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“On Sunday evening, May 10, a passenger of a Philippine Airlines (PAL) domestic flight was forcibly carried out of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport by the airline firm’s security personnel after she allegedly made a scene and showed signs of mental instability,” reports Jeannette I. Andrade in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Rodelyn Courtney, 41, was supposed to be on a 3:30pm Philippine Airlines (PAL) flight to Bacolod. For some reason, instead of boarding herflight, she reportedly loitered at the NAIA Terminal 2 pre-departure area.
The report noted: “While PAL employees tried to speak with her, she kept silent and just transferred seats. So, Courtney was allowed to stay at the area.”
Then, sometime past 7pm, Courtney drifted from the stairs of the departure area on the third floor down to the carousel area on the ground floor, which was almost empty of people at the time. The report indicated that “a doctor was called in to evaluate her state of mind” but she “started causing a scene.”
Courtney’s outburst prompted three PAL security men from the Goldleaf Security Agency to haul her out of the area. Two security men were seen carrying her by the arms and shoulders while a third security man held her legs. The report said that “three other airline security personnel and two airport police officers trailed after them with the passenger’s handbag while a female PAL employee took a video of the entire journey to the exit.”
According to an investigator of the airport police, Courtney was brought by a PAL ambulance to the National Center for Mental Health in Mandaluyong City.
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