I think if I was in the situation, being in a crowded airplane, sitting so close to everyone else, the noise, being nervous because of flying, peoples perfumes and smells, I would have been in sensory overload to begin with. I would have been having a hard time handling it to start, then you add the lady pulling the seat belt and yelling and everything... they would have had to turn the plane around because I would have been beating my head off of the the nearest something hard
I have never went any place in a airplane, the thought of being locked in there and not being able to get away to calm myself, that is scary
I think the airline people need to be trained in dealing with these sort of situations, I mean, I am sure there are many non autisitcs that panic while in a airplane, what do they do then? it seems they need to come up with ways to handle these sort of situations