You Snooze You Lose

Many of us have had to suffer the unpleasantness of being stuck in an airport at one time or another. For those who are unashamed to snore in public, catching a few z's is a pretty good way to kill a few hours of overnight waiting. The Captain recommends that you sleep on a bench, a chair or the floor; nodding off on stairs 13 feet off the ground is likely to bring on the Big Sleep.

A man died after falling down the stairs in the waiting hall at Terminal 1C of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Tuesday morning, an airport officer said.

Randa Ibrahim, 27, who was sitting on the stairs, four meters from the ground, may have fallen asleep when the incident occurred at 3 a.m., Terminal 1 general manager Eduardus Rumyaan said Tuesday as quoted by tempo.interaktif.com.

Randa’s head had hit the ceramic floor, causing severe wounds to his face and head, which led to his death, Eduardus said.

Ibrahim, a resident of Parakamuncang village in Bogor regency, had arrived at the airport at around 1 a.m. and was scheduled to fly to Manado, North Sulawesi, at 9 a.m. on a Batavia Air flight.

[Jakarta Post]