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Air Canada: Woman wakes up alone on dark, parked plane
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Posted on 06/23/2019 8:56:29 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Tiffani Adams said she fell asleep while flying from Quebec to Toronto on 9 June. When she woke up, she was freezing cold and still buckled into her seat, but the aircraft was parked.

Ms Adams managed to call her friend Deanna Dale to let her know where she was when her phone died less than a minute into the call.

She was unable to charge her phone as the plane had been shut down.

Ms Dale called Toronto Pearson Airport and told them of Ms Adams' whereabouts.

While she was on board, Ms Adams managed to locate a torch in the cockpit of the plane and attempted to attract attention.

She was found by a luggage cart operator...

Ms Adams said that Air Canada staff offered her a limousine and a hotel but she declined, wanting to return home as quickly as possible.

Air Canada confirmed Ms Adams' account to multiple publications and said it was reviewing the incident.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: aircanada; deannadale; quebec; tiffaniadams; toronto
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To: gloryblaze

The luggage was sent on to Vancouver.


21 posted on 06/23/2019 9:25:44 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: krunkygirl

Did you try going out a fire door? If those were locked (usually there is no handle on the outside) it would be a major fire code violation.


22 posted on 06/23/2019 9:27:07 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: krunkygirl

Explosive diarrhea is a terrible thing.


23 posted on 06/23/2019 9:29:54 PM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (TRUMP TRAIN !!! Get the hell out of the way if you are not on yet because we don't stop for idiots)
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To: BenLurkin

Dang, how many times can this happen in a week? Seen it lots.


24 posted on 06/23/2019 9:30:25 PM PDT by A strike (import third world. become third world)
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To: TaMoDee

Why would they lock the cockpit door
when the plane was empty and parked?


25 posted on 06/23/2019 9:31:10 PM PDT by missthethunder
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To: TaMoDee

I read the article, and what I said still stands, I doubt that the BBC journalist who would bother to check facts.


26 posted on 06/23/2019 9:31:22 PM PDT by Federal46 (federal 46)
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To: Federal46

I suspect alcohol was involved.


27 posted on 06/23/2019 9:32:51 PM PDT by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: TaMoDee

Oh yeah and go scold somebody else don’t bring it to me.


28 posted on 06/23/2019 9:33:07 PM PDT by Federal46 (federal 46)
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To: LukeL; All

No. I was prepared to spend the night...and then sheepishly explain my dilemma in the a.m.

It was all ‘round embarrassing.

Laugh ‘bout it now though.


29 posted on 06/23/2019 9:33:44 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

No. Laughing. That was not the case.


30 posted on 06/23/2019 9:35:28 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: krunkygirl
I found myself ‘home alone’ @ my local Target store!

That happened to me once, in my dishwashing days working my way thru college. 1975. I was working in a large department store, in the basement restaurant, cleaning up after it closed, just an hour before the store closed. It was mop night, so clean up took longer than usual. This was practically the only time the closing guy didn't check on me.

Fortunately, the number of the guy who responded to security alarms was posted at customer service, so I was able to call him to let me out. He had just arrived home when I called.

31 posted on 06/23/2019 9:37:41 PM PDT by jimtorr
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To: BenLurkin

The cockpit is left open when all passengers are (supposedly) off the plane so the maintenance crew to work easier. Flight attendants should be fired, and the passenger gets free lifetime rides on another airline paid by Air Canada


32 posted on 06/23/2019 9:37:53 PM PDT by BigEdLB (BigEdLB, Russian BOT, At your service)
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To: dangus

“Keep in mind, that when they report she found a torch, those silly limeys mean she found a flashlight.”

They should learn to sprechen English. Pronto.


33 posted on 06/23/2019 9:38:37 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown
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To: missthethunder

Because you can start a jet from the control panel. I doubt they drain the fuel if the plane is only going to be idle for a couple of days or less.


34 posted on 06/23/2019 9:40:07 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: jimtorr

Close to my situation...’cept couldn’t find a # to call so only solution was 911 and the cops!


35 posted on 06/23/2019 9:42:18 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: TaMoDee

“PLEASE read the article -———— She found torch in the cockpit.”

So other than the fact that you know nothing about airline aviation, what makes you think the ‘article’ has any basis in reality?

(don’t answer; don’t need the ignorance).


36 posted on 06/23/2019 9:43:32 PM PDT by A strike (import third world. become third world)
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To: BenLurkin

I would have found the peanuts stash and loaded up before getting rescued. :)


37 posted on 06/23/2019 9:45:32 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: jimtorr; All

Nobody checked on me.

New procedure...no one leaves ‘til all are accounted for.

Works better that way ;)


38 posted on 06/23/2019 9:45:52 PM PDT by krunkygirl
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To: NorthMountain

No go on the hot-crazy matrix. For sure.


39 posted on 06/23/2019 9:49:10 PM PDT by nvskibum
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To: LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget

You’ll like this. It’s and oldie goldie.

Macaroni and Beef.

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40 posted on 06/23/2019 9:49:51 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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