What would YOU do?

[Aesthetical Quietus]

Modern Warfare Styles!... partially. Get some men on board!

On a less crazy sort of note. Why not shoot the cockpit out? Sure it will de-pressurize the cabin, but probably only for the cockpit, and there's got to be a point where the plane get's low enough that a civilian can try and take over? Even if not, and you've shot everything to shit, and it's unrecoverable, you tried your best and saved the lives of 10x the 747 population. Not to mention the auto-pilot might survive, buying you far more time to get people off the plane.

 

[Desgardes]

If the warning was accurate, why would I be facing down criminal charges, especially when I have the rest of america at my disposal? Is my source actually not accurate? I think I'm going to go for verification in this case. And, whoever is verifying it means they are already closer to the action and can decide what to do better. Problem solved. A sorta "you-touched-it-last" policy.

 

[Dfskelleton]

I'd send some fighter jets to go stop the bastards. that would take about 45 minutes. Civillians live, terriorists get the death penalty, and everyone lives happily ever after.
The end

 

[Ickorus]

Shoot it down, it's not pleasant but it's really the only viable option.

 

[Fraught]

You have access to anything in America's disposal

To anything, eh?

I would take a shitlot of money, buy some things and then fly back to my homecountry.

 

[Deadlock Radium]

I'd call the terrorists and convince them that taking down the entire abomination known as the Westboro Baptist Church was a much more important objective. That way both parts would be happy and world peace would've been achieved.

 

[monstersquad]

I would get a stealth bomber modified to dock with other planes, then get a crack team of commandos led by Steven Seagal, with Kurt Russel there in an advisory position. Then when all the commandos are on board except Steven Seagal, the hatch would blow up or something, killing him as he sacrificed himself for his team. Then, without a leader, the commandos would turn to Kurt Russel to lead them, and with the help of a super-hot half-black stewardess, Kurt Russel would save the day by correctly identifying the leader and killing him. oops, this is the plot to Executive Decision.
Oh well, in that case I would send an AC-10 after the plane and shoot it down. Cause not only will the dam breakage kill loads of people, the loss of electricity to most of the west coast would cause a social breakdown of epic proportions, resulting in the loss of possible millions of lives.

 

[andreas3K]

I would simply get on the plane, kick the terrorists' asses, make out with a hot girl and be home just in time for dinner.
A real hero doesn't need a plan, right?

 

[Ayrtonh]

Lol, I think i have the best Idea. I would send off an EMP wave knocking off all electronically controlled objects in the area and pretend that It was out of my control (And the terrorists because all they can hope to do is hover down to the ground )

 

[chinangel]

resign so I don't have to make the decision.

 

[Emperor Platypus]

Well I'd probably try to argue with US officials that they are retarded for asking me to make the decision for them.

I mean c'mon what were they thinking?
"You know what bob, go and grab the international phonebook for me. It's time we got a new director to lead the: 'We'll solve everything' division."

That said, sending an EMP up there sounds nice. Let?s go with that.

 

[Mazar_Nomoid]

Ok 90 minutes? I only need 85 of them.
Get a small plane to get me to the plane and then as we catch up I'll tell the pilot to get as close to the door as possible. I would then jump to the door and then use my spay gadgets to open the door. As I get in I neutralize the terrorists and fly the plane back to it's destination(with the door safely closed). I would then be a hero and live my life knowing I did a good thing.

 

[imnot]

i'd shoot it down, despite the favt i dont live anywhere near America.
the 600 people will die anyway along with many more if i dont.
also could a plane destroy the dam, i heard it was pretty strong.

 

[Xeros]

I'd shoot the damn thing down, and console myself with the fact that they were going to die anyway, and this way they saved some lives, and a dam.

 

[Billion Backs]

Fuck morality. If people are gonna die either way, the more altruistic choice would be to save as many people as possible. Whether the plane is shot down or it crashes into the dam, practically ALL THE PASSENGERS ARE GOING TO DIE ANYWAY.

So by not shooting down the plane, you're just a fucking weakling who hides behind morality just so he can blame it on someone else instead of taking the responsibility.

Although I don't really care either way, I don't live in America and statistically I don't like the majority of people who'd die anyways. Meh.

 

[dragonslayer32]

either way the people on the plane are going to die so I would shoot it down and save the Earth from damage.

 

[not_the_dm]

Shoot the plane down, what other choice is there? They have no reasons to not fly it into the dam, only physically preventing the plane from reaching it's target will work.

Besides, that saves more lives, and thus is the better choice. Morally.

 

[Tortoiseloz]

Wake up megatron and us my hex of alignment buffed hammer on his head cause he would save them, cure cancer, give everyone money and bake some nice cake iiiiif he doesn't destroy the world while doing that