Fighting with the staff during travel is not a big deal, unless the journey is by plane. Those who travel by plane know that if the flight is delayed due to any reason, then the passengers who caused the problem will have to bear the brunt of it. Something similar happened with a Chinese female passenger when she refused to put her designer handbag under the seat in front of her on the instructions of the flight attendant.
The small incident escalated into a big issue, which led to an hour’s delay in the flight and she had to be deboarded. The incident was viewed 4 million times on social media platform Douyin and sparked a heated debate after a passenger posted a video clip of it. The passenger, who did not want to be named, said the woman sitting in economy class insisted on keeping her Louis Vuitton handbag next to her instead of under the seat in front of her.
The flight, which took off from an airport in Chongqing municipality in southwestern China on August 10, had already departed and had to return to the boarding gate. Passengers applauded as police escorted the woman off the plane. The incident caused an hour-long delay and disrupted the departure times of subsequent flights.
In China, the price of such a bag is around Rs 2.5 lakh. (Symbolic picture: Canva)
A Louis Vuitton handbag costs around US$3,000 in China and an economy class ticket for a flight from Chongqing to Hebei province in northern China operated by China Express Airlines costs 800 yuan, or US$110.
The identity of the offending passenger was not revealed. Some people criticized the passenger, while others said the flight attendant may have been overzealous in performing her duties. “She valued the bag more than her life,” said one person on Weibo. “The flight attendant could have given her a bag to put her handbag in. Is it really necessary to waste an hour and kick her out of the plane?” someone wrote on Douyin.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : August 16, 2024, 17:50 IST