In the event of an evacuation, passengers are always told to leave all carry-on items behind and disembark the aircraft as quickly as possible – but one passenger has been slammed for blatantly ignoring the rules.
One post on Reddit has infuriated readers after it showed a woman standing outside of an evacuated aircraft with her designer luggage – having blatantly ignored the rules.
‘What NOT to do in an evacuation,’ the user wrote, along with two pictures.
One of the images showed the grounded Delta airplane with a carry-on suitcase, two bags and white puffer jacket sitting on the tarmac in the foreground.
The next picture showed the woman with her jacket on, holding her tote bag and looking at her phone while everyone around her appeared to be standing empty handed.
Furious users commented on the post, fuming over her blatant disregard for other passengers on board.
‘There should be a fine for passengers that do not comply with crew members instructions. Every second counts… and those seconds could be peoples lives,’ declared one Reddit user.
‘That should land you on the no fly list,’ one user declared.
One of the images showed the grounded Delta airplane with the carry-on suitcase, two bags and white puffer jacket sitting on the tarmac
”Failure to follow crew instructions’ – I hope she is identified and gets a heavy fine from the FAA,’ chimed in someone else.
Another person joked that her ‘matching luggage and ensemble just scream ‘entitled Karen.”
Last week, Delta Airlines passengers were forced to evacuate after smoke filled the cabin at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The Boeing 717-200 was headed to Columbia Metropolitan Airport, South Carolina, when haze overwhelmed the cabin.
The flight landed at around 9am – and all 94 passengers, two pilots and three flight attendants on board were forced to flee the aircraft using the emergency exit slides.
Shocking images showed multiple travelers standing on the left wing of the aircraft, desperately holding onto their belongings, as they fled the smoke-filled Delta plane.
‘Delta Air Lines Flight 876 returned safely to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport around 9 a.m. local time on Monday, February 24, after the crew reported possible smoke in the flightdeck,’ the Federal Aviation Administration said.
Crew members reported the haze shortly after takeoff and an emergency was declared to get priority handling from air traffic control.
Then next picture showed the woman with her jacket on, holding her tote bag while everyone around her appeared to be standing around empty handed
‘The flight crew followed procedures to return to Atlanta when a haze inside the aircraft was observed after departure,’ a Delta spokesperson said.
‘Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, and we apologize to our customers for the experience.’
Recently, a flight attendant on TikTok went viral for sharing why you should leave your belongings behind in an emergency.
‘You should never bring your bag in an airplane evacuation,’ Leanna Coy, a Connecticut-based flight attendant, said in the video.
‘We are taught how to evacuate the plane in 90 seconds,’ she continued. ‘That’s it – that’s how long you’re estimated to have to get off that plane.’
She added if everyone took even ‘two seconds’ extra to gather their belongings, it would add up and impact other passengers.
[In an emergency] the flight attendant who’s at the door, screaming her head off, asking you, begging you to leave everything and get off the plane — they can’t leave until everybody’s off,’ she explained.
‘So, while you’re there fumbling with your bag, they’re over there risking their life, waiting to get you off the plane.’
