{
  "id": 11334316,
  "title": "Woman brings large cardboard box on flight from S'pore, refuses to hand it over when asked, flight delayed, police called",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/woman-brings-large-cardboard-box-on-flight-from-spore-refuses-to-hand",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T16:19:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/10/woman-brings-cardboard-box-delays-flight/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Singaporean woman caused a flight from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to be delayed when she refused to hand over a large cardboard box to airline staff. The incident occurred on a Batik Airlines flight, with the plane set to depart at 12.30pm.\n\nPassengers on the plane noticed the woman sitting near the aisle holding a box that appeared to be the same size as a standard carry-on luggage. The box was so large that it could not even fit into the overhead luggage compartments. For approximately 45 minutes, flight attendants attempted to persuade the woman to surrender the box for safekeeping and assured her it would be returned upon landing. Despite these assurances, the woman adamantly refused to comply.\n\nOne of the flight attendants reportedly said, \"I promise you,\" but the woman still refused to cooperate. The male flight attendant took the box away from her, but she refused to disembark after him. Eventually, five police officers arrived on the scene to assist in persuading the woman to leave the plane. Despite their efforts, the woman remained unmoved and was subsequently removed from the aircraft.",
  "summary": "Police officers removed her from the flight.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}