A passenger in India was locked in an airplane toilet for more than an hour after its door malfunctioned mid-journey. The man was on board a SpiceJet flight from Mumbai to Bengaluru city – typically a 105-minute journey – when he got stuck inside the tiny lavatory. He was rescued early Tuesday morning after the…
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Hero at 35,000 Feet: How a Ugandan Doctor Saved a Life on a Turkish Airlines Flight
By Dr. Kivumbi Earnest Benjamin, L.H.D. (Hon.) At cruising altitude, with passengers asleep and the hum of jet engines filling the cabin, few expect a medical emergency to unfold. But on Friday aboard Turkish Airlines Flight TK585 from Istanbul to Mauritania, fate intervened — and so did an Ugandan doctor. When the cabin crew’s voice…
