Tag: weird stories

  • Passenger opens emergency exit and walks to wing of aeroplane

    Passenger opens emergency exit and walks to wing of aeroplane

    A Guatemala-bound flight from Mexico City faced an unusual twist when a passenger, frustrated by a lengthy delay and hot weather, opened the emergency door and walked onto the wing.

    The Aeromexico flight, scheduled to depart at 8:30 am, was grounded on the tarmac for three hours due to a maintenance issue. With no air conditioning or water available, tempers flared high among passengers.

    In a dramatic turn of events, one unidentified passenger took matters in his own hands, opening the emergency door and stepping onto the wing to register his protest. While the Mexico International Airport authorities confirmed no harm was caused, the man was detained by police.

    The airport said in a statement, “Yesterday a passenger on a flight to Guatemala opened an emergency door on a plane while it was stationary at a remote position, stood on a wing, and then re-entered the cabin, without affecting the aircraft or anyone else.” The statement added that in line with international security regulations, this person turned himself over to the authorities.

    However, dozens of passengers signed a written statement protesting the airport’s decision to turn the man over to the authorities. At least 77 passengers onboard the aircraft signed the statement demanding the passenger’s immediate release. They said the man’s outburst was ”to protect everyone, with the support of everyone.”

    “He saved our lives,” the note declared, emphasizing the dangerous conditions caused by the delay and lack of air. The passengers expressed their support for the man’s actions, arguing they were taken for everyone’s protection.

    A report on the incident said that a change of plane had become necessary after the passenger’s dramatic move. It was not clear whether the man was still in custody, or what charges he may face.

  • Twins stolen at birth reunited by TikTok

    Twins stolen at birth reunited by TikTok

    A pair of twin girls, taken from their mother right after birth and sold to different families, have been reunited dramatically thanks to TikTok.

    Years after they were stolen at birth, Amy and Ano from Georgia have met again after watching a TikTok video, BBC reported.

    As the two delved into their past, they realised they were among thousands of babies in Georgia stolen from hospitals and sold, some as recently as 2005.

    The twins discovered each other when they were 12 years of age. This was when Amy was watching her favorite TV show Georgia’s Got Talent where Ano was performing as a young artist. She even got calls from acquaintances asking if she was the one performing with another name but the family brushed it off, thinking everyone has a doppelganger.

    Amy (L) aged 12 and Ano (R) also aged 12 during her performance on Georgia’s Got Talent

    Seven years later Ano was sent a TikTok video by a friend of Amy’s in a fresh haircut and eye-brows piercing. She thought the resemblance “cool” and the two got connected on Facebook.

    Amy instantly knew Ano was the girl she had seen all those years ago on Georgia’s Got Talent.

    “I have been looking for you for so long!” she messaged. “Me too,” replied Ano.

    Over time, they discovered several commonalities between them but not all of it made sense. The biggest of all was that they had the same genetic disease, a bone disorder called dysplasia. Both were born in the same hospital but according to their birth certificates, they were born a few weeks apart.

    It felt like they were unraveling a mystery together. “Every time I learned something new about Ano, things got stranger,” Amy relates.

    They decided to meet and when they did it was like “looking in a mirror”.

    Ano (L) and Amy (R) met for the first time at Rustaveli metro station – they have often chosen similar hairstyles

    They confronted their families and found out they were adopted in 2002.

    Unable to have children, Amy’s mother says a friend told her there was an unwanted baby at the local hospital. She would need to pay the doctors but she could take her home and raise her as her own.

    Ano’s mother was told the same story.

    Neither of the adoptive families knew the girls were twins and despite paying a lot of money to adopt their daughters, they say they hadn’t realised it was illegal. Georgia was going through a period of turmoil and as hospital staff were involved, they thought it was legitimate.

    The two went online and posted their story in a Facebook group called Vedzeb, which means “I’m searching” in Georgian.

    A girl from Germany replied to them stating her mother had given birth to twin girls in Kirtskhi Maternity Hospital in 2002 and that despite being told they had died, she now had some doubts.

    DNA tests revealed that the girl from the Facebook group was their sister, and was living with their birth mother, Aza, in Germany. Sceptical, they met their birth mother in Leipzig, Germany. She explained to them how she went into a coma after giving birth and upon waking she was told that her children had died.

    Ano (L), Aza (C) and Amy (R) meet for the first time in Leipzig, Germany where Aza now live

    The group was made by journalist Tamuna Museridze in 2021 after she discovered she was adopted. She has helped to reunite hundreds of families, but has not yet tracked down her own.

    Tamuna discovered a black market in adoption that stretched across Georgia and went on from the early 1950s to 2005. “The scale is unimaginable, up to 100,000 babies were stolen. It was systemic,” she says.

    In 2022, the Georgian government launched an investigation into historic child trafficking, telling BBC that it has spoken to more than 40 people but the cases were “very old and historic data has been lost”. Journalist Tamuna Museridze says she has shared information but the government hasn’t said when it will release its report.