KUALA LUMPUR: Angry that your flight has been cancelled, and itching to lash out? There’s no app for that (yet), but the iPhone proved its amazing versatility in dealing with just such a situation, as a recent incident in China demonstrated.
The event occurred at an airport in Qingdao, Shandong, where the iPhone user, surnamed ‘Wu’, was informed that his flight had been cancelled due to bad weather. To compensate him and his family for the inconvenience, the airline provided overnight hotel accommodation, 400 yuan and seats on a flight taking off the following day.
But the next morning, Wu turned up at the airport and angrily demanded seats on an early flight, instead of the one which he had been booked on.
Furious when told that no seats were available, Wu – who was speaking on his iPhone 6 Plus – interrupted his tele-conversation to reach out and smack an airport employee across the face with the sizable phablet.
The assaulted staff member kept his cool, however, and directed Wu to another employee, while placing a hand on his (probably) throbbing cheek.
The weaponised-iPhone event was witnessed by Wu’s young son, who was barely tall enough to peer over the counter – and, luckily for us, a CCTV camera.
Wu was later apprehended by airport security staff, and following 10 days behind bars, was placed on China’s travel blacklist, the Shanghaiist reported.
According to the Daily Mail, the incident occurred on July 29, but footage of the iAssault was only released this week and went viral on social media.
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