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Old 28th October 2008, 05:32 PM
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Bit worrying if that really traumatised the cabin crew, isn't it?
how so? They are human after all arent they?
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Old 28th October 2008, 05:56 PM
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how so? They are human after all arent they?
Well I suppose your right

But cabin crew are supposed to stay very calm in situations like this, and although i admit it could be quite scary to have a guy screaming he has a bomb, well, i just got myself between a rock and a hard place

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Old 29th October 2008, 05:46 AM
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Well I suppose your right

But cabin crew are supposed to stay very calm in situations like this, and although i admit it could be quite scary to have a guy screaming he has a bomb, well, i just got myself between a rock and a hard place

I guess your right
I'm sure they would have stayed pretty calm through the ordeal, although afterwards, it's perfectly normal for shock to perhaps come into play. It is a regular occurrence, for example when a passenger has a serious medical issue on board etc that the cabin crew will offload themselves (or crewing will in fact off load them from the rest of their days duties) as they probably won't be in the correcy mindset.
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Old 1st November 2008, 07:41 AM
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Another one for Darwin!

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MATT CUNNINGHAM - November 1st, 2008

AN INTERNATIONAL flight was forced to return to Darwin airport after a fight broke out between five drunken passengers.

Jetstar flight JQ61 carrying 172 passengers from Darwin to Singapore was forced to turn around about half an hour after it took off from Darwin airport on Thursday night.

Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway said it was believed the men had been drinking duty-free alcohol before they boarded the plane.

Despite being intoxicated, they passed several security checkpoints and boarded the plane.

Mr Westaway said the men became "disruptive" about 30 minutes after take-off, leaving the captain no option but to turn the plane around.

"We originally contemplated having security meet them in Singapore but the captain made the decision to go back to Darwin," he said.

Australian Federal Police officers were waiting at Darwin airport and escorted the five Malaysian men off the plane.

Two men were taken into protective custody. The other three were allowed to leave on their own.

The two men in custody were later released after Jetstar informed the AFP it did not want to pursue charges.

The disruption delayed the flight by about three hours.

"We are doing our own investigation as to how these individuals got on to the plane while intoxicated," Mr Westaway said. But he said Jetstar management supported the captain's decision to turn the plane around.

"Our captain and crew have a duty of care to all passengers," he said.

It was the second Australian flight in a week to be turned around because of unruly passengers.
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/200...45_ntnews.html
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Old 1st November 2008, 08:35 PM
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Absolutely agree. I actually thought this WAS done to a certain extent by the checkin staff at the boarding gate.
I reckon that is a great idea. What check-in staff could do is detect through behaviour whether the passenger is heavily intoxicated or not etc. but cannot and does not have the power to breath-test them - they can however contact the federal police if it is extremely obvious the pax is too drunk to fly etc. Often front line staff like check-in, airport, flight attendants are the victims of drunken pax.

I think the responsibility to RBT should fall to security officers at airports. This means it is indepedent and airlines won't be blamed for not letting passengers get onboard etc.What usually happen is that when pax are drunk before boarding, they will continue to drink inflight. These sort of problems happen more regularly than anyone would think.
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Old 2nd November 2008, 01:16 AM
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Nothing like the stony cold stare of a singapore police officer..
Seriously?

I've seen tougher looking women at the checkin counters...
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