Raging doctor tied up by passengers after ‘trying to open emergency exit at 33,000ft’ on flight from Bangkok

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Raging doctor tied up by passengers after ‘trying to open emergency exit at 33,000ft’ on flight from Bangkok

The 'drunk' medic was tied to a seat for four hours

By Will Stewart

 

Doctor Vadim Bondar was overpowered by passengers after he 'tried to open the emergency exit'

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THIS was the moment passengers restrained a "drunk" doctor to stop him opening the emergency exit at 33,000ft on a packed jet.

 

Russian anaesthetist Vadim Bondar was overpowered by male passengers after causing terror on the Aeroflot flight from Bangkok to Moscow.

 

They strapped him to a seat where he remained for four hours

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They tied him with a belt, and he remained restrained for four hours before the aircraft landed safely in Moscow.

 

The 43 year old “foul-mouthed and violent” medic had been drinking rum on the ten hour flight even though the airline bans alcohol in economy class on this route, said witnesses.

 

Full story: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8929865/doctor-tied-up-passengers-open-emergency-exit-flight/

 

-- The SUN 2019-04-25

[madmen]

"even though the airline bans alcohol in economy class on this route, said witnesses."

 

Having a few is the only thing that makes flying in a sardine can bearable,

[static]

"the airline bans alcohol in economy class on this route"

 

Remind me to never fly Aeroflot on the Bangkok to Moscow route!

[ezzra]

For start, airlines should seriously consider keeping a proper restraining devices and not have to do with some bits and pieces of makeshift seatbelts as air rage nowadays becomes more frequent, and someone should take his doctor license away, this man is not fit to come near patients period...

[Reigntax]

He should have stuck to Vodka!

[Puchaiyank]

Sad...really...alcoholic doctor...he will probably be greeted as a hero in the Russian alcohol consuming culture...

[Michael Andersen]

A brilliant example of why i never go with "vodka-airlines" even though they are normally cheaper on the route i need ... Just looking at their behavior on the streets here on Phuket is enough. Then add to this a location like an airplane where you can't walk away from them.. !!.. My god.. !  

[leeneeds]

Wonder how he passes an alcohol test prior to working as an anaesthetist, 

checks and balances for his patients would be a must,

[mikebell]

Aeroflot will confine him to Siberian salt mines for this bad publicity.

[MRDave]

If I was on that flight I would make a point of getting up from my seat and punching him at 15 minute intervals until the plane landed.

[wgdanson]

Can planes doors be actually opened during flight? Answer...NO.  The door is like a plug being pushed into place by the internal compression, and I would also guess that there is some kind of electronic lock controlled by the pilot.

[KittenKong]

Another p*ssed-up Russian making a fool of himself. Why dont the aircrew just taser them all as they board?

 

[Michael Andersen]

12 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

Can planes doors be actually opened during flight? Answer...NO.  The door is like a plug being pushed into place by the internal compression

Correct.. http://www.askthepilot.com/questionanswers/exits/ 

[new2here]

For start, airlines should seriously consider keeping a proper restraining devices and not have to do with some bits and pieces of makeshift seatbelts as air rage nowadays becomes more frequent, and someone should take his doctor license away, this man is not fit to come near patients period...

Many airlines do in fact have them. They tend to use a plastic-cuff style — like a massive “zip-lock” cuff that can’t be undone, only cut with high pressure cutters. You see these on riot control teams commonly. But what each airline uses or has is somewhat dependent on the country they originate (and what laws, of any say on the matter) and individual airline policy (after internal discussion with departments like security, legal/risk management and operations)


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[new2here]

Can planes doors be actually opened during flight? Answer...NO.  The door is like a plug being pushed into place by the internal compression, and I would also guess that there is some kind of electronic lock controlled by the pilot.

For safety reasons there is no remote “locking” function on any cabin door. Each door is its own stand-alone unit and operates irrespective of how the others operate. The only functionality is either to arm or disarm the slide inflation upon door activation, and this is always a manual function by cabin crew.


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[bendejo]

Guy liked Pattaya so much he was willing to get off the plane and walk back.

 

 

[RotBenz8888]

If they only had an Anesthesiologist onboard to tranquilized him....

[RotBenz8888]

1 hour ago, Michael Andersen said:

Correct.. http://www.askthepilot.com/questionanswers/exits/ 

"It seems that a week can’t go by without hearing the latest story about a passenger who went cuckoo and tried to yank open an emergency exit, only to be tackled and restrained by those around him, who thought they were on the verge of being ejected into the troposphere. "

 

On every Bkk-Moscow fight...

[gunderhill]

1 hour ago, Michael Andersen said:

Correct.. http://www.askthepilot.com/questionanswers/exits/ 

Unless you fly DC10????

[Thailand]

1 hour ago, MRDave said:

If I was on that flight I would make a point of getting up from my seat and punching him at 15 minute intervals until the plane landed.

As long as he was still restrained of course. ????

[Skallywag]

Reminds me of the story below from 2005, woman tried to open the emergency exit on a Cathay Pacific flight to Brisbane to have a cigarette.   With mental health issues as the leading cause of "ill-health" worldwide, it is a wonder these crazy people do not cause more problems.  Alcohol a trigger, but you would have to be crazy in the first place 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4456076.stm 

 

Geneva, 4 October— One in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. Around 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental disorders among the leading causes of ill-health and disability worldwide.Oct 4, 2018

[domdom]

Hello

 

I used to go with aeroflot from India till France via Moscow as the flight was cheap and convenient in terms of arrival time in Paris..

Russians in the queue for registration with the airline used to heavily drink vodka from the bottle.. a lot of them drunk on each flight I took.. actually, less on the way back to India..

I imagine that if he drunk in the plane, the crew had given him drinks ?? or did not forbid him to drink from his own bottle (which he should not have been allowed to take inside the plane actually)..

Sad and dangerous..

Have a nice day

[sqwakvfr]

Korean Airlines on some International routes have Tasers.  After 9./11 some US Carriers allowed some crews to have handcuffs.  Of course willing and able passengers have to assist the crew in restraining this type of passenger in order to place any kind of restraint on.  Unlike the movies it is often very difficult to get a drunk and unruly person into a position to place handcuffs on(this is based upon many years of experience).  

[rwill]

He's a doctor and knew he needed to decompress...…...

[Tropposurfer]

Ruskies, a people with a dark melancholic history. Pograms up the yin yang in their history.

anti semitic, racist, homophobic, sexist people.

Alcoholism at national levels beyond belief. A cunning despot as a leader (that’s a repeat of their history right there!).

 

[mauGR1]

36 minutes ago, Skallywag said:

Alcohol a trigger, but you would have to be crazy in the first place 

Crazy and quite a bit nasty imo.

[stanleycoin]

Maybe they should fit some kind of air lock on aircraft.

then you could just let him get off at 32,000 feet. job done. 

Also could be handy for some parents and annoying children. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! , 

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, Reigntax said:

He should have stuck to Vodka!

Probably did in the departure lounge... 

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Can planes doors be actually opened during flight? Answer...NO.  The door is like a plug being pushed into place by the internal compression, and I would also guess that there is some kind of electronic lock controlled by the pilot.

 

Stop trying to dismiss a good story with facts ????

[PatOngo]

5 hours ago, static said:

"the airline bans alcohol in economy class on this route"

 

Remind me to never fly Aeroflot on the Bangkok to Moscow route!

*Reminder*…....Don't fly Aeroflot from Bangkok to Moscow!