Surviving Disaster

I watched a new show last night on Spike TV called Surviving Disaster. A very cool show! This was the first episode and it is hosted by a former Navy SEAL. This espisode dealt with how to overcome hijackers on an airplane. And let me tell you, I actually feel like I could overtake them.

Basically you start out by creating a diversion. He had a lady set her cell phone alarm to go off in 3 minutes and then toss it under the seats a couple rows in front of where all the passengers were sitting. This gave him ample time to gather a group of 6 men by hand signals and eye contact. Once the phone went off, the men attacked the hijackers who were bent over trying to find the phone. The men used whatever items they could find such as high heel shoes, keys, etc. as weapons and they used seat cushions or jackets for defense mechanisms. They aimed the weapons toward the hijackers throats in order to subdue them immediately. Then they took them and tied them up with shoelaces, power cords, and belts. They gagged them and blindfolded them.

Next they took a drink cart and filled it full in order to make a battering ram to get into the cockpit where the last hijacker was flying the plane. While they were doing this they had the other passengers trying to call anyone and everyone on their cell phones to alert the authorities that they were trying to take back the plane. Once the guys starting trying to get into the cockpit, the last hijacker made the plane nosedive. Luckily they got through the door and were able to take over the hijacker and take back control of the plane. The emergency channel for all aircraft is 121.5 so they dialed into it to let the controllers know that they had regained control and needed help to fly and possibly land the plane.

Very interesting stuff!! I can't wait to see what they do next week!