Flight attendants save 3 girls from human trafficking on Honolulu-bound flight
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Three Hawaiian Airlines flight attendants are being credited with helping to save three girls from an apparent human trafficking situation on a flight to Honolulu.
Wes Hirata saw an older Asian man boarding a flight out of Los Angeles with three girls — and thought something seemed off.
He alerted his fellow flight attendants, who helped confirm his suspicions.
The trio discovered that one of the girls was underage.
When they looked at the passenger manifest, they saw that all the girls had the same name.
The flight attendants alerted the captain, who notified the operations center and security.
The group of passengers was questioned when the flight arrived in Honolulu and deputy sheriffs referred it to the FBI it as a human trafficking case.
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Rarity0_0 on July 27th, 2018 at 13:29 UTC »
Unfortunately, this is much more common than people think. A friend of mine works in a retail store. A guy who is obviously a senior citizen came in with a little girl. He initially didn’t think anything of it. Girl hanging out with grandpa for the day. However, he felt something was extremely off. Most people feel comfortable around family and he said the girl looked so uncomfortable around him and afraid to speak. So he called the police. They came and after talking to the little girl, arrested the old man. The experience haunted my friend for a long time. Thinking of what that little girl probably been through. He never imagined something like that would go on in his community. Much less run into a girl being trafficked.
BasicallyIt on July 27th, 2018 at 12:00 UTC »
It’s crazy how many human traffickers there are on US flights.
Mindthegaptooth on July 27th, 2018 at 10:35 UTC »
I would have thought that having three passengers with the same name would have triggered some questions well before the plane took off. Good that he followed his instincts and alerted the authorities.