At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes. The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in a statement Friday that a man had opened an emergency exit and walked out on a wing of a plane that was parked and waiting for takeoff Thursday.

At first it sounds like a typical case of bad behavior aboard airplanes.

The Mexico City International Airport acknowledged in a statement Friday that a man had opened an emergency exit and walked out on a wing of a plane that was parked and waiting for takeoff Thursday.

The airport said the man had been turned over to police.

But dozens of fellow passengers signed a written copy of a statement saying the airline made them wait for four hours without ventilation or water while the flight was delayed. According to photos of the statement posted online, fellow passengers said he acted “to protect everyone, with the support of everyone.”

  • HuddaBudda@kbin.social
    1101·
    9 months ago

    Flight tracking sites confirmed that flight AM672 to Guatemala City was delayed for 4 hours and 56 minutes Thursday.

    The flight to Mexico city from Guatemala city, is a 3 hour trip. Those people had been waiting for nearly 5 hours just to take off.

    because of a maintenance alert on the plane, the captain had to return to the gate for the required maintenance.”

    Inconceivable that a safety check was requested after the people were on board and the money-for-services was exchanged.

    A video apparently recorded aboard the flight showed passengers fanning themselves and asking a flight attendant for water.

    Yea no, I thought we all agreed this was stupid penny pinching tactics.

    • june@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      9 months ago

      I got stuck in a similar situation flying out of Venezuela when I was 15. It was a group trip and circumstances wound up being that all the adults ended up on a prior flight that left on time, like 20 minutes before ours was supposed to. We were on the tarmac in Venezuelan summer for 5 hours for the flight to Miami. We had air, but no AC and they wouldn’t provide food or water for… reasons? It was fucking brutal. I can’t imagine not even having air…

      • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        9 months ago

        Happened to me coming out of Hawaii too. Four hour delay for maintenance. We had working blowers, but no AC; The air from the blowers was warm and humid after probably ~15 minutes. And just like you said, no food or water service from the attendants until we’re in the air.

        Then we get through the maintenance, and the pilot comes on and (sounding very annoyed) goes “so I’ve just been notified that I have to do a fat stack of paperwork before we can leave. Looking at this packet, it’ll probably take me about an hour. We’re just going to deboard the plane for now so we can all get some fresh air. Go ahead and leave your luggage stowed since we’ll be right back on as soon as I finish this. Go hit the Chilis while you wait for me to finish this maintenance packet.”

        • june@lemmy.worldEnglish
          18·
          9 months ago

          Fuck. At least they let you deboard. We didn’t get any information about what was happening and I never found out what the delay was. Could have been a crash in the runway did all I know.

          • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            9 months ago

            Know how you get onto the runway, then they gun it for takeoff? As soon as the engines spun up and we started moving, the entire plane lost power. So it was very obvious there was a maintenance issue. We taxi’ed back to the gate, and that’s when the 4 hour wait started.