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2019/06/25
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An Air Canada passenger says she was forced to organize her own escape from
an empty plane in Toronto after flight crews left her asleep in her seat.
Tiffani Louise O'Brien said the incident, documented in detail on Air Canada’
s Facebook page and currently under review by the airline, took place on a
June 9 flight from Quebec City to Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.
After finding herself in an empty row, O'Brien said she laid down to sleep
less than halfway into the short 90-minute flight. When she woke up, she said
she was completely alone in the pitch-black aircraft.
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Air Canada
An Air Canada plane is seen in this March 12, 2019 file photo. An Air Canada
passenger was forced to organize her own escape from an empty plane in
Toronto after flight crews left her asleep in her seat. (THE CANADIAN
PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
“I wake up around midnight, few hours after [the] flight landed, freezing
cold still strapped in my seat in complete darkness,” O'Brien recalled in
the post.
“I attempt to charge my phone by plugging into every USB port I could find—
no luck because when they shut the aircraft down there is no power whatsoever
… since I can’t charge my phone to call for help I’m full on panicking
because I want off this nightmare ASAP.”
O'Brien said she then made her way to the cockpit, where she attempted to use
a radio to call for help, but couldn’t use the plane’s radio without power.
She said she eventually found a flashlight and began signaling out of the
plane’s windows, hoping to attract attention.
At the same time, she said she found a way to open the plane’s door – but
had no way to get down.
“Now I’m facing a 40-50ft drop to the pavement below... I search
frantically for a rope so I can climb down to safely. [The] flight attendants
seat is right by the door I opened, but the seatbelt is too short to hang
from, so back to my distress signals."
O'Brien, who said the plane was parked far away from the airport terminal,
eventually attracted the attention of a baggage attendant who brought a
ladder truck to the plane to rescue her.
“He is in shock asking how the heck they left me on the plane,” she wrote.
“I’m wondering the same… when my seat an inch back or my tray [is] down
flight crew take notice, but yet you missed a person still strapped into her
seat and just all go on home?”
In a statement to CTVNews.ca, an Air Canada spokesperson declined to share
any additional details but said the airline is reviewing the incident.
O'Brien said she was immediately approached by an Air Canada representative
on the ground who offered to get her a limo or hotel room. She declined,
stating that she just wanted to go home.
A spokesperson said the airline remains in contact with O'Brien, who said she
is still struggling to sleep.
“I haven’t got much sleep since the reoccurring night terrors and waking up
anxious and afraid I’m alone locked up someplace dark,” she wrote.
加拿大航空（Air Canada）上週發生一起離奇事件，一位搭乘深夜班機的乘客在飛機上醒
來後，發現整架飛機只剩自己一個人，只能在黑暗中設法逃生。
如果在深夜，一個人的飛機
加拿大一名女子 Deanna Noel-Dale 日前於 Facebook 貼文分享這則發生在她朋友身上的
真實故事。故事主人公 Tiffani Adams 搭乘加拿大航空從魁北克往多倫多的深夜航班，
她在登機不久後便沉沉睡去，一小時後醒來，竟發現整架飛機只剩自己一個人。
在驚慌之中，她趕緊拿起手機發訊息給好友求救，就在他們要開始通話時，Adams 的手機
也正好沒電了。她拿起充電線試了周遭所有 USB 插座，但由於飛機已經完全熄火，當然
不可能充電，她只好開始嘗試自己找出路。
她首先在空服員的工作區找到一支手電筒，開始向窗外照射，希望引起注意，但沒有任何
回應。接著她利用手電筒的燈光，找到逃生門的開關並成功打開了艙門，然而在外面等著
她的是深夜冰涼的風，與離地十幾公尺的恐懼。
不幸中的大幸，一輛行李車經過，發現這道不應該開啟的艙門，與更不應該被拋棄在這的
女子，趕緊使用升降梯將已經腿軟的 Adams 救出。隨後加拿大航空人員到場致歉，並表
示可用加長型禮車送她到飯店免費住一晚，但被 Adams 婉拒，因為她一心只想趕快回家
，結束這段恐怖旅程。
加拿大航空已出面證實這次事件，並著手調查事件細節。「我們會加強每趟班機落地後的
檢查工作，特別是深夜班機，避免任何熟睡的旅客再次被鎖在飛機裡過夜。」加拿大航空
發言人表示，已多次向 Adams 致歉，並也在 Facebook 留言回應請求諒解。
主角 Adams 在事件發生後，對於黑暗與密閉空間極為恐慌，因此長期失眠，她只在
Facebook 留言表示：「千萬不要讓這種事再發生在任何人身上！」