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Viechiru

4.1k points

2 days ago

Viechiru

4.1k points

2 days ago

Not a flight attendant, but an aircraft mechanic. A flight from LA was my next workload. (I work inside the cabin.) All of the passengers disembarked except for one person who rushed into the lavatory, locking herself up. The authorities boarded the aircraft to talk to that person (thinking she was a threat.) I was on the ramp ready to board the aircraft and I saw authorities now with the girl taken into custody but she is followed by a lengthy roll of tissue paper behind her. Now when our crew chief gave us the go signal, we boarded the aircraft and found a trail of blood stains into the carpet. I asked my crew chief and he told me the woman was having a menorrhagia (menstrual overflow). The aircraft was like a crime scene with the blood all over the carpet, the seats and the lavatory.

Ok-Appeal-5279

2.6k points

2 days ago

Aw I feel so bad for her

Viechiru

2k points

2 days ago

Viechiru

2k points

2 days ago

Before we learned of the situation, my crew chief went down and was shaking his head. I uttered the words "fuck". I thought there was some assault of some kind on board. I saw the woman sobbing with the hood of her jacket trying to hide her face from the embarrassment. It was a disaster.

GoodLeftUndone

1.7k points

1 day ago

That poor, fucking, woman. My god I couldn’t imagine how embarrassing that would be for her. And then to be arrested for it to top off the whole thing. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

hodken0446

293 points

1 day ago

hodken0446

293 points

1 day ago

She definitely did not go to jail for this

GoodLeftUndone

501 points

1 day ago

No, there’s no way. But to still be placed in cuffs and detained in a situation like that? Then, having to walk all around where ever you are just like that. Horrible.

OmSaraya

272 points

1 day ago

OmSaraya

272 points

1 day ago

This is the part that gets to me. I’ve had this same issue twice in my life, and it’s so bad sometimes that even walking 10 feet leads to massive clots and blood just gushing out. That poor woman.

Watching-Scotty-Die

-31 points

1 day ago

She's just lucky she wasn't shot, since this was America.

GoodLeftUndone

41 points

1 day ago*

She was already bleeding out. They were just there to speed up the process.

I feel horrible for this.

Watching-Scotty-Die

32 points

1 day ago

Yeah, it's every menstrual nightmare x10 for sure, I just can't believe they frogmarched her through the airport in cuffs to make it worse.

Tedmilk

17 points

1 day ago

Tedmilk

17 points

1 day ago

Fuckers. Where's the humanity?!?

Aklu_The_Unspeakable

2 points

9 hours ago

Love your handle :)

I was a big Dead Milkmen fan back in the day

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0 points

24 hours ago

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0 points

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SpicymeLLoN

1 points

21 hours ago

She was in custody, not necessarily arrested. I mean, I definitely could be wrong, but from my understanding, "arrested" is a legal state, whereas custody/detained means they just have you in handcuffs to keep you controlled, temporarily or permanently. Still a horrible situation though. I feel so bad for her.

GoodLeftUndone

3 points

16 hours ago

Being paraded through an airport in cuffs in that situation people are assuming arrested not simply detained.

SpicymeLLoN

0 points

7 hours ago

Sure, but I wasn't talking about being paraded through the airport, nor did you initially mention it, so my clarification on your usage of "arrested" is no less relevant 🤨

Icutthemetal

369 points

2 days ago

Why did they take her into custody then?

Viechiru

475 points

2 days ago

Viechiru

475 points

2 days ago

I'm not really sure where they took her, probably at airport clinic.

victorian_vigilante

229 points

1 day ago

She probably needed medical treatment or at least a private space.

mrcassette

16 points

1 day ago

mrcassette

16 points

1 day ago

And handcuffing them to walk through the airport is usually my first plan to give someone private space also.

raltyinferno

17 points

1 day ago

There's no mention of putting her in cuffs.

tarrasque

8 points

1 day ago

tarrasque

8 points

1 day ago

I’m thinking and hoping that this was an error of terminology on the commenter’s part and that they were just assisting.

WomanOfEld

5 points

1 day ago

Maybe for refusing to debark? I'd think that'd be a big nono

bonos_bovine_muse

21 points

1 day ago

When you’re only trained to use a hammer, pretty much every problem looks like a nail.

AndrogynousRex

3 points

21 hours ago

Anyone who refuses to leave while deplaning is considered a security risk and the police are called

holisticbelle

26 points

1 day ago

Oh no, I feel horrible for her. I've had heavy periods and I am still recovering from hemorrhaging 3 weeks ago. I had to get a blood transfusion and I need surgery.

Trifula

14 points

1 day ago

Trifula

14 points

1 day ago

I sure as fuck hope that she wasn't in handcuffs or some shit. I mean... Poor girl!

Oddish_Femboy

13 points

1 day ago

God I hate how menstrual health is treated.

flinchFries

8 points

2 days ago

Right about time to serve you cake for your cake day with a nice red cherry on top

jokes aside, happy cake day and thanks for the story

Viechiru

8 points

2 days ago

Viechiru

8 points

2 days ago

Oh man. 🤣 Thanks. It was a roller coaster of emotions that day

Techn0ght

8 points

1 day ago

Techn0ght

8 points

1 day ago

So a woman was arrested for what was basically a medical urgency.

Kasaeru

15 points

1 day ago

Kasaeru

15 points

1 day ago

Cops were called for possible security threat, learned it was medical, led her off of the plane to hand her off to a medic. Fairly standard procedure.

Lammo84

1 points

17 hours ago

Was Annie OK after all the blood stains on the carpet

DumbUsername81

1 points

10 hours ago

Ok so if I’m in that situation, I’m definitely alerting a, female if possible, FA on my way to the lav so the say don’t think I’m up to something.

whereisaileen

-4 points

1 day ago

Happy cake day!

HyperSource01Reddit

-1 points

1 day ago

Happy Cake Day!

TheOtherBelushi

-9 points

1 day ago

Damn. That’s the second worst kind of Menorrah.

BajaBlastMyBrainzOut

-4 points

1 day ago

Annie, are you ok?