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Why not let the terrorists take off...

posted 3 years ago by fountainhead (318)
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...and then send a couple of fighter planes to blow the 747 out of the sky? Even though I enjoy this movie, the terrorists were too dumb to take hostages with them!

[–] Sandman81 (1501) 3 years ago

Using Movie Logic:

Because the airport still did not have any radar so they would not have known where the plane was heading. And if not for McClane, they wouldn't have even known when the plane took off.

[–] fountainhead (318) 3 years ago

Good point, I guess if they were stealthy enough about their take-off, it would have made it difficult to locate them in the air in time to scramble fighter planes.

[–] Strazdas (2328) 3 years ago

There are other radar services than the airport. This was 1990, the entire coastline was covered by cold war radar systems. It still is today, but the manning of said systems are probably a lot more lax now as everyone expects the planes to just have their transponders on.

[–] Kowalski (58218) 3 years ago

...THEIR PANTS AND JACKET?....I DONT KNOW.

[–] rateater (9239) 3 years ago

the maestro on seinfeld says to take off your pants if you want to sit so you don't lose the crease.

[–] MovieManCin2 (26342) 3 years ago

But that would not work, cause in the DH universe, John McClane has to defeat the terrorists, and say
"Yippee-Ki-Yay,motherfucker" at the end.

😎

[–] PaladinNJ (20310) 3 years ago

Where would they get hostages? Thanks to Major Grant there were none available.

[–] millsey72 (9570) 2 years ago

Watch the scene again. When Grants truck pulls into the hanger, you can see very clearly in the background, many airport workers. Some were even driving those golf cart like things arounds. So there was plenty of hostages to take

[–] FootOfDavros (6733) 2 years ago

They were heading off to Val Verde to start the good life, not simply change the field of conflict to another location.

Taking hostages with them would therefore make no sense.