A Vietnamese airline is in trouble — though not very much trouble — for allowing some beauty contestant passengers parade down the aisle for a few minutes while in mid-flight… and for allowing other passengers to record the show on video.
According to DigitalJournal.com, the “Hawaiian Dance Performance” occurred during an Aug. 3 flight on discount carrier VietJet Air from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang.
And while VietJet is apparently known for its flight attendants’ dance numbers, the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam wasn’t too thrilled with a bunch of non-employee dancers clogging up the aisle for a bikini show that “had not been approved by the [CAAV], and thus breached aviation safety and security regulations.”
The CAAV also took issue passengers’ use of phones and other electronic devices to record the show. The fruits of their labor can be seen below.
In all, authorities fined VietJet 20 million Vietnamese dong, or about $958 per the latest exchange rate numbers.
Between this and Air Canada passengers breaking out into a concert while stuck on the tarmac, we’re wondering why fun stuff like this never seems to happen on airlines here in the U.S.
Thanks to David for the tip!
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PR stunt much?
And the best kind. More PR stunts!
I demand to see a topless PR stunt!
A PR stunt that worked – 20 million dong can’t be wrong.
I hope they use that as their new slogan, and pay you royalties.
Life ain’t fair: Vietnam gets THIS for a publicity stunt. America gets Joan Rivers bitching inside Costco.
LMAO!
Best $958 they ever spent.
“we’re wondering why fun stuff like this never seems to happen on airlines here in the U.S.”
Because here in the U.S., people get arrested and accused of being terrorists for so much as looking at flight attendants funny.
I’m begging you people of Earth, please stop shooting your videos in the portrait orientation.
Yeah, I know seeing more of the seats is what was missing for me too.
The biggest problem is that people need to turn their cameras 90 degrees to landscape mode.
We can barely get a pack a peanuts on US airlines. They get a free bikini shows and teddy bears. Us carriers take note!
I would like to nominate “VietJet” as the coolest company name ever!
Missed opportunity. viJetnam would have been better.
Those gals either have a great sense of humor, or a deeply poor sense of self. I hope they each saw the comedy in doing this.
I don’t see anything wrong with this… not a thing.
Schultz, is that you?
FUCK YOU, CIVIL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION…YOU’RE THE REASON WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS.
I believe that there were a few more than 20 million “dongs” in play here.
Well, hello there…
How disgusting and degrading. Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves.
Luckily here in the US, most women have much higher sense of worth and would not be subjected to such deplorable behavior.
I want to know who the snitch was.
Damned snatch snitch!
Now that’s what I call First Class!
Me love you long time?
Didn’t they do something like this on RyanAir or Virgin Atlantic a few years ago? Whatever airline and country it was in, the local aviation authorities didn’t bat an eyelash over it.
Asian girls in bikinis?
I will gladly give 1 dong – I’d give more if I had them.
If more airlines did this, then most people wouldn’t mind the TSA..at least they get something appealing out of the ticket price..
The married woman with 2.5 kids would complain to high hell if this happened on an American airline. Then wonder why her husband is distant the whole trip.
and this is a problem… why?
I don’t need to fly anywhere.. but where do I buy a ticket?
I remember as a teenager watching the news reports of Viet Cong and NVA tanks rolling into Saigon and their leaders proclaiming the defeat of “decandent American culture.”
It took awhile, but I think we’ve finally won the the war.
This is probably as close to the mile high club as I’m ever going to get.
Perfect for Friday. Thank you!
Ok, so they had an “unapproved bikini show.”
Does that mean the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam approves them on a regular basis?
Well, well, “unified” Vietnam, how does it feel to be just like the
Western world? “from Ho Chi Minh City to Nha Trang”, ha, I love it.
Wanna take bets that the jet was made in the US by Boeing?
Those ladies obviously look like they’re having fun. I hope the
passengers weren’t too crass and pinching and smacking their
butts and all.
Only in 2012 could this happen and people find it a bad thing.
The girl at the front of the line was really hot. Bring her to the US. I could use her on my next hell flight on United.
Sign me up for flights with this airline. Fun. Lively. My luck Janet Napolitano would be on the same flight.
Now if only they’d take Tila Tequila back…