'This is a nightmare': A woman fell asleep mid-flight and woke up trapped in a dark plane alone

[Irishxs]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/06/24/this-is-nightmare-woman-fell-asleep-mid-flight-woke-up-trapped-dark-plane-alone/

[maxsolomon]

1. there are worse nightmares than that.

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probably plenty disorienting, though.

40' to 50' drop from a plane's door to the tarmac? uh-huh. ace reporting there, WaPo.

[hlthe2b]

2. That would be freaky--especially given it was quite distant from the terminals.

[Skittles]

3. I think I would have called 911 when I woke up

or is it 112?

[Raine]

7. She couldn't her phone wouldn't work

it was either a dead battery or no reception was what they said on the news.

[Skittles]

8. from the article

Grabbing her phone, O’Brien exchanged frantic text messages with Noel-Dale, who had been waiting for her friend to check in after landing, CTV News reported.

I would have texted CALL 911 (or 112)

[Raine]

9. Thanks for clarifying that,

so much for the local "news” knowing what's what.

[Skittles]

10. it would freak me out

I'd want off that plane as fast as possible! It's ridiculous that anyone can be left behind....that is serious dereliction of duty by the flight crew.

[Grammy23]

4. No one went through the plane to make sure all passengers AND

their possessions were off that plane before moving it away from the gate? I thought a crew came through and cleaned the plane (or tidied up?) between flights. How could they overlook a sleeping adult woman? Or maybe they didn’t clean this plane or check for lost or forgotten items. Like sleeping passengers.

She must have been dead to the world, intoxicated or took a sleeping aid to the point she missed announcements, landing and the hustle and bustle of people exiting the plane. Guess no one noticed her sleeping and thought to rattle her cage.

[MineralMan]

5. Kids get left on school buses, too.

So, there is probably a policy that requires someone to check the plane or the bus for sleepers. But, it doesn't always get followed. When that happens, someone is left on the plane or bus, still sleeping.

Flight attendants have no problem checking seatbelts before takeoff. So, make a post-landing check of all seats just as important a thing to do. It would take less than five minutes to do that. Five minutes.

Just do it, folks.

[lunamagica]

6. When my grandfather was a little boy, he fell asleep in church, woke up alone.

he had gone to mass with his older brothers, who left him there.

THAT was a nightmare.

When was finally rescued "His eyes were like saucers". He'd been terrified that "The headless priest" (whoever that was) was out to get him

[hunter]

17. Yeah, my brothers would have done that...

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Am I the only one who's first thought was raiding the first class mini-bar and accomodations?

[Thyla]

12. She had a good sleep though, that is nice.

I must be a parent.

[Bluesaph]

13. This is her own fault.

GMAB! Not everything is the fault of someone else. I fell asleep on a bus once and missed my stop by miles. I didn’t wake up until the bus reached its final stop. Oh well! I survived. So will this woman.

[hunter]

18. Blaming the victim is always wrong.

I once fell asleep on a bus too.

Fortunately the driver waking me up at the end of the line was no big imposition. I was only ten miles from home, and ten miles was nothing to me then when I was often running more than 75-100 miles a week, day and night. Long before Uber.

Ten miles might hurt me now because my knees and hips are worn out and I'm too cowardly, and too broke, to seek bionic replacements.

No doubt I would survive a situation like this, and maybe tell amusing stories about it later, but I wouldn't be happy.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

14. Note to Self: If heavy sleeper, don't nap on trains, planes and automobiles

Seriously, if you can 'sleep for hours' on a plane, through turbulence, landing announcements and preparation and hundreds of people un-boarding the plane...

I would just guess napping ANYWHERE is not a good fit for your lifestyle.

[brooklynite]

15. I don't care how heavily you sleep...

If you sleep through landing, getting jostled by people next to you, etc. you're probably using a narcotic sleep supplement.

[hunter]

16. I've woke up from nightmares into worse...

... but this is still horrible negligence by the airline.

How hard is it to make sure all the passengers are awake off the plane???

[lindysalsagal]

19. I'm more appalled at the other passengers for not even saying anything to the cabin crew.

If you're someone who doesn't directly involve with strangers, fine, but at least tell the crew.

Sorry, but am I the only one who would have done that? I do things like that all the time when something doesn't add up.

[madinmaryland]

20. I had a friend fall asleep on the Path train between Manhattan and Hoboken, NJ.

He slept until about 6:00am after spending all night going back and forth under the Hudson River. He saw people getting on the train and realized they are going to work. 😂.

ETA: alcohol was involved.