WestJet passenger recalls 'begging and pleading' with flight crew for relief from sweltering cabin
CTV
Passengers who flew from Jamaica to Canada last week have been consoling each other in a WhatsApp group since the experience, which they say involved a plane so hot that several people fainted.
Passengers who flew from Jamaica to Canada last week have been consoling each other in a WhatsApp group since the experience, which they say involved a plane so hot that several people fainted.
Videos shared with CTV News show passengers fanning themselves with safety cards while waiting for the WestJet flight to depart Montego Bay, and one woman slumped forward in her seat.
Vancouver resident Grace Hill said she initially didn't think too much of the heat, and the flight crew assured passengers that the plane's air conditioning would soon be activated.
As time passed, however, Hill began to grow more concerned.
"It continually just got hotter and hotter on the plane with little to no communication," she told CTV News.
The plane's doors were closed and it pulled back from the gate, but the air conditioning was still not functioning, according to Hill.
She said passengers were told the plane needed an "air start" to get the engine running and cool the cabin, and that they would have to wait a while longer before the plane could depart.
