'Daylight robbery': Passenger witnesses theft on AirAsia flight, warns to not leave valuables in overhead bin

They had stored their carry-on bag containing their valuables in the overhead compartments when they boarded theflight from Malaysia to Vietnam.

But thethree passengers, who were seated in the front row of the plane, later discovered their cash and credit cards missing.

Thealleged case of in-flight theft occurred on a two-hour AirAsia flight from Kuala Lumpur to Ho Chi Minh City on July 3.

An employee of travel company LFG, who witnessed the incident, described it as "daylight robbery" in a video posted on its Instagram and TikTok accounts on July 5.

The 56-second clip starts with a warning to never leave cash, cards or anything important in the overhead bins on a plane.

The eyewitness said that a man seated at the back had walked to the front of the aircraft twice during the flight, taking down bags from the overhead bin and putting them back "after a while".

The three passengerslater realised that their valuables had gone missing, though it is unclear when exactly the discovery was made.

In the clip, two flight attendants can be seen pulling out a wad of cash from a sock, which the eyewitness claimed the thief had stashed the money in and thrown to the back of the overhead compartment.

"Once we landed, we caught the freaking guy again trying to sneakily come out of the plane too," said the eyewitness in the video.

"We helped to do a witness report and also learned that this guy came in a group of four who always fly one-day transit flights all around the world."

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In response to AsiaOne's queries, AirAsia confirmed the incident, whichwas reported to the airport authority in Vietnam upon the flight's arrival at the airport.

The Malaysian low-cost