Posted on 06/23/2019 8:56:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Tiffani Adams said she fell asleep while flying from Quebec to Toronto on 9 June. When she woke up, she was freezing cold and still buckled into her seat, but the aircraft was parked.
Ms Adams managed to call her friend Deanna Dale to let her know where she was when her phone died less than a minute into the call.
She was unable to charge her phone as the plane had been shut down.
Ms Dale called Toronto Pearson Airport and told them of Ms Adams' whereabouts.
While she was on board, Ms Adams managed to locate a torch in the cockpit of the plane and attempted to attract attention.
She was found by a luggage cart operator...
Ms Adams said that Air Canada staff offered her a limousine and a hotel but she declined, wanting to return home as quickly as possible.
Air Canada confirmed Ms Adams' account to multiple publications and said it was reviewing the incident.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
The luggage was sent on to Vancouver.
Did you try going out a fire door? If those were locked (usually there is no handle on the outside) it would be a major fire code violation.
Explosive diarrhea is a terrible thing.
Dang, how many times can this happen in a week? Seen it lots.
Why would they lock the cockpit door
when the plane was empty and parked?
I read the article, and what I said still stands, I doubt that the BBC journalist who would bother to check facts.
I suspect alcohol was involved.
Oh yeah and go scold somebody else don’t bring it to me.
No. I was prepared to spend the night...and then sheepishly explain my dilemma in the a.m.
It was all ‘round embarrassing.
Laugh ‘bout it now though.
No. Laughing. That was not the case.
That happened to me once, in my dishwashing days working my way thru college. 1975. I was working in a large department store, in the basement restaurant, cleaning up after it closed, just an hour before the store closed. It was mop night, so clean up took longer than usual. This was practically the only time the closing guy didn't check on me.
Fortunately, the number of the guy who responded to security alarms was posted at customer service, so I was able to call him to let me out. He had just arrived home when I called.
The cockpit is left open when all passengers are (supposedly) off the plane so the maintenance crew to work easier. Flight attendants should be fired, and the passenger gets free lifetime rides on another airline paid by Air Canada
“Keep in mind, that when they report she found a torch, those silly limeys mean she found a flashlight.”
They should learn to sprechen English. Pronto.
Because you can start a jet from the control panel. I doubt they drain the fuel if the plane is only going to be idle for a couple of days or less.
Close to my situation...’cept couldn’t find a # to call so only solution was 911 and the cops!
“PLEASE read the article -———— She found torch in the cockpit.”
So other than the fact that you know nothing about airline aviation, what makes you think the ‘article’ has any basis in reality?
(don’t answer; don’t need the ignorance).
I would have found the peanuts stash and loaded up before getting rescued. :)
Nobody checked on me.
New procedure...no one leaves ‘til all are accounted for.
Works better that way ;)
No go on the hot-crazy matrix. For sure.
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