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Flight delayed for over three hours after passenger tore off part of the CEILING
Daily Mail ^ | 22 Jul 2016 | Qin Xie

Posted on 07/23/2016 10:35:31 AM PDT by Gamecock

Full Title: Flight delayed for over three hours after passenger tore off part of the CEILING thinking it was overhead luggage bin

A Cathay Pacific flight to Bangkok was delayed for more than three hours after a passenger accidentally tore off part of the ceiling while trying to stow his luggage.

The man reportedly pulled down the ceiling panel as he thought it was an overhead luggage compartment.

Engineers were able to repair the part and the flight was able to continue as normal after the delay.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 07/23/2016 10:35:31 AM PDT by Gamecock
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And this is why we can't have nice things.


2 posted on 07/23/2016 10:37:57 AM PDT by Gamecock (There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
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To: Gamecock

Airlines should note the latest “oops, I thought it was the overhead baggage compartment” excuse.


3 posted on 07/23/2016 10:39:50 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Gamecock

Confucius say: “Man who go through airport turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok.”


4 posted on 07/23/2016 10:41:15 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: Gamecock

LOL!


5 posted on 07/23/2016 10:41:33 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: Gamecock

As an X aviator....Its an over head not a ceiling.
Ceilings are altitude


6 posted on 07/23/2016 10:42:04 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Alberta's Child

Thats funny.thought I heard em all


7 posted on 07/23/2016 10:42:40 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Gamecock

OOOOOOOOOOOPS!


8 posted on 07/23/2016 10:46:47 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Gamecock

Maybe he was looking for pokemon ?


9 posted on 07/23/2016 10:52:52 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: Gamecock

But all airlines are trying to lower their overhead, just like any business would


10 posted on 07/23/2016 11:03:54 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: al baby
Maybe he was looking for pokemon ?

LOL! Gotta catch 'em all! :)

11 posted on 07/23/2016 11:05:38 AM PDT by proud American in Canada (God bless the United States of America)
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To: Gamecock

I”m sorry but that guy was a complete moron. I’d kick him off the plane.


12 posted on 07/23/2016 11:08:18 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Beowulf9

He probably boarded fully “lubed”. “Hanybody coulda made that mishtake (hic)”.


13 posted on 07/23/2016 11:14:58 AM PDT by katana
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To: Gamecock
Best TV edit ever!


14 posted on 07/23/2016 11:17:24 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: Beowulf9
I was going on a European ski vacation, and one OH luggage compartment wouldn't stay closed.

A male crew member was able to get the thing to latch. I was thinking at the time, "This is starting off well."

Then, in Zurich, when they opened the door to the jet way, the slide deployed.

I think it was a TWA 767.

15 posted on 07/23/2016 11:39:13 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Gamecock

Mongo Sorry!


16 posted on 07/23/2016 11:51:30 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Gamecock

This is what passes for news?


17 posted on 07/23/2016 12:13:27 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: COBOL2Java

I once opened to overhead bin on Air France to stow my briefcase, and the bin door fell off its hinges.

The Paris ground maintenanance came aboard, -2 minutes and 2 srips of duct tape later, we were good to go.


18 posted on 07/23/2016 12:48:01 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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