Comments on: American Dies at Incheon Airport After Service Staff Block Rescue Personnel

By: Maddlew

Maddlew — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:07:53 +0000

cm: “So they wanted him dead as an act of anti-Americanism or racism.”
Pawi, where did he conjure this up from? Give me a single quote from this thread where this is in any way implied. Read the whole thing. Take your time.
His comments were right on? When did you start burning blundts?

By: slim

slim — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:16:59 +0000

cm’s comments were mistaken — and this was cleared up nicely by maddlew.

it seems that if we take the OPPOSITE of what pawi says on a given issue, we’ll be “right on the money”.

By: pawikirogi

pawikirogi — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:14:51 +0000

tired, cm? of course, your comments were right on the money….just like mine were to you so long ago……..

By: Maddlew

Maddlew — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:27:08 +0000

Your assertion that someone posted something to the effect that less than a full effort was given or worse, the effort to save this man was hindered because he was a foreigner is hogwash. None of that was discussed until YOU brought it up. Most people talked about a lack of communication and a large dose of incompetence, not much else. Someone said that they WONDERED whether there would be more outrage if the victim were Korean. Someone also said that they WISHED that it had been reported that a life was lost rather than a foreigner had died. I think a valid point but not something that will be changed soon.
Look, when the racist card is thrown where none exists, it diminishes the impact of outcry when it does come into play. I thought this thread was fairly well commented on until YOUR rant.
It’s confirmed! The surveys are wrong! Everyone in Canada is smoking blundts.

By: Maddlew

Maddlew — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:05:38 +0000

cm, at about #25, until you brought it up I didn’t see that at all and I read every post. Certainly not to the extent you seemed to have interjected. A little chippy this morning?

By: whitey

whitey — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:52:01 +0000

Pardon me, #47 should be:

the case of Foreigner vs. ‘A World Best Airport Hub’ Facilities Management

Foreigner vs. Hub of Northeast Asia Facilities Management

By: Fred2

Fred2 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:09:19 +0000

Hmmm, security over safety. All 3 parties experienced a real
learning experience. I hope so, unless one was wearing a dynamite vest.

By: whitey

whitey — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:38:50 +0000

Metro,

“I just started yelling at him in Korean and shouted that I was on a plane that was about to leave, I was gonna sue them, him, everyone – just causing a big embarassing moment.”

C’mon, that’s a little embarrassing, don’t you think? Sure, you made your flight, but I would be ashamed if I acted that way.

Don’t mean to criticize you too much, but I think that’s below your standards.

And, on a lighter note, I thought your threat to sue was funny. What chance would any of us foreigners have in court in the civil case of Foreigner vs. Hub of Korea Facilities Management.

By: mins0306

mins0306 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:36:44 +0000

#42.

Yes you’re right a traveller shouldn’t have to look through a phone book to find the number of the airport medical facility.

However, you’ve taken my words out of context. What I meant is that the airport personnel should have called or more accurately radioed the medical facility.(Airport personnel communicate with each other via small two way radios) The reason? The medical facility is located at the basement of the terminal, while the airport fire station is located at a different building. And besides a quicker reaction time, my guess is unlike the EMS personnel, the personnel at the medical facility probably has the passes to the restricted areas of the terminal.

But all in all, the Incheon International Airport Authority should have had the foresight to issue passes to the EMS personnel and should have prepared the employees of the various departments so that they could coordinate with each other during an emergency.

The above incident highlights a gross oversight in the emergency procedures of the Incheon Airport. Hopefully, they’ll correct it so that the above tragedy does not happen again.

By: Richardson

Richardson — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:59:26 +0000

Amazing bunch of apologists for the blatant incompetence shown in this case.

Just another reason to be glad I don’t live in Korea anymore.