitting, then I would have taped his mouth shut as well.

His nose is clear...

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If he vomits, it will shoot out his nose. There would be enough time to get the tape off of him.

Besides, what bag could you put over his head that he could breathe through, but not be able to yell and scream?

Maybe just a cloth gag?

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"If he vomits, it will shoot out his nose. There would be enough time to get the tape off of him.

Besides, what bag could you put over his head that he could breathe through, but not be able to yell and scream?

Maybe just a cloth gag?"

He can yell and scream all he wants - it's the spitting that conceivably be a hazard - and any bag will do to prevent that, or just a blanket over his head. As to the rest of what you've said, IF all this is true, many people have died b/c of gags. Esp when alcohol is involved.

"Isn't this just another Internet hoax? "

Could be, PJ, which is why I've questioned the story from the get go. I'm a big believer in the CCR "believe half of what you see, and none of what you hear" credo. As Reg will tell you, I don't even own a television machine. I'm speaking from a hypothetical.

Time will surely tell.