Angry passengers take Jetstar crew hostage
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Angry passengers take Jetstar crew hostage
Angry passengers take Jetstar crew hostage
Jetstar Passengers Take Crew Hostage | Shanghai Pudong Airport
>>A JETSTAR pilot and crew were held hostage for more than six hours by a mob of angry passengers after their flight was diverted from Beijing to Shanghai because of bad weather.
The experienced Australian pilot is being hailed a hero for his calm actions after being confronted by the angry passengers as they disembarked at Shanghai's Pudong Airport.
Upset at the delay and fearful that they would be abandoned and left to find their own way to Beijing, the passengers bailed them up inside a section of the arrivals area and refused to let them leave.<<
Hope this does not herald a trend . . .
Jetstar Passengers Take Crew Hostage | Shanghai Pudong Airport
>>A JETSTAR pilot and crew were held hostage for more than six hours by a mob of angry passengers after their flight was diverted from Beijing to Shanghai because of bad weather.
The experienced Australian pilot is being hailed a hero for his calm actions after being confronted by the angry passengers as they disembarked at Shanghai's Pudong Airport.
Upset at the delay and fearful that they would be abandoned and left to find their own way to Beijing, the passengers bailed them up inside a section of the arrivals area and refused to let them leave.<<
Hope this does not herald a trend . . .
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Just one minor flaw in this plan.
" We have your Captain and First Officer and will not release them until You airline management meet our demands"
" Do what the hell you want to them, plenty more contract losers where they came from "
" We have your Captain and First Officer and will not release them until You airline management meet our demands"
" Do what the hell you want to them, plenty more contract losers where they came from "
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I would identify those passengers and deny them from boarding on the next sector. They are a safety threat and have shown that they cannot be trusted to follow crew instructions. Simple as that.
Last edited by Anthill; 31st Oct 2012 at 06:44.
They are a safety threat and have shown that they cannot be trusted to follow crew instructions. Simple as that.
If you fly with `any` third rate airline, that is cheap & nasty & which may put you down anywhere in the country you are flying to, if not the particular destination, you have to accept you will get treated like trash! One's national carrier, on many of their domestic routes appear to be going down the cheap / nasty route as well.
So how exactly was aviation safety compromised by the actions of passengers, post-flight, inside the terminal building ?
If you can find a crew willing to travel with a set of pax like that, good luck to you!
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Because the pilot and crew clearly control and dictate the weather.
I would identify those passengers and deny them from boarding on the next sector.
Unfortunately, this kind of behaviour is a common occurrence on the mainland and the various authorities do diddly squat to stop it happening.
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These are the same sorta people who would plot to a pilot or whoever at fault if he forced a landing in fog and possibly crashed and killed a family member..... You cant win with idiots
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The wonderful PRC
Anyone thinking this is not true has never been to the people's republic. This sort of event has happened time and again. There are no rules or decorum in china. Crews of diverting flights have been hunted down and attacked in their hotel rooms. Something like this is minor and commonplace in the prc...
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Not just PRC, but HKG too. Sit-ins are common, and so is crew intimidation and hostage taking. If you're a foreign airline, police are just as likely to take the side of the passengers.
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Upset at the delay and fearful that they would be abandoned and left to find their own way to Beijing, the passengers bailed them up inside a section of the arrivals area and refused to let them leave.