Flight fright: Panic-stricken passenger causes turbulence at Chiang Mai Airport

[smew]

More and more of these incidences, plane doors.. human or mechanical...copy cat..and is he posting on tiktok to get viewers....    

[Espanol]

25 minutes ago, Grumpy one said:

I agree, send him to Bangkok on a bus  

 

Send him back to Canada by bus.

[PJ71]

1 hour ago, Guderian said:

I have a suspicion that overindulgence in some form of mind-altering substance before the flight might have had something to do with this.

Yeah, such as?

 

Alcohol would never lead to anything like this, right?

 

grow up.

[Dante99]

32 minutes ago, Grumpy one said:

I agree, send him to Bangkok on a bus  

then put him on a ship to go home

[Photoguy21]

2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

They are? How can you see that?

The cabin lights are on and they are always dimmed out for take off and landing

[bamnutsak]

Caused quite a delay, inbound flights holding, and some re-routed to BKK

 

 

[Denim]

Wow. Baseball cap on backwards !

 

The absolute last word in cool.

[Captain Monday]

2 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

Just another Thaiger 'journalist' trying to use words he doesn't understand. Get used to it.

And WHY the "journos" of Thailand never ever print follow up stories of these incidents were resolution between the cops, airline, CAAT, and any judicial action possibly taken by the courts?

 

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/crazed-thai-smile-passenger-rips-planes-emergency-exit-door-open-before-takeoff

 

[Thingamabob]

2 hours ago, Jackbenimble said:

I can only summise that the journo who wrote the heading of the article doesn't understand what turbulence is. Who hires these people?

Turbulence means chaos or disorder. Sounds about right.

[fvw53]

2 hours ago, 0815 said:

Hope he has to wait for paying the bill. How did this moron come here before ?

Severe claustrophobia is a known psychiatric illness ....but your question on how he did fly to Thailand is correct

[PETERTHEEATER]

Two Caucasians offered to share the blame but police refused satying two whites don't right a wong.

[jesimps]

2 hours ago, JeffersLos said:

 

The cap on backwards is worth that alone. 

Especially when indoors. Sheer bad manners 😮

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, Photoguy21 said:

The cabin lights are on and they are always dimmed out for take off and landing

 

They were probably on because someone was out of his seat trying to get the door open. Just a suggestion.

[Bangkok Barry]

35 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

And WHY the "journos" of Thailand never ever print follow up stories of these incidents were resolution between the cops, airline, CAAT, and any judicial action possibly taken by the courts?

 

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/crazed-thai-smile-passenger-rips-planes-emergency-exit-door-open-before-takeoff

 

 

That means phoning someone and asking questions, such as yesterday when someone wrote a report about police taking no action for nine months in a case involving a child rape. Did that reporter phone them and ask why? Of course not. It's something people in Thailand are told not to do from a very young age. Hardly great training for a journalist.

[geisha]

42 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

And WHY the "journos" of Thailand never ever print follow up stories of these incidents were resolution between the cops, airline, CAAT, and any judicial action possibly taken by the courts?

 

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/crazed-thai-smile-passenger-rips-planes-emergency-exit-door-open-before-takeoff

 

With this happening a bit too often, I rather think they should have a hefty steward standing next to the doors who would be able to hold off an attack such as this. 
I myself had an awful experience on a Lufthansa flight about 12 yrs back when a drunk nasty character created havoc after take off ! After 10 minutes of terror he was handcuffed to the back of his seat and his seat neighbor and myself were moved to the pilots rest area due to a very full flight. Needless to say he was arrested on arrival . Frightening . 

 

[Captain Monday]

5 minutes ago, geisha said:

With this happening a bit too often, I rather think they should have a hefty steward standing next to the doors who would be able to hold off an attack such as this. 
I myself had an awful experience on a Lufthansa flight about 12 yrs back when a drunk nasty character created havoc after take off ! After 10 minutes of terror he was handcuffed to the back of his seat and his seat neighbor and myself were moved to the pilots rest area due to a very full flight. Needless to say he was arrested on arrival . Frightening . 

 

Come fly in the US then usually see a "Stewardess" of minimum 12 stone in the jumpseat but they can't help block the emerg exit rows on narrow body aircraft.

[Guderian]

1 hour ago, PJ71 said:

Yeah, such as?

 

Alcohol would never lead to anything like this, right?

 

grow up.

 

That's the pot calling the kettle black, lol.

I don't know what brought on your little tantrum there, but if you bothered thinking about things a bit then you might have twigged that most foreigners are well-versed in both flying and alcohol, and do not generally suffer panic attacks during a routine take-off. Most foreigners, though, are not so used to the plethora of mind-altering drugs available in Thailand, both legally and illegally.

[cardinalblue]

I love the compassion readers have on this site...A big difference between a true medical emergency and a "Karen" who demands something or refuses to comply with air protocol or policy  

[Purdey]

I assume a panic attack is something serious and hard to control by the victim. Some sympathy for him is due. Unless it wasn't a panic attack and he just decided not to wait.

[Nick Carter icp]

4 hours ago, natway09 said:

Why are the window shades down for expected takeoff ?

 

   They close the window shades so that the ground radar works , otherwise the rardar single would go right through the airplane through the windows

[sikishrory]

3 hours ago, Ebumbu said:

Why arrest him? He did no Wong. 

He is very Wong

[Skeptic7]

3 hours ago, Grumpy one said:

I agree, send him to Bangkok on a bus  

Send him to jail in the back of a police wagon❗

[Icardi]

6 hours ago, bg53 said:

Blacklist him, and LOCK HIM UP for assault on a plane.

A panic attack is not a deliberate act. Would you punish someone for having an illness?

[sambum]

 

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[Mr Dome]

"The flight successfully operated to Suvarnabhumi Airport at 12.34am, today, February 8." 

Plus two international flights diverted, that's quite a mouthful. 

 

It appears that THAI have no procedure to deal with this type of situation (and no air marshal on board)? Makes you wonder if this couldn't have been dealt with better and faster.

 

If it was a genuine panic attack, the calls for strong punishment aren't going to change anything about the situation or even his future behavior. He should seek treatment at home.

[RickyJB]

5 hours ago, Korat Kiwi said:

 

No matter what,  he always does the Wong thing at the Wong place and Wong time

Yu are wacist 🤔😉

[aussiebrian]

5 hours ago, Mywayboy said:

Disturbance sounds better 555

Turbulence also means great commotion or agitation. Sounds pretty right to me.

[AdrianK]

I don't know the full circumstances relating to this story, but I too suffered a panic attack as the doors closed on a 737 flight from Manchester to Paris [I suffer from chronic severe claustrophobia]. I asked to see the pilot and explained the situation, I had no checked in luggage, and he allowed me to deplane to avoid any problem inflight. No problem for the flight, but it caused a massive issue trying to get out of the airport, the reverse way...apparently Manchester airport had no SOP to deal with this sort of issue . So a genuine panic attack can happen.

[CanadaSam]

For all those showing sympathy for this guy, I wonder how you would feel if it was just a couple minutes later, and the plane was in the air and he managed to get the door open?

 

Oh, I know, you would feel nothing, because you, and everybody else on board would be dead.

[mjakob007]

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