Beating female airline employee: Ministry of Transport asks police to clarify

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong has just sent a document to the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province, Thanh Hoa province police and the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam regarding the case of a young man assaulting an aviation security officer and beating a female flight attendant at Tho Xuan airport on November 23.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Transport determined that this was a very serious incident, threatening the health and lives of aviation staff. Among them, there was an aviation security officer on duty, affecting the security and order situation, threatening aviation security at Tho Xuan Airport.

Therefore, the Ministry of Transport requests the People's Committee of Thanh Hoa province to direct the Thanh Hoa Provincial Police and relevant agencies to strictly handle and take appropriate measures against those who committed hooliganism in the above incident.

At the same time, measures are taken to strengthen coordination with the aviation security control force at Tho Xuan Airport to ensure good security and order, aviation security, and promptly respond to and handle similar situations occurring at Tho Xuan Airport.

The image was recorded by people at Tho Xuan airport (Thanh Hoa).

Regarding the Civil Aviation Authority, Deputy Minister Nguyen Ngoc Dong requested coordination with relevant agencies and units to strictly handle subjects with hooliganism at Tho Xuan Airport according to the provisions of law.

Previously, at 2:20 p.m. on November 23, at the area outside the passenger identification check point at Tho Xuan Airport, a group of young men including Pham Huu An, Le Van Nhi, and Le Trung Dung (all residing in Thanh Hoa) saw off Mr. Le Sy Manh, a passenger on flight VN1271 from Thanh Hoa to Ho Chi Minh City, scheduled to take off at 3:05 p.m. the same day.

After Mr. Manh completed the check-in procedure, the group of young men asked Ms. Le Thi Giang, a VietJet airline employee, to take a photo in the departure hall area. After that, the group continued to ask Giang to take a photo together, but Giang refused due to work reasons.

Because their demands were not met, the group of young men loudly cursed and assaulted Ms. Giang. Among them, An and Nhi used their phones to hit Ms. Giang on the head and slapped her in the face. At the same time, Ms. Le Thi Hien, a representative of VietJet Air, witnessed the incident and tried to stop it, but Nhi slapped her in the face and kicked her in the stomach.

Aviation security officer Trinh Ngoc Hoan, who was on duty at the departure terminal, was present in time to stop him, but Dung snatched his hat and punched him in the face. Aviation security officer Vu Quoc Hoi, who was on duty at the hand-carry screening checkpoint, witnessed the incident and was present to assist, but was also attacked on the arm and neck by Dung.

The aviation security control force promptly arrived, controlled the group of young men and coordinated with the representative of the Northern Airport Authority in Tho Xuan to draw up a record of the violation, hand over the case file and the violators to the Muc Son Police Station - Thanh Hoa for handling according to regulations.

It is known that the case is currently being investigated and handled by Thanh Hoa Provincial Police according to legal regulations.

In another development, a representative of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam said that the agency is coordinating with Thanh Hoa Police and Tho Xuan District to handle the above-mentioned group of young men for their hooliganism and disturbing public order.

Viet Long