- Fremantle Dockers Won’t Forget Recent Flight From Tasmania
- The club has not yet commented on the sickening incident
Fremantle dockworkers experienced a horrific flight where passengers were forced to urinate in wash basins due to a lack of water, while staff manually scooped the feces out of the toilet.
The AFL team were reportedly on board a chartered National Jet Express flight from Launceston to Perth following their loss to Hawthorn on July 13 when the plane ran out of water after just half an hour.
The Transport Workers Union, which represents cabin crew, has expressed deep concern over the ordeal, saying staff and passengers were faced with unsanitary and unsafe conditions due to the non-functioning toilet.
TWU Western Australia State Secretary Tim Dawson called the situation “completely unacceptable” and claimed it showed “a blatant neglect of duty of care” to both passengers and union members.
“Our cabin crew should not be exposed to such dangerous working conditions, and passengers should not have to endure such stressful experiences,” he said.
“This incident underscores the importance of health and safety representatives and workers having a strong voice to report these types of incidents before the aircraft is in the air,” he said.
Fremantle dock workers endured horror flight where passengers were reportedly forced to urinate into wash basins, while staff were forced to manually scoop toilet waste into wash basins (stock image)
The sickening scenes unfolded on a flight from Launceston to Perth – Dockers stars Luke Ryan (pictured left) and Corey Wagner after the loss to Hawthorn on July 13
Transport Workers Union Western Australia state secretary Tim Dawson criticised the situation as ‘completely unacceptable’ (pictured right, Dockers star Caleb Serong)
“We must ensure that incidents like this, which could have been prevented, do not happen again.”
The TWU has contacted National Jet Express, which is reportedly investigating the incident and has agreed to share its findings with the union.
Daily Mail Australia has reached out to National Jet Express for comment.
The Dockers have not yet commented on the incident. Defender Luke Ryan will speak to the media on Thursday afternoon.
The chaotic scenes contribute to the forgotten history of Fremantle’s matches in Launceston.
The Dockers have won just two of their 14 games at York Park, but one of those was not confirmed until a few days later due to a dispute over the time of the final whistle in the 2006 match.
