Sleeping Air Canada Passenger Ends Up In Airport Hangar

[RamboLiberal]

When Kris Lines woke up after a recent Air Canada flight, he found himself on an empty plane inside a giant hangar.

It was not exactly the way the British law professor expected to arrive in Vancouver. But after drinking large amounts of Coca-Cola to stay awake on his flight from London to Calgary, Lines thought he could take a little nap for the 90-minute flight to Vancouver.

"I was just so dead to the world. I didn't think that I needed to set an alarm clock to get me up at the end of the flight," Lines told the Globe and Mail.

Lines was resting in the back of the 50-seat CRJ100 jet operated by Air Canada's regional discount carrier, Air Canada Jazz, according to airline spokeswoman Debra Williams. After landing around 6:30 p.m., the plane -- having just completed its last trip of the day -- was emptied out and taken to a hangar.

It wasn't until 90 minutes later that a startled mechanic gave him a nudge, rousing him from slumber.

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/sleeping-air-canada-passenger-ends-airport-hangar/story?id=10332861

Being a heavy sleeper I can empathize with this guy.

[MicaelS]

1. Ouch....

Looks like the cabin crew really dropped the ball.

[RamboLiberal]

3. Said the Flight Attendant that should've done the check

was busy deplaning several wheel chair passengers. I can see after a long flight it accidentally got overlooked. Of course that's the one time another passenger was sleeping in the back.

[frazzled]

2. The flight crew didn't do a check on the plane after arrival?

Apparently not. This is their fault, not the sleeping passenger's.

[olegramps]

4. I had to chuckle.

[Stevenmarc]

5. Then the airline created a new nap fee