Pilot uses axe to subdue "cockpit intruder"

Wulf

Wulf

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As long as pilots aren't allowed to carry firearms on board commercial flights, they'll have to find other ways to defend themselves from potential hijackers or otherwise dangerous passengers.

Today, a pilot did just that... with an axe!

Check it out:
Cockpit intruder subdued on flight

Co-pilot hits him with ax; plane arrives safely in Buenos Aires

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ASSOCIATED PRESS

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Feb. 7 — A passenger tried to force his way into the cockpit of a United Airlines plane on a flight from Miami on Thursday but was subdued after the co-pilot hit him over the head with a small ax, the FBI said. Pablo Morcira, a banker from Uruguay, was restrained by the flight crew and later arrested by police after the flight landed as scheduled in Buenos Aires.
 
Thanks Wulf! Hmm...amoung other things, this article demonstrates the value of a cool head and the ability to use whatever tool is availible.
 
Their crash axes are a little different, man that would give you quite a headache

:D :D :cool: :D :D
 
I don't know what the "crash ax" looks like, Sarge, but it seems to me like the co-pilot used the wrong side... the perp is still walking around.
 
mounted to the floor, behind pilot. Heavy, kinda shaped like a fireman's axe/combo like a sledge to bust your way out if you crash and are trapped inside. All of the ones that I've seen are battleship gray and look very dull. Not a great description, but you get the drift.
 
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