Wednesday, November 24, 2010


It's not everyday that one tries to kill you.

I'm feeling really angry now, after i've woken up and im well rested. I'm so angry i cried because how could someone, after inhumanely opened an aircraft door when it's still cruising, be in the right mind to fucking write in to the press? So what you're a managing director of some company? You're a NUTCASE fullstop

Now, i do not care if i might get implicated at all, i'm gonna just publish all of my details regarding the flight. And do take note, since i'm a CIC (crew in-charge), i'm the one who's the most involved.

Details of the scenario all true. Here goes:

Flight TR 2953 took off from Shenzhen Baoan Intl Airport at 0010 HRS. Boarding was completely normal.

One hour into the flight, the pax walked to AFT Galley after we're done with F & B Service and approached us. He asked me where his friend was as he/she was supposed to sit at 18F. So i told him he could look around in the cabin as his friend must have definitely take a change of seats. He then was jittery and asked me the same question again. After which I told the pax not to worry as we'll not leave any passenger behind in Shenzhen.

I then advised the rest of my crew and told them to keep an eye on the passenger, who has a big build body. My colleague then sat in FWD Galley till about 2:30AM, meanwhile taking turns to check on the passengers in the cabin. At 2:30 AM FA1 and myself were in the AFT Galley, preparing to count the carts and also serving random passengers' drinks' orders.

At 2:45 AM, we were alerted by the call bell at Row 4 left, and my colleague was the first to attend to the call bell. Subsequently, there were more call bells pressed from the same row and also row 6. So I ran all the way to the forward upon hearing people called for help. And in the forward zone of the cabin, i've heard passengers shouting for help again and telling me that somebody has opened the door. I quickly rushed to my door and found that the door control handle was fully in the open position and door was disarmed as well.

My first reaction was to quickly move the lever to the close position and armed my slide, meanwhile I checked the FAP as well for the 'armed' indication. Almost immediately, Captain called me in the FWD Galley and asked me to fill him in on the details regarding their signal on the door opening and disarming.

I then confronted the above mentioned passenger, who was pointed out to me by the rest of passengers (About 10 of them standing up) and gotten hold of his passport. He was standing in front of his own seat and appeared to be very calm and not violent. He then passed me his passport after saying 'Why should i give you my passport?"

All the conversations with him were in Mandarin. And by that time, all the passengers in Row 1 namely Seats A, D, E and F have all shifted somewhere else. I did not take down any passenger's names who could be the witness for this case, but I remember this passenger who was travelling with his family and was seated at 2 D, E and F. He was on my flight on 19th NOV 2011 TR 2952 and seated at the same row. He would be able to illustrate the scenario.

After which my colleague stood by in fwd galley and kept an eye on the pax while I headed into the cockpit to talk to the Captain. Told captain everything and was ensured that my door is in good working order. Captain issued pax FINAL WARNING LETTER, kept his passport and informed the authorities and meet the pax on ground.

The pax was calm throughout the rest of the flight and was seated down but he kept mumbling to himself, and sometimes got rather loud but we couldn't hear what he was saying. When the seat belt sign was on and we're conducting the cabin check, i told him that he needs to be fastened for landing. And he replied "We're landing already? But we haven't even take off!" And he appeared to be very very restless and was jittery again.

Our eyes were on him during landing, just in case he were to attempt to open any of our doors again. And he seemed really restless and nervous as he kept swallowing his saliva and his eyes kept looking everywhere. Finally when we've landed and the aircraft was parked, I passed him the Final Warning Letter. Reason is that I was afraid he would become unruly if I were to issue him the letter immediately while cruising.

Pax was then escorted down by the policeman and first to disembark the aircraft. His passport was also handed over to the policeman. I feel that the pax might be claustrophobic and might not be fit to fly. He was talking to the policemen and mentioned that he's driven by alot of stress from his work and his family.


And so, that's the end of my report. I've actually been woken up at 11am from my sleep (got home at 6:30am) by a call from the office. Telling me to submit a report immediately via email as the passenger who was mentioned in this report, wrote in to the press. Can you fucking believe it?

Let's talk about the consequences of his actions. Firstly, it's taken very seriously as he's endangering the safety of aircraft. Luckily we're still cruising at 35 000 feet above sea level, therefore the pressure difference is too big. Even if he used his full strength he still wouldn't be able to open it. BUT if we're at lower altitude when we're descending, the door would be able to open and we'll definitely undergo DECOMPRESSION. That'll be when the cabin temperature will be very cold as the air will seep in, and that the oxygen levels will become very very thin. Of course not forgetting he'll be the first to say bye to the world.

AND.... Should the door be disarmed, it's poses ANOTHER problem. One main door will be down and cannot be used for evacuation on ground. Our 4 main doors are used for evacuation as it actually has got slide rafts fixed onto it, and it must be armed all the way after door close to before normal door opening.

After the aircraft touched down and was parked, I made the policeman come into the cabin to get him. Yes, call me mean but I want to embarrass him. As simple as that. You shouldn't feel shameful at all since u're macho enough to attempt to open the door? Really, sonofabitch. I hope the other worried passengers will write in to the press as well.

Meanwhile, no matter what, it's a Singapore registered aircraft, so definitely we'll follow Singapore Law. So hey Malaysian, enjoy your time in Singapore.

Posted by reticent_aura at 11/24/2010 05:06:00 PM