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With quarters being as close as they are, I could visualize mass casualties of innocent passengers very quickly.
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The last thing I recall reading on the topic indicated that if a plane is hijacked and the flight crew is either under coercion or incapacitated, current standard operating procedure is to shoot the plane down to prevent it from being used as a flying bomb that could kill thousands.
EVERYONE on the plane dies. Sorta puts things in perspective.
The downsides of armed passengers pale in comparison to the outcome of a successful hijacking. (Successful in terms of the hijackers actually being able to take control of the airplane.)