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Old 11-28-2005, 02:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
Stompy
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Stupid, yet intriguing question: Commercial airliners and parachutes!

Ok, say you took a parachute as your carry on bag, and during the flight, something goes hideously wrong and the plane begins a rapid descent.

You know you're gonna die unless you equip that parachute, open the cabin door, and jump out.

So let's say you open the door and jump out and land safely... would you get arrested? If so, would the charges hold against you?

What if the plane regained control? I'm assuming you'd get arrested for endangering the lives of the passengers, however, at the time you bailed, the plane was crashing anyway.

So maybe I'm thinking something along the lines of.. self defense? You knew the plane was going down, you didn't wanna die, you had the equipment, so would they hold that against you?

Insight please!

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