I’ve been thinking about this too. No need to get close first. There are so many weapons.
Arm all who have strong arms with soft drink cans and start throwing. While you’re at it, throw all the knives and forks at him too.
Get one guy to rush up the aisle with the food cart. You know you can’t get past one of these.
Throw all the hot boiling coffee or water you can at him.
Chances are he’ll be incapacitated before you even have to close with him.
I’ve always seen these passengers with these huge just-permissible carry on bags. Have the people who rush him hold these in front of them. One guy will have to grab the knife arm. The others can all bite, chew, knee, gouge, stab with pens etc.
But I still think hot coffee is the best attack. If all you had was a knife, what could you do against a pot of boiling water?
No matter who you are or where you are, you always have your keys. Make a fist with the keys pointing about through the fingers,use force, and aim for the eyes or balls.
Hurl my rather heavy laptop at his face to distract him, then try to wrap myself around his weapon arm and pray the men on the flight have enough gumption to incapacitate him before he kills me.
Then when he’s down, I would kill him. Go ahead and flame me, I don’t give a shit. :mad:
Actually, you can also just unclip the seatbelt from the seat. The seatbelts are fastened to the seat with metal clips that can easily be undone by the passenger. I, personally, would opt for the buckle side.