Woman loses it, orders AirAsia pilot to 'stop flying!' (VIDEO)

[gemguy]

I think a stun gun would be appropriate when passengers loose it like that....lol

Cheers

[Gandtee]

All credit to to the cabin crew who seemed to handle the situation calmly and efficiently. Was the woman taken off before take off?.

[Pimay1]

I wonder if she and her uncle received a ticket refund.

[Oziex1]

Some of these posts remind me of a scene in Flying High (Airplane) a queue of people carrying a variety of weapons lining up to calm an hysterical female passenger

[ratcatcher]

All credit to to the cabin crew who seemed to handle the situation calmly and efficiently. Was the woman taken off before take off?.

Was the woman taken off before take off?.

No, I expect she was allowed to leave the plane after take off.

[Pimay1]

Some of these posts remind me of a scene in Flying High (Airplane) a queue of people carrying a variety of weapons lining up to calm an hysterical female passenger

Her uncle should have given her 500 Baht to sit down. There wouldn't have been a peep out of her for the rest of the flight.

[Don Mega]

She does actually look a bit crazy, just standing there staring!

Crazy in the head = crazy in the bed.

Anyone got her phone number ?

[troy]

I really felt sorry for that woman. I hope she gets the care she needs. Good job by Air Asia personnel in remaining calm and not escalating the situation.

I don't feel sorry for her at all. She was a potential danger to all the other passengers.

How, really?

[LALes]

She's got a haircut like Moe from the 3 Stooges.

[HooHaa]

If she acts like this she should be banned from flying from all airlines for life.

So much compassion for the mentally ill, lol.

i dont care if she was drunk, mentally ill, on acid or having a bad day.

my compassion is for the other people on the flight.

lol.

[Artisi]

If she acts like this she should be banned from flying from all airlines for life.

If T.V. used the same criteria and banned crazy's from posting for life, the number of eligible poster's would probably reduce by 50%.

[Artisi]

How does one randomly stand up?

and how does one order a captain to stop flying when they are well isolated from each other and could never be in communication.

[Happy Grumpy]

Rampage?

The journalist has never seen a Tesco-Lotat meat counter at 1 minute to discount time.

[Artisi]

She and her family were escorted off the plane. So why did her family not intervene and get her to sit down? Just do the Thai thing and blank something unpleasant, like a five-year old would?

"So why did her family not intervene and get her to sit down?" maybe it's normal behaviour and they see nothing wrong with it.

[pitrevie]

Well they cant blame it on nuts this time Air Asia don't even give you so much as that

[SOTIRIOS]

...an all too common sight in Thailand....an apparent t** b**.....

...by and large....just by that designation....allowed to get away with too much...

...never considered for psychological evaluation either.....

... here...possibly an attempt to be dramatic....or humorous....in the end....getting a lot of attention

...maybe that was the whole point....

[Alwyn]

I would have to say the flight staff didn't handle the situation very well. We trained El Al flight staff and Sky Marshalls in the late 90's and what I can say is, this incident would have been dealt with in a much more secure and less confrontational way

[Gandtee]

I would have to say the flight staff didn't handle the situation very well. We trained El Al flight staff and Sky Marshalls in the late 90's and what I can say is, this incident would have been dealt with in a much more secure and less confrontational way

Explain. It didn't appear very confrontational to me. It seemed more persuasive.

[cracker1]

The cabin staff give me no confidence in being able to handle a REAL EMERGENCY when the video shows some of them turning their backs on this woman. If the plane was still at Don Mueang then she should have been offloaded, but this would have been inconvenient for the airline. If it was in flight she should have been escorted to her seat and "Cabled Tied" to it. I think I would have requested I be disembarked the plane if I was a passenger on this flight.

[Ulic]

I am hopeful that one day people will learn to tern there phones sideways when taking

video with there cell phones so we can get a 16:9 shot instead of a narrow picture

framed by large black panels on both sides.

BTW. I do hope the poor lady gets the help she needs

[Scully]

If she acts like this she should be banned from flying from all airlines for life.

So much compassion for the mentally ill, lol.

i dont care if she was drunk, mentally ill, on acid or having a bad day.

my compassion is for the other people on the flight.

lol.

Lets hope you don't have a head injury and are classed unfit to fly. This woman is only really a danger to herself, your compassion for passengers isn't needed.

[whaleboneman]

If she acts like this she should be banned from flying from all airlines for life.

A bit harsh I think. Many people suffer from mental problems and many problems are temporary.

I thought the flight crew handled the situation remarkably well and should be commended.

[NCC1701A]

some one stands up on a plane a shouts ""Stop flying! Do I have to look up the law? Everyone, get out! You will find out why!"

and the flight is not cancelled and a bomb squad does not go over ever inch of the plane?

in the states she would have been tackled and handcuffed so fast it would make your head spin.

many times people are stopped from trying to open the door while inflight. good thing they were on the ground.

[Beetlejuice]

In incidents such as these, the airline crews should be given powers to arrest and restrain passengers that are considered a threat to the safety of the flight and other passengers.

[TomJoad]

More proof that -- with only an iPhone -- the worst moments of any person's life can now live forever in cyberspace.

Progress of a sort, I suppose.

[manarak]

"A passenger thought to be mentally ill goes on a rampage" Really? hardly a rampage was it. 'Person gets up and shouts a little'might be a better title.........

yes...

she is lucky though that she didn't fly with a Western Airline, she would have been charged with "endangering the safety of the aircraft", assaulting the crew, terrorism, etc.

[leytonorient]

The ideal passenger for Air Asia's catch phrase of "Now Everyone Can Fly".

[Basil B]

I was wondering if she had a fear of flying, it is very common.

I do hope the captain returned to the ramp to off load her as she could be a real danger to the aircraft's safety.

[wooloomooloo]

In incidents such as these, the airline crews should be given powers to arrest and restrain passengers that are considered a threat to the safety of the flight and other passengers.

The crew are accorded these powers and will use them as a last resort.

One should remember that a lot can go wrong inflight with drunk/mentally unstable/obnoxious passenger/s, i.e. potential passenger disorder. Not a flight I want to patronise, personally.

Safety of the flight, the passengers and crew is paramount. That's what I pay my fare for.

[hawker9000]

some one stands up on a plane a shouts ""Stop flying! Do I have to look up the law? Everyone, get out! You will find out why!"

and the flight is not cancelled and a bomb squad does not go over ever inch of the plane?

in the states she would have been tackled and handcuffed so fast it would make your head spin.

many times people are stopped from trying to open the door while inflight. good thing they were on the ground.

'Been discussed thoroughly in other threads, and is easily researched online. Airliner (assuming 'pressurized cabin' aircraft here, which just about anything termed an "airliner" will be...) doors can't be opened in flight due to pressure differential and the use of plug-type doors. A passenger might try, and might scare or even panic other passengers in the process, but it can't be done. The same goes for the emergency escape hatches. The force required to do so mid-flight would be more than that required to rupture the fuselage itself. The bigger hazard, IMO, would be the other passengers panicking...

I really don't quite see the reason for being overly concerned here. The passenger in question was hardly on a "rampage", was clearly disturbed but not really posing a direct threat to anyone or the aircraft (which was NOT in flight but still on the ground in the first place), and apparently saying some things which might be considered scary if coming from a lucid person, but the flight attendants were able to handle it calmly and without escalating the situation. It would've been nice if the uncle had done something sooner. When and whether or not this person will be "fit to fly" going forward is not really a determination that can be made from this one event or by anyone simply reading this story.