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A WOMAN WOKE up alone on an Air Canada plane after falling asleep during the flight after apparently being forgotten about by staff.
Tiffani Adams, who was flying from Quebec to Toronto, said she woke up in “pitch black” with the plane having landed and apparently been towed away from the airport, after passengers and crew had disembarked.
Her story was posted on Air Canada’s Facebook page by a friend.
Air Canada has apologised for the incident. Adams has said that hasn’t had much sleep since the incident took place on 9 June and is struggling with night terrors.
According to the post, Adams was flying from Quebec to Toronto Pearson International Airport when she fell asleep, aided by the fact that she’d ended up with a whole row of seats to herself.
“I think I’m having a bad dream (because) like seriously how is this happening,” she wrote.
She briefly called a friend but was cut short when her phone’s battery died.
“I’m trying to focus on my breathing and control my panic attack while I attempt to charge my phone by plugging into every USB port I could find,” she wrote, but that proved fruitless because the electricity on the plane was turned off.
After finally finding a torch in the cockpit, she managed to open one of the doors but faced a drop of up to 15 metres to get out of the plane.
She then used the torch to draw the attention of a luggage cart driver, who arrived to find Adams with her legs hanging out of the plane’s open doorway.
“He is in shock, asking how the heck they left me on the plane,” she said. “I’m wondering the same.”
Air Canada told Canadian broadcaster CTV News that it was reviewing the episode but declined to offer further details.
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Suffering night terrors me hole – litigation terrors more like …
@Dara O’Brien: let’s be honest. When she woke up, she spent the first 5 mins running up and down the aisle singing, I’m in the money.
While naturally the pair of you would just say ‘ah yer grand lads, sure twas no bother’ and leave it go? Come on. Anyone in their right minds would sue.
@JL Pagano: She undoubtedly has a case for compensation for the inconvenience etc. but night terrors? Come off it.
@Chris Linehan: you should actually read the full story on CTV.ca, it actually does sound a little scary. And she did have to do pretty much everything except deploy the emergency slide. She was even sitting in the captains chair, trying to get help on his headpiece, but the plane had being parked for the night, with the battery disconnected
@JL Pagano: stop this culture of blaming everyone but yourself and looking for monetary compensation. It’s ruining things.
@JL Pagano: I must not be of a right mind so – I’d appreciate that I have a cool story and get on with my life. Suing wouldn’t enter my head. Greed, its why we can’t have nice things, everyone out to get some easy cash.
I must tell the Journal about my Nitelink adventures back in the day
@Donwon999: ‘huh…so this is greystones then…’
@Donwon999: man just had a flash back hahaha
@Donwon999: hahah i still get night terrors when you mention nitelink and dublin bus garages
@Donwon999: Fell asleep once going to Blanchardstown. Ended up having to get up at the last stop, outside Corduff
@Donwon999: #metoo
Air B&B :-)
@David Jones: Brilliant, thanks for the laugh.
I’d only be delighted if I would get such a sound sleep! Mildly inconvenienced, yet it’s like she went through a war. People are too sensitive these days
Insurances going through the roofs…. You can’t even have a nap nowadays without waking up wanting to sue somebody.
She’s lucky it wasn’t Ryanair. O’Leary would charge you extra for getting a bit of shut-eye.
I remember the time I fell asleep on the bus, when I awoke I was in the bus garage. I was confused, disoriented and because I was upstairs on the bus all the people in the garage looked like ants. I eventually found my way to the top of the stairs only to realise my grappling hook and ropes had been stolen. My only option was to free climb the labyrinth of steps to reach the lower deck. Altitude sickness was setting in, so time wasn’t on my side. I held my breath a took the first step down. Diastaster… my leading foot slipped and I found myself tumbling towards the bottom deck. Drifting in and out of consciousness i pictured my daughters wedding day and how happy and proud I was of the beautiful lady she had become. Was this the end for me?
@Robbie Clancy: You’re finished as an author.
@Robbie Clancy: omg next chapter
@Robbie Clancy: gripping stuff. Serialise this, please.
@Robbie Clancy: VERY FUNNY.. THAT WAS BRILLIANT! YOU SHOULD WRITE FOR THE JOURNAL! ;)
Why is she posting as if she’s writing a novel?
@This Guy: because according to the article it was a friend of hers who wrote about it, hence, it’s a narrative
@Vocal Outrage: The question still stands.
@This Guy: i believe its called ” milking it”
Hasnt slept since lol chasing the claim
Used the last of her phone battery to call a friend… Not the emergency services
She opened a door but faced a drop of up to 15 metres? What kind of aircraft was that?
@AA: the plane itself must have been sleep hovering.
@AA: has to be 15 feet I reckon, but no doubt the meter measurement will go in her claim
I woke up in the Clontarf garage after falling sleep in the night link years ago. How much is that worth?
@Nigel Comerford: A few more beers at least….
When I worked in London way back; one of my colleagues, fond of the drop, was awoken by cleaners in Tube depot sidings on morre than one occasion!
Now that is unfortunate and fully the fault of the crew. She will have a good compensation or proposal from the airplane line. She is right to do so if she want. Lucky she found a torch.
Note also she could access the cockpit which tell something about basic security.
How many women!?
@Alonzo Margate: I bet she gets enough money for “women” plural out of it.
@Rob Cahill: panicking because she’s stuck on a plane …SNOWFOOKINGFLAKE
@Rob Cahill: now Rob none of your sexism please!
Most rewarding sleep ever
We were on a family hoilday transfer at Dubai the other half got pulled at security went with, we were brought down to the basement luggage hold. After bags were checked.
We were taken back to the plane however it was a different plane if I had not of went with, my other half would of ended up else where as her seat number was free on this flight.
We all ways joke how instead of loosing bags I could of lost them.
@Life is short enjoy it: “have” not “of”…you used “of” so many times there when you should have used “have”
@Life is short enjoy it:
Some one didn’t get enough sleep
@Andy O’B: ah Andy. Life is short enjoy it.
@Seaniecp: hahahahaha! Love it!
@Life is short enjoy it: painful read
The staff were negligent. Security checks in Airports are necessary but can be annoying. If a person can be left behind like this it shows that their staff messed up big time.
It was pitch black yet she found all the USB ports.
Door is not 15 Metre off the ground closer to 4 Metre at max big fuss over nothing
I hope Steven Spielberg directs the Oscar winning movie about this ordeal.
I could see this happening to me as I tend to take to take an over-the-counter sleep aid when I fly long haul flights. I would hope someone would check the seats before closing the plane up LOL…
Got left on an Imp for 12 hours. Haven’t been on a bus since.
Night terrors, jaysus. I mean, if she missed a connecting flight over it that cost her greatly then you’d say ok, she deserves a few pound. Maybe a free flight somewhere. If it happened to me, I’d be delighted with my cool story. I’d dine out on it for years. Night terrors? People would sicken ya with their shite.
Stupid woman! I think I hear the Solicitors phone ringing? This should never go to court!
@James Clarke: Why is she stupid?
She suffers from panic attacks one thinks she may have taken one or 2 extra Alprazolam and was flat out. But she set must have go a fright picture you were on a plane full of people and when you woke up it was dark with no1 on the plane she was set on strong meds…
That’s just plane crazy
Idiot. Should be grounded
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