Summary
Passengers on an American Airlines flight from Milwaukee to Dallas-Fort Worth restrained a Canadian man with duct tape after he allegedly attempted to open a cabin door mid-flight, claiming he was the “captain” and needed to exit.
The man became aggressive, injuring a flight attendant as he rushed toward the door.
Several passengers, including Doug McCright and Charlie Boris, subdued him, using duct tape to secure his hands and ankles.
Authorities detained the man upon landing, and the incident remains under investigation.
Because of the way this headline is phrased, I am forced to assume that “who allegedly tried to open door during American Airlines flight” is a clause, and that the passengers duct taped this man to the state of Texas.
The year is 2024. Publications no longer need to save headline space by ignoring common punctuation usage. Why do they still do this?
People’s brains are so baked by the dopamine slot machine of the internet that the most compelling part has to be put in the first couple words or people won’t read it.
It’s a tradition.
Tradition is always a terrible reason to do something poorly.
The headline is perfectly understandable though.
Yeah, the passengers duct taped the guy to Texas.