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LOSING YOUR HEAD
An intoxicated man caused a
recent Delta Air Lines flight from
Salt Lake City to Orlando to be
diverted to Oklahoma after he
had to be restrained with zip ties
for headbutting a flight attendant
after they refused to serve him
any more alcohol.POTTY MOUTH
An unidentified woman was
recently pictured allowing her
toddler to use a potty in the
middle of the aisle during a flight
before reportedly cursing at
flight attendants after she
was told she had to go to the
lavatories instead.FIGHT OR FLIGHT
Two Dutch F-16 fighter jets were
called to escort a KLM flight
to its destination, Amsterdam
Schiphol Airport, after a 29-year-
old American passenger became
aggressive and caused a scufle
about 30 minutes before the
plane was due to land.FEELING THE HEAT
Air India has apologised for
keeping passengers from
deboarding from a recent flight
for several hours following a
technical malfunction, while also
keeping the air conditioning
switched of for the duration of
the delay.HIT THE FLOOR
Airport workers tackled a
23-year-old man to the ground
at Dublin Airport after he broke
a security door and ran onto the
tarmac in an attempt to catch a
Ryanair flight to Amsterdam he
had just missed.TRAVEL TALES
A new dynasty
FULL SPEED AHEAD
CHINA AIRLINES has reopened its Dynasty Lounge at Taipei Taoyuan
International Airport following months of renovation work that sees the
design of the 1,170-sqm lounge aligned with the carrier’s new-generation
aircraft cabins.
Located in front of Gate D4 in the Taipei airport’s Terminal 2 building,
the revamped lounge has been given a makeover courtesy of Taiwanese
calligraphy artist Ben-Hang Chang, who has painted an interior fresco
depicting Mount Jade – one of a number of frescoes throughout the lounge.
Able to seat some 258 people, the lounge also provides showers, public
computers, and even a room for parents to tend to young infants. Both
Chinese and international cuisine is served at the lounge,
including cooked-to-order beef noodles and local
snacks such as yams and tea eggs.
china-airlines.comTRAVELLING across the
border between Hong Kong
and the Chinese mainland is
now quicker with the opening
of Hong Kong’s first high-
speed train, the Guangzhou-
Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express
Rail Link. The new service
means travellers can now
get between Hong Kong
and Guangzhou in about 45
minutes, with journeys onward
to Beijing now possible in just
nine hours – a sizeable drop
from the previous journey
time of more than 24 hours.
With services daily, the trains
run at an average speed of
270 kilometres per hour.
expressraillink.hk ASPIRANTSG.COMNOVEMBER 2018