![]() A 13 year old who is trying to kick out a window on a pressurized plane he is in is not stealing, vandalizing, raping, infringing on fundamental freedoms like cops who enforce leftist laws, or burglarizing. The criminal justice system often does not properly differentiate between mental illness/emotional disturbance versus criminality. Windows are strong and double paned but I understand cabin crew not taking chances with windows. Parents should know how to best calm him down but in an environment with a lot of people it can be challenging. It’s possible a parent was taking an autistic to or from somewhere and the kid had an outburst. We could be upset at the 13 year old but if it’s one of the two conditions above, he was born that way. It’s either mental illness/handicap or emotional control issues. If this is not a case of simple thuggery that is common with certain youths, this is a sad situation. Hospitals have very detailed procedures for physical and chemical restraints “for the patient’s own protection” which include checking the patient and vital signs every hour or 2 and often constant 1 to 1 observation.Īs far as added risk from restraints while feet wet (over water) far from land for a prolonged time, as we used to say “if someone gets injured in the middle of the ocean severely enough to require Medevac and then the Medevac helicopter crashes in the ocean while enroute to a land hospital and the patient drowns because the stretcher does not have appropriate flotation devices, consider that it just wasn’t the patient’s day and his/her time had come.” □ But that added risk is weighed against the added risk of no restraint (of the child injuring himself AND of injuries to others and damaging the aircraft). As far as added risk due to restraint, yes that’s also true. Re: “Once the kid is restrained is there any danger in continuing to the destination?” yes, of course there’s danger. Hope someone has a better answer as to how to deal with situation…. Also not sure if it is physically possible to kick an airliner window out…but he was apparently beating up on his mom as well. ![]() While I feel for that child and their family, there is much more we will never know…what if someone on board that was diverted by a night was missing saying good bye to a dying relative in hospice…many unknowns. ![]() Taking some responsibility in the first place would have prevented the whole episode. It’s sad all the way around, but the ripple effects impacted the bottom line and I’m not sure that the family should be off scott free. I’m sure it is not what crewmembers wish to encounter or have to deal with, and the duct tape was the safest and most compassionate way to control /restrain they had. He presented a serious safety risk to crew and passengers. Stephen…my guess is this child (and 13 year olds can be pretty strong) had some issues well-known to his parent(s) and if they believed their child could be a problem on board, they should not have risked the safety of all by taking him on such a trip.
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