Passenger attempts to open emergency exit door during Delta flight

[Jon Carter]

The guy in the video said they asked for "able-bodied" men. Big difference.

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Yeah, if it were "able-bodied" then that would prevent any embarrassment, though you'd get way more people than you need, but the article above says:

Then, a pilot announces: "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain speaking. We would like all strong males to the front of the aircraft to handle a problem passenger."

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And I get why they would say "strong" rather than "able-bodied" because, again, they probably don't want like 100 people to show up.

 

[Ra]

Unruly passenger who caused Delta flight diversion was attendant on inactive status

A flight attendant on inactive status caused a disturbance on a Los Angeles-Atlanta Delta flight, which diverted to Oklahoma City.

www.ajc.com

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Imagine if they call all the "strong men" to get up to the front and when you get up the flight attendant is like "nah I think we're good"

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"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain speaking, we need all members and applicants of the Round Table of Black Air Force Activity to the front of the plane right now."

That would weed out the unworthy coming forward.