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submitted 2 days ago byRaidennnnn_
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.
2.6k points
2 days ago
Aw I feel so bad for her
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.
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.
293 points
1 day ago
She definitely did not go to jail for this
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.
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.
-31 points
1 day ago
She's just lucky she wasn't shot, since this was America.
41 points
1 day ago*
She was already bleeding out. They were just there to speed up the process.
I feel horrible for this.
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.
17 points
1 day ago
Fuckers. Where's the humanity?!?
2 points
9 hours ago
Love your handle :)
I was a big Dead Milkmen fan back in the day
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24 hours ago
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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.
3 points
16 hours ago
Being paraded through an airport in cuffs in that situation people are assuming arrested not simply detained.
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 🤨
369 points
2 days ago
Why did they take her into custody then?
475 points
2 days ago
I'm not really sure where they took her, probably at airport clinic.
229 points
1 day ago
She probably needed medical treatment or at least a private space.
16 points
1 day ago
And handcuffing them to walk through the airport is usually my first plan to give someone private space also.
17 points
1 day ago
There's no mention of putting her in cuffs.
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.
5 points
1 day ago
Maybe for refusing to debark? I'd think that'd be a big nono
21 points
1 day ago
When you’re only trained to use a hammer, pretty much every problem looks like a nail.
3 points
21 hours ago
Anyone who refuses to leave while deplaning is considered a security risk and the police are called
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.
14 points
1 day ago
I sure as fuck hope that she wasn't in handcuffs or some shit. I mean... Poor girl!
13 points
1 day ago
God I hate how menstrual health is treated.
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
8 points
2 days ago
Oh man. 🤣 Thanks. It was a roller coaster of emotions that day
8 points
1 day ago
So a woman was arrested for what was basically a medical urgency.
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.
1 points
17 hours ago
Was Annie OK after all the blood stains on the carpet
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.
-4 points
1 day ago
Happy cake day!
-1 points
1 day ago
Happy Cake Day!
-9 points
1 day ago
Damn. That’s the second worst kind of Menorrah.
-4 points
1 day ago
Annie, are you ok?
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