‘Kar’s commitment to medical excellence was recognised in several prestigious international travelling Fellowships (BOA, BOFAS, AO, SICOT, EFORT, IBRA), and he was an ardent proponent of research, and undergraduate and postgraduate education.
‘I didn’t personally see him doing anything — he was sitting in first class and I was in economy,’ Kawashima told DailyMail.com ‘I heard from other passengers that he smelled bad and was getting up often. The passenger sitting in front of me said that he was making some racist comments at the boarding gate before we took off.’
Professor Lee said: ‘It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our esteemed colleague and dear friend, Mr Kar Teoh, JetBlack a respected Trauma and Orthopaedic consultant who left us too soon on August 3, 2023.
Passengers were offered the voucher afterwards – and later a $1000 travel credit – as a form of compensation. It missed its 10am takeoff the day prior after the crew ‘reported an odor during a pre-departure cabin check’, it has since been revealed.
That troublemaker – named by police as Mark Anthony Scerbo, 42 – was arrested by Minneapolis St Paul Airport Police after Sunday’s incident, which also allegedly saw him make a stabbing motion while threatening passengers.
Rao – who like everyone else was only given a $12 food voucher for their troubles – said passengers were offered virtually no explanation as to the scheduling oversight, and decried the airline for offering the already taken flight as a solution.
Shortly before, Hawaiian – which made headlines earlier this month when a plane from Honolulu to Sydney hit severe turbulence and left seven injured – issued a statement that still shed little light on the situation.
Eventually, after several hours, travelers were told the missed takeoff and subsequent delays stemmed from sort of ‘malfunction’, and later on, were told that they were waiting for a part to be flown in all the way from Georgia.
Rao added that the idea came directly from the pilot, who is seen in footage shared with WNBC being surrounded by a seemingly endless crowd of passengers, who did not appear too pleased upon learning another group of passengers had been assigned to the flight.
After nearly a day of waiting – during which travelers were reportedly not allowed to get their luggage back or even exchange tickets – the passengers were eventually told they would be boarding a 10am Hawaiian flight leaving Wednesday, the New York-based NBC affiliate reported.