Bullied cabin crew on Chinese airline forced to lie in overhead luggage racks

An airline based in southwest China has promised to stop bullying by members of its staff after new cabin crew were forced to lie in aircraft overhead luggage lockers.

Kunming Airlines issued a statement saying it would stamp out the behaviour.

Pictures of cabin crew forced into lockers went viral after they were posted online over the weekend.

The photographs were published on a WeChat social media account called Civil Aviation Tabloid.

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The post alleged that almost all cabin crew were forced into lockers by security staff after completing 30 to 50 hours service at the airline.