Brawl forces evacuation of plane at Cairo airport as PILOT and cabin crew member involved in violent fist fight

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <ul class="article-summary news mol-bullets-with-font" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; min-height: 1px; padding: 5px 0px 5px 15px;"> <li class="" style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 15px 2px 2px;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Passenger plane bound for Saudi Arabia was grounded for six hours</strong></li> <li class="" style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 15px 2px 2px;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">More than 150 passengers were removed from the plane without injury</strong></li> <li class="" style="list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 15px 2px 2px;"><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The pilot suffered an eye injury and was transported to hospital</strong></li> <li></li> </ul> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A passenger plane was evacuated and grounded for six hours after its pilot and a cabin crew member brawled just before the aircraft was scheduled to take off.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Saudi Arabian Airlines flight was preparing to depart Cairo’s international airport for Medina, Saudi Arabia when an argument between the captain and steward turned violent.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">More than 150 passengers were removed from the plane without injury and taken to a transit hall while officials separated the combatants. </span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Brawl: A Saudi Arabian Airlines pilot and steward got into a fight aboard a plane at Cairo International Airport" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="0" height="423" id="i-68dc0deb4d09e0f0" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/18/1408350484643_wps_1_DYH9CY_saudi_arabian_airl.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); 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padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Brawl: A Saudi Arabian Airlines pilot and steward got into a fight aboard a plane at Cairo International Airport</span></div> </div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Once security personnel broke up the fist fight, the steward was treated at the airport for hand injuries.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The pilot suffered an eye injury and was transported to hospital, Stuff.co.nz reported. </span></div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="relatedItemsTopBorder" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> </div> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /><br />Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2727702/Brawl-forces-evacuation-plane-Cairo-airport-PILOT-cabin-crew-member-involved-violent-fist-fight.html#ixzz3AnHA13qA" style="cursor: pointer; 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padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 153 passengers were put back on the plane, which departed about six hours behind schedule.</span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It is not known what triggered the fight between the pilot and steward. </span></div> <div class="artSplitter mol-img-group" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="mol-img" style="margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px;"> <div class="image-wrap fff-pic" style="cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; min-height: 1px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="Airport bust-up: The pilot suffered an eye injury, while the steward was treated for a hand injury" class="blkBorder img-share" data-track-pos="1" height="423" id="i-bb3a443ac482b29e" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/08/18/1408350488639_wps_2_B5E4FA_Cairo_Internationa.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); 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padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Airport bust-up: The pilot suffered an eye injury, while the steward was treated for a hand injury</span></div> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br /></span></div>

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Passenger collapses, dies at Lagos airport

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">L</span><span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">agos</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— An intending passenger collapsed and died yesterday while waiting to collect the Yellow Card from Port Health officials at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos.</span><br /> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Airport-Ebola2.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color 0.2s linear, border-top-color; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;"><img alt="Airport Ebola2" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-459200" height="280" src="http://dvsl3w2q45hb8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Airport-Ebola2.jpg" style="-webkit-transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow; border: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; transition: margin 0.2s linear, box-shadow;" width="412" /></span></a></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This happened when the new Minister of Aviation, Mr Osita Chidoka, was on facility tour of the airport. It’s the minister’s first official visit to Lagos since assuming office.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The dead man, Akunne Osei, <span style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Vanguard</span> gathered, was a Nigerian who resided in Accra. He arrived Lagos for business transactions aboard an Arik Air flight on Friday, August 8, 2014 and was on his way back to Accra for medical treatment.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Speaking on the death of the passenger, General Manager, Corporate Communication, Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mr Yakubu Dati, said: “The passenger, Mr. Akunne Osei, took ill on Saturday, August 9 and started stooling. When the situation got worse, he called his doctor in Accra who instructed him to return to Ghana immediately for further treatment.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“During boarding formalities for his return trip to Accra, at the MMIA, Mr. Osei, who had become weak was subjected to Ebola virus test by port health officials, the result of which was negative.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“No further attention was paid to him after his Ebola virus result read negative but the passenger later slumped and died around the port health office.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The sister of the dead man was seen crying, saying:“Chike, please get up.”</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The body of Osei was kept at zero car park of the airport terminal when the Minister of Aviation, Mr Osita Chidoka, visited. It is yet to be removed at press time.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/passenger-collapses-dies-lagos-airport/#sthash.uMNIGnA3.dpuf</span></div>

Passenger collapses, dies at Lagos airport

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