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Flight attendant foils kidnappers with flight attendant training skills
Heather Poole, Gadling's very own flight attendant who knows the moves to take care of herself and everyone else on a loaded plane, brought this China Daily article to our attention. In China, a flight attendant who two guys had kidnapped, got away by using the anti-hijacking techniques she learned in flight attendant training.
The attendant, an employee of Shanghai Airlines, learned -- in preparation for the Beijing Olympics -- how to stay calm, act obedient, keep the kidnappers engaged, discretely untie a rope, and make a run for it when the kidnappers weren't paying attention to her. According to the story, one of the men got into her car at a green light and forced her to pick up another man at a different location.
They took her bank card and her pin number. Her quick thinking probably saved her life. It turns out that, last July, these two guys killed a woman motorist they had kidnapped. This was discovered after she told the police what had happened and they were able to apprehend this pair.
As this story points out, one that is corroborated by Heather's Galley Gossip post on recurrent flight attendant training, flight attendants know the moves that make a difference in air travel. Maybe their theme song ought to be "Kung Fu Fighting." Everyone knows Kung Fu fighting, fast as lightning ... although in this case, rope skills and calm were the key ingredients.
Filed under: Stories, China, Airlines, News, Galley Gossip
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
Jan Jan 12th 2009 4:52AM
It is so fun to read these with all of you arguing and all! Most words typed that are spelled wrong are merely typos, anyway.......and if not, so what!
If ya git the point akkross it shudn't matter, so what iz ur gripe? Havva nuther beer or 2 or 12 andd giv it anuther try..............
fk Jan 12th 2009 6:49AM
I hate reading posts where someone has corrected anothers spelling,grammar or english. if you have a need to correct, volunteer at a school. dont waste my time or others by being so anal.I dont want to read it cause i dont care if someone mispells sumtin
Bob Jan 12th 2009 1:50PM
Everyone missed the point. Lawrence Ward was injecting an ethnic slur to the Chinese attendant... "Kung Fu FLIGHTING'... as in "FLIED LICE".
Traytable Jan 22nd 2009 3:08AM
Bob, maybe he was just trying to be witty as in 'flighting' cleverly appropriate for a FLIGHT attendant...! Why must everything be racist these days? People are too sensitive! :P
I recently did my recurrent security training, without going into too much detail the skills taught for use in the workplace translate very well into daily life, especially if you're a woman and vulnerable for a variety of reasons- living alone, early and late work starts, neightbourhood etc
Pat Feb 26th 2009 3:26PM
"If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at
all." advice that Thumper the Rabbit learned from
his Mother in Walt Disney's movie "Bambi".