Many of us have wondered what it's like to be a flght attendant - and one of the jet setters has revealed some of the strangest things they have ever seen on a plane. One steward, Adrian Browning, took to Qoura to tell us about some of the most interesting things he has ever seen while working on passenger jets.
In his post he let us know two of these particular moments and they certainly do not disappoint. The first came when he was on a flight out of a country in Asia when he enquired about the whereabouts of a baby which a family had registered as needing an extended seatbelt to keep the kid safe.
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He said: "We had almost finished boarding and I handed an extension seatbelt to another FA to give to a couple with a baby. The FA came back a few minutes later saying they didn’t have a baby."
When he went to check the whereabouts with the family what he saw gave him quite the jump.
"I looked on the manifest and it showed Mr and Mrs X, seat 32D and E plus infant. I walked back to enquire about the error on the manifest when the father stood up and opened the overhead and there sleeping peacefully was a beautiful baby girl," he explained.
According to the father, they had never flown before and thought the overhead locker was a bassinet where they could store away their baby.
On realising what they had done, the family did not stop laughing for the duration of the 9 hour flight, according to the attendant.
The second of the craziest things Adrian has seen whilst flying came while greeting people onto a 747 during boarding.
He said: "The other incident still baffles everyone. Being lead FA (Cabin Service Director) I was at the boarding door of the 747 greeting our packed aircraft.
"Almost everyone was onboard and we were waiting for the last dozen or so passengers. In the jetway I could hear a trolly which is unusual as passengers don’t generally bring them to the aircraft door."
When the trolley came into view and he was able to see what was making the noise on the trolley, he noticed something quite incredible.
"I had to do a double take when they were wheeling a FULL SIZED WASHING MACHINE! I had to ask the FA standing beside me to pinch me, I thought I was dreaming," he said.
When they got to the plane they tried to take the washing machine on board but when they were told they could not, they made quite the scene.
"I tried to explain it wasn’t coming onboard and things got heated so I called the captain to come down and give his verdict. Needless to say it was hold loaded on another flight. To this day no-one knows how they got this machine through security, passed the boarding gate checks and to the aircraft door…. That was a real WTF moment!"
So the next time you fly keep an eye out in the overhead lockers before you put our bags in and keep any pathways clear for oversized machines.
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