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Original Post Date: 2007-03-21 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
By Leila Samodien
Police were called to Cape Town International Airport after disgruntled passengers crowded airline staff.
Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) spokesperson Kim Webster said security and police were called in on Sunday night when passengers and their relatives crowded their airline front desk.
“The role of the police was merely crowd control,” she said.
| ‘Not uncontrollable, just angry’ |
The passengers were booked on a 9pm 1Time flight to Johannesburg, which was delayed by about four hours.
Melicia Denyssen, a passenger, said there had been no need to call in police because the crowd was not uncontrollable, just angry that they were forced to wait at the airport.
“Some people raised their voices just to air their opinions but it’s not as if the crowd was violent. What were the police supposed to do? All they did was try to calm everyone down,” she said.
1Time spokesperson Lizane Albers said a technical fault with one of their aircraft had caused the delay and another had been called in.
But Denyssen was furious about the glitch, saying she had almost lost her job because of it. She was due at work at 8am on Monday but had had to stay away because she was too tired.
She added that the flight had initially been delayed from 9pm to 11pm and no-one had been informed of the change until they checked in.
Albers said the airline had a system of SMSing passengers in case of delay but an unexpected power failure had occurred. The company did not know that the SMSes had not gone out. She added that all passengers on the flight would be compensated with a R450 voucher towards their next flight with the airline.
Denyssen said she had been treated “rudely” by Acsa staff.
Webster said: “Acsa has not received any complaints. However, if and when complaints are brought to our attention, they are investigated.”