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    Vietnam man next to crying child opens plane door

    HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A mom with a screaming child wanted a quick getaway from a plane on the tarmac in Vietnam and asked for help. The man next to her obliged by opening the emergency exit and triggering the escape slide.

    But that's as far as they got.

    A state media report on Tuesday's incident at Ho Chi Minh City airport says nobody used the slide. It wasn't clear if they got second thoughts or if the cabin crew intervened.

    The man, identified as 29-year-old Le Van Thuan, told authorities the child's mother asked him to open the door so she and the child could exit faster.

    An airport official says the man will be fined up to $950, and it will cost $10,000 to refit the slide.

     
    • GeraldM  •  Nanuet, New York  •  3 mths ago
      I love the headline!!!! I thought the plane was in the air and the man got so upset with the crying child that he opened the door to toss the child out!!!
      • timothy mercurio 3 mths ago
        thats my eXact thought!!!! THIS EDITOR SUCKS!
      • I despise libs 3 mths ago
        Thats what i thought to!
      • Amy 3 mths ago
        I know! I got so excited! ...is that a bad thing?
    • Summer  •  3 mths ago
      this column is so stupid i feel like punching myself for reading it!
      • jc2281 3 mths ago
        please....
      • motherfnnature 3 mths ago
        me too i was just questioning why i was here it sounded funny
      • Bolt 3 mths ago
        I'd be happy to kick you in the nards
    • rudy2000k  •  3 mths ago
      If he had to pay, they should've let him slide down and enjoy it a few times at least!
      • Ninja 3 mths ago
        For reals.
      • Ken 3 mths ago
        He said the women and child wanted to leave. Maybe thats the truth. who knows as sometimes truth is stranger than fiction
      • CHRIS 3 mths ago
        A slide was deployed on a 757 in the hanger. All the mechanics had a few turns sliding down and trying to run up it. Work was fun that day.
    • Helen  •  Galloway Twp, New Jersey  •  3 mths ago
      I really dislike misleading headlines.
      • Fawbots 3 mths ago
        Romney relates to the middle class.
      • Dr. Zook 3 mths ago
        Did you see the article with the headline "Helen in New Jersey Wins $200 Million Lottery"?
      • Ernie 3 mths ago
        Give it time -- you will get over it.
    • DJ  •  Greensboro, North Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      I have flown a bunch and finally have a remedy for screaming kids - noise cancelling headphones. Well worth the $100 bucks. Now, if we could just do something with the people who don't bathe, the ones with too much perfume, and the inconsiderates who infringe on your space.
      • motherfnnature 3 mths ago
        try sitting behind a muslim that not only doesnt bathe but doesnt use deodorant and has the ac blowing on them to push the smell almost choked on the odors
      • jim 3 mths ago
        Or the anal retentive ones who biotch and moan about anything and everything, as if public transportation is supposed to mimic their own private space at home or that airlines must cater to their every whim.
      • News 3 mths ago
        @Jim it is not elitism to expect a moderate level of comfart in public transportion. and some areas of the globe do use oils and perfumes instead of regular bathing.
    • Richard  •  New York, New York  •  3 mths ago
      SLIGHTLY misleading headline.
    • chris  •  Tampa, Florida  •  3 mths ago
      I've been flying regularly for over 35 years. I have been seated next to few folks that made me wish I could have used the exit slide.........................in flight!
    • GodBlessAmerica2  •  Little Rock, Arkansas  •  3 mths ago
      Wow, a man who does whatever you ask without really thinking? If he's not married, he would be the perfect husband for some young lady.
    • Michael  •  South Shore, Kentucky  •  3 mths ago
      The Headline and Comments are all you need to read on Yahoo stories.
    • mike  •  Columbia, South Carolina  •  3 mths ago
      I feel this guys pain...I also hate it when a kid is kicking the back of my seat and is sitting in the parent's lap and the parent isn't doing anything about it.
    • Bad Timing  •  3 mths ago
      Screaming children make me want open open the door at 20,000 feet and get out myself.
    • Justa thought  •  3 mths ago
      The FAA requires a screaming child to be present on every flight in the US. It's the law. If no child is available, a TSA agent may take it's place...
    • Jim  •  3 mths ago
      If someone could invent a device to shut up screaming kids on airplane's, they would become instant millionaires. Then again, if they went a step further for Mother-in-Laws...it would be worth billions.
    • steve  •  3 mths ago
      When i first read the headline i visualized a traumatized man sitting next to a crying baby, trying to escape the noise while attempting to bale out at several thousand feet.

      Now that would be a new level of hardcore.
    • Welcome to the USSA  •  3 mths ago
      They worded the title like a Vietnam vet, with post traumatic stress disorder, heard the crying baby, had flashbacks, and opened the exit door mid-flight killing all involved.
    • Zechriel  •  Madison, Maine  •  3 mths ago
      Better title would be "Vietnamese man" not Vietname man, my gods don't you people edit?
    • Joe Schmoe  •  Norwalk, Connecticut  •  3 mths ago
      10 grand to put the slide back in? Someone failed engineering 101.
    • badkitties  •  3 mths ago
      Well, in all fairness, who among us has not felt like opening a plane door for a screaming child. Even at 30,000 feet.
    • Thor  •  Anchorage, Alaska  •  3 mths ago
      Why can't they just, you know, deflate the slide somehow and curl it back up? How does that cost 10 grand? In fact, how does an object that doubles as a rubber raft cost 10 grand anyway..?
    • Redd  •  3 mths ago
      I personally think you should be fined if your baby screams and disturbs other passengers during a flight. It would discourage many people from bringing their kids on to planes and would make the flying experience much more enjoyable for the other passengers who don't want to hear your kid screaming. When I was a kid, my parents NEVER took me on a plane because of that issue.
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