Is civility in the air just too much to ask?
The latest case of air rage — a seemingly growing genre of conflict — came Thursday when a Thai AirAsia flight bound for Nanjing, China was forced to return to Bangkok after an unruly passenger threw scalding hot water on a flight attendant, the Associated Press reported.
A Chinese woman and her boyfriend reportedly got into a dispute with flight attendants when they discovered that they were not seated together on the plane because the large group they were a part of were assigned seats in alphabetical order. Flight attendants resolved that problem and found the couple seats together.
But later in the flight, the woman asked for hot water for the instant noodles she bought on the plane, Chinese blog the Nanfang Insider reported. When the attendant brought the water, the woman threw it in her face. According to the AP, the woman’s boyfriend also stood up in the cabin and threatened to bomb the plane.
“An unidentified female passenger assaulted the flight attendant with the hot liquid after becoming dissatisfied with the service,” the budget airline said in a statement. “The captain of the flight decided to return the plane to Don Mueang Airport deeming her actions as endangering to other passengers and impeding in-flight service.”
There was no mention of the bomb threat in the airline’s statement, according to the AP.
The flight attendant was given first aid when the plane returned to Bangkok, and she was not seriously injured.
Is civility in the air just too much to ask?
The latest case of air rage — a seemingly growing genre of conflict — came Thursday when a Thai AirAsia flight bound for Nanjing, China was forced to return to Bangkok after an unruly passenger threw scalding hot water on a flight attendant, the Associated Press reported.
A Chinese woman and her boyfriend reportedly got into a dispute with flight attendants when they discovered that they were not seated together on the plane because the large group they were a part of were assigned seats in alphabetical order. Flight attendants resolved that problem and found the couple seats together.
But later in the flight, the woman asked for hot water for the instant noodles she bought on the plane, Chinese blog the Nanfang Insider reported. When the attendant brought the water, the woman threw it in her face. According to the AP, the woman’s boyfriend also stood up in the cabin and threatened to bomb the plane.
“An unidentified female passenger assaulted the flight attendant with the hot liquid after becoming dissatisfied with the service,” the budget airline said in a statement. “The captain of the flight decided to return the plane to Don Mueang Airport deeming her actions as endangering to other passengers and impeding in-flight service.”
There was no mention of the bomb threat in the airline’s statement, according to the AP.
The flight attendant was given first aid when the plane returned to Bangkok, and she was not seriously injured.
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