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The continuing GLOBAL stressful thread! Part III

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Jamesc

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Too bad it wasn't my MIL stuck on the plane!

If they just stayed onboard they get a free fight to the next place?

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A family comprising a woman, her elderly mum on a wheelchair and domestic helper were caught in a predicament on Sunday (Dec 29), after they were trapped in an aerobridge upon disembarkation from a Cathay Pacific plane.

The plane had landed at Changi Airport's Terminal 4.

The passenger, Michele Yap, wrote in a social media post in the wee hours of Monday that the trio were stuck behind the locked arrival gate for 30 minutes.

"Shame on you for not checking there were still passengers disembarking and locked the gate!

"My 81-year-old mother was so traumatised!" Yap wrote.

A woman whom Yap identified as an airport staff member was also with them. Beyond the locked doors, the terminal appeared to be empty.

In the video, the staff member told Yap she was calling the airport police but was unable to get through due to the "high call volume".

Yap wrote in the post: "We couldn't get through to airport police, the medical emergency line said it wasn't an emergency, it took the frantic SAS staff half an hour to finally reach her boss to get someone to let us out!

"Unbelievable oversight and lack of proper protocol! Travellers beware!"

In replies to comments on her post, Yap said that they were not the last ones to disembark. She was also able to walk back onto the plane to "find just anybody who could help".

Yap stated that her mother was "starting to panic and became very anxious" due to the wait.

AsiaOne has reached out to Yap for more information.

Ground handling agent did not conduct a thorough check: Cathay Pacific

Cathay Pacific responded to Yap's post on Instagram the same day, stating: "We understand how frustrating this must have been, especially for your mother. We are currently investigating the matter and will follow up with you shortly. Thank you for bringing this to our attention."

In a reply to AsiaOne's queries, a spokesperson from Cathay Pacific confirmed the incident and apologised to Yap.

"We acknowledge an incident involving a passenger and her mother who were unable to exit the aerobridge due to the arrival gate being locked," said the spokesperson.

"Based on our initial investigation, a staff member from our ground handling agent did not conduct a thorough check prior to closing the doors of the arrival gate."

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Ahwhye

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  On 1/6/2025 at 7:02 AM, Throttle2 said:

you know whats more sad?

She has parkinson, is 68 and working as a cleaner on new years eve……tell me that she is working just to exercise and fill up time.  
 

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  On 1/8/2025 at 8:05 AM, Atonchia said:

The man who punched her is 88 yrs old.....

Talk about aging society.

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Isn't this the active ageing that gov is promoting? remains physically (can work can fight), mentally (challenged?) and socially (public "interaction") active?

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Atonchia

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  On 1/8/2025 at 10:04 AM, Ahwhye said:

Isn't this the active ageing that gov is promoting? remains physically (can work can fight), mentally (challenged?) and socially (public "interaction") active?

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I think this is what gov is trying to promote..... 🤣

Not to punch another elderly woman.

 

 

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SGMCF328

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Wah, multiple offences committed by this police officer: Driving while using mobile device, lying about brake failure, checking group chat, watching porn while on duty, 知发犯法, this time surely 完了完了 BBQ 了 Hahahaha

‘Gosh darn’: Deputy who crashed in bodycam footage was looking at porn on his phone, sheriff’s office says

Source: https://lawandcrime.com/video/gosh-darn-deputy-who-crashed-in-bodycam-footage-was-looking-at-porn-on-his-phone-sheriffs-office-says/

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“Gosh darn it,” he said on footage after the crash. “Yeah, that f—ing really sucked.”

The internal affairs report from the Office of Professional Standards determined that he lied, was looking at porn on his phone while driving the patrol vehicle, and also failed to wear his seat belt.

Law&Crime is not naming him because he has not been charged with a crime. The deputy resigned during the investigation, Cpl. Chanel Martin of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office told Law&Crime in an email.

His bodycam from the afternoon of Nov. 6, 2024, shows him with his phone out, though it is unclear what it has on. But what is clear is that the yellow air bag bursts out.

According to the internal affairs report, the deputy allegedly wrote that he ended a phone call when he saw a vehicle stopped in front of his because a school bus was stopped in the opposite lane with lights on.

On top of that, the light for his auto-brake system was on after he left speed calibrations at the IPS range, so his brakes locked up.

But a sergeant who reviewed video footage determined the deputy was looking at images on his phone when the crash happened.

The deputy allegedly described having finished a call with a colleague at the time of the crash.

“He went on to say that he was scrolling through text messages on his phone from a group text with his sector three colleagues just prior to the crash,” the report stated. “He stated he was not sending text messages when the crash occurred.”

But video did not show him scrolling through texts, authorities said. Instead, he was allegedly “viewing a picture or a video at the time of the crash,” the report stated. A supervisor later described there being no videos or pictures in the group chat.

The investigator also determined that the deputy was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash.

In an interview on Nov. 20, 2024, the deputy admitted he was, in the report’s words, “looking at inappropriate pictures.” Asked to clarify what he meant, he allegedly “stated pornographic material like boobs or whatnot.”

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Kopites

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  On 1/25/2025 at 1:50 PM, Volvobrick said:

Ouch! 

Lane splitting at high speed is very safe one. 

Until it is not. 

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Biker didn't take into account of passenger behaviour. 

Hope biker recover soon. 

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  On 1/25/2025 at 2:04 PM, Kopites said:

Biker didn't take into account of passenger behaviour. 

Hope biker recover soon. 

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Most of them don't take into account anything. Hope he doesn't ride again for the sake of all of us. 

 

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Benarsenal

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  On 1/25/2025 at 2:04 PM, Kopites said:

Biker didn't take into account of passenger behaviour. 

Hope biker recover soon. 

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Both are wrong. But which idiot open door in the middle of the road?

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