Passengers trapped in jetway at Tan Son Nhat Airport due to staff absence

After a late-night flight arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, passengers and crew found themselves trapped for approximately 40 minutes inside a sealed jet bridge corridor. The delay was due to the absence of ground staff to open the exit door leading into the airport. This incident occurred after midnight on Sunday, June 15, and was later reported by VnExpress.

Nguyen Quoc Binh, an administrator of the OFFB Facebook community and a passenger on the Bamboo Airways flight from Da Nang, recounted that the aircraft landed at 00:20 on Sunday. Although parked at a jet bridge at Terminal 1, which negated the need for a shuttle bus, passengers and crew could not exit due to a locked glass door.

Binh described the situation as frustrating, with babies crying and people shouting in exasperation. After about 40 minutes, an airport security officer and an airline staff member unlocked the door. "There were no ground staff there at all. Everyone had to wait for a long time," Binh said.