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Woman Falls Asleep On Flight To Paris, Wakes Up In Pakistan
A woman on a Paris-bound flight fell asleep and woke up when the plane landed back in her starting point of Lahore, Pakistan. What's more, the plane not only stopped in France, but also touched down in Italy before completing the journey.
Express News, a Pakistani television news channel, first reported about the sleepy passenger, described as a middle-aged French woman who is married to a Pakistani. Her relatives are infuriated that nobody from Pakistan International Airways (PIA) bothered to wake her when she reached Paris.
Upon returning back to Lahore, she had completed a 7,700-mile round trip that took 18 hours.
"It is a passenger's responsibility to check about the destination and disembark when the plane arrives at the particular airport," a representative from the airline told Agence France-Presse.
The airline, who believes a French subcontractor is to blame, has since promised to take the woman back to Paris free of charge and set up a committee to investigate how the crew failed to notice the woman during a two-hour stopover at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Photo by Don Fulano, flickr.
[Thanks, Imran3000!]
The airline, who believes a French subcontractor is to blame, has since promised to take the woman back to Paris free of charge and set up a committee to investigate how the crew failed to notice the woman during a two-hour stopover at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Photo by Don Fulano, flickr.
[Thanks, Imran3000!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
bkblue Aug 23rd 2012 7:15AM
Try to blame someone else because you are an idiot! Something is wrong with the woman if she can sleep a straight 18 hours on a plane!
sluggo Aug 25th 2012 2:27PM
Maybe she fell asleep 12 hours into the flight.
Al_Shumate Aug 23rd 2012 8:33AM
This was one of three (3) things –
1 – She took a sleep aid when she boarded and I want some.
2 – This is a new reality show that they were filming.
3 – They are making new episodes of either “Twilight Zone” or “The Outer Limits.”
nikki Aug 23rd 2012 9:21AM
An this was worth a whole article because????????
prodeus1 Aug 23rd 2012 2:42PM
The better question to ask is how do you sleep for about 18 hrs during take off's and landings and a two hour lay over.Lights come on,people are leaveing and it gets loud.If she was on sleeping pills the H.P should have said what kind.
Barry A Clarke Aug 23rd 2012 1:11PM
''Life's TOUGH .... it's even tougher if you're stupid.'' - John Wayne
Deb Aug 25th 2012 11:38AM
I love that quote! Leave it to John Wayne to say something like that!!!
tishatoo Aug 23rd 2012 1:22PM
It seems to me that the flight attendants would make a round through the plane to be sure no one was left on the plane, or hiding on the plane -- for security reasons, if nothing else.
Salman Aug 23rd 2012 2:16PM
I heard of Sleeping beauty before but now sleeping wife? 18 hours? wow!
LakeArcher Aug 23rd 2012 3:45PM
There's more here than meets the eye. Talk about an incomplete story.
Corona Geezer Aug 23rd 2012 8:18PM
How did the "plane landed back in her starting DESTINATION of Lahore, Pakistan"
Enn Aug 24th 2012 3:16PM
Possbly the plane time traveled backwards and she wound up back where she started.
skeptical Aug 25th 2012 8:17AM
She didn't need to use the rest room during that whole time? No one complained she was in their seat?
Deb Aug 25th 2012 9:03AM
I read all the comments above and think they all have merit! How does anyone sleep 18 hours on an airplane, doesn't have to use the bathroom, takeoffs and landings, passengers boarding and disembarking (no noise there, huh!!??) and the list goes on! And, BKBLUE is right! The airline did NOT have to fly her free back to Paris! It was this woman's responsibility to be awake when she arrived in Paris, not the airlines!
Barb2 Aug 25th 2012 10:27AM
Must be the airline does not have a cleaning crew.
Z Aug 25th 2012 11:12AM
I agree with the above comments also but the article states -The airline, who believes a French subcontractor is to blame- soooo maybe she woke at different points and didn't understand the language...still a watch could've helped!
Bella T Aug 25th 2012 2:16PM
Fell asleep? Sounds more like she was in a coma! Seriously, I'm on the side of the airlines. It is her responsibility to be alert and get off at her destination. Maybe when the plane stopped in Paris and Italy, a new flight crew got on and thought she was going to Pakistan.
Sherylynne Aug 25th 2012 2:31PM
It is absolutely impossible for this to happen by "accident." When the aircraft arrived in Paris, after deplaning the crew is responsible for checking seats, lavatories, and opening overhead bins to assure all passengers and their belongings are gone. Then the cleaning crew comes on, cleans the cabins and lavatories. Prior to boarding the new passengers, again, the cabin crew checks the cabin and the lavatories. This procedure is repeated at each stop! Additionally, what would be the likelihood that the Paris-bound passenger's seat had not been assigned to other departing passengers either destined for Italy or Lahore, Pakistan. Unless, of course, PIA has NO procedure in place to avoid this type of incident!
Jean Aug 26th 2012 1:15PM
Sounds like b/s to me. Certainly not news worthy.
Savannah5 Aug 25th 2012 3:42PM
The crew is responsible knowing who and what is on the plane. They represent safety and security. They do head counts and physically check the plane.
It is their job.