Posted on 09/27/2008 2:51:07 AM PDT by Stoat
By John Garth
Anyone who has ever used budget airlines know only too well how uncomfortable it can be: long queues, cramped seats and every tiny extra costs you.
But at least they are never told to get out and help push their plane.
That is exactly what happened to a group of passengers in China who were asked to get out and push after their plane broke down shortly after landing.
The Chinese Shandong airlines flight CRJ7 arrived safely at Zhengzhou from Guilin, but broke down before it could taxi to the passenger terminal.
Airport staff were called out to help push, but they had to ask some of the 69 passengers on board to help because the plane would not budge.
It took the group nearly two hours to shove the plane half a mile to a side lane.
One of the airport workers said: 'Thank God it was only a 20-ton medium-sized aeroplane. If it were a big plane, it would have knocked us out.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Give us a push ... plane crazy
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Were the passengers still charged extra for the inflight snack and movie?
I hope Al Gore doesn’t get any bright ideas from this...
Will cruise ship passengers be required to tow the vessel to port with the lifeboats if the vessel breaks down at sea?
A precedent has been set.....
I’m glad it wasn’t in the air at the time.
Since he has lately been encouraging people to break the law if they don't get their way via the proper channels, perhaps he will advise passengers to hijack the aircraft if it's running late?
remember, barack has praised their infrastructure.......
Indeed God's hand may have been involved in saving these people from a terrible fate, but I'm guessing that the Chinese 'government' will not acknowledge that possibility.
Were there TVs on the plane so they could watch the Chinese space launch?
LMAO
I'm guessing that the soundstage footage of that 'launch' was broadcast some days ago and is already old news :-)
"snicker"
Someone needs to tell Obama about this, he thinks that China is so advanced in comparison to the USA.
Agreed. He will undoubtedly praise the Chinese 'green example' here of dispensing with those smog-producing runway tow vehicles in favor of this environmentally-sensitive alternative.
His next action agenda item: to encourage all US airports to maintain proper airline tire pressure while eliminating all of the groundcrew trucks as a combined 'green' and anti-obesity initiative.....we'll soon have the slimmest, sleekest and sweatiest runway workers on the planet! :-)
ping
Rickshaw in the sky!
LOL
LMAO
The guy in the red shirt out in front of the plane....he got the good job this time around. It took them TWO HOURS to push the thing, probably at little more than a snail's pace and probably with frequent stops, and all the while he's out there waving his arms and making himself appear useful while many of the pushers will likely experience injuries from the strain.
As a passenger on a helicopter I had to help push it back in the hanger when a hail storm came up unexpectedly. A wheel rolled over another man's foot during the operation causing a minor injury. When the police showed up at the hospital he told them that a helicopter ran over his foot. They thought that he was making up a story and came to the airport to investigate. We had to show them how it happened. I'm not sure they believed us even after the investigation.
Now that’s customer service Red China style!
Why they no use rickshaw?
In China?
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