"I searched u in the system": Student paramedic, 23, sent creepy text from staff member in airport after checking in for flight to Manchester

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A 23-year-old woman says she was sent a string of texts by a member of staff at an airport who had found her mobile number in 'the system' after she checked in for her Abu Dhabi to Manchester flight.

Hannah Smethurst, originally from Preston, was flying back to Manchester Airport from the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday (June 21), with Etihad Airlines and had checked in her bags and had her passport processed at the front desk.

It was as she was lining up to board the plane home that Hannah says she received the unsettling Whatsapp messages from an unknown number, with the person admitting they had 'searched her in the system'. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Student paramedic Hannah shared a screenshot of the Whatsapp exchange on Twitter which quickly received over one million views and thousands of shares.

Etihad have confirmed the member of staff was hired by a third party contractor. The first message reads: "Heyy, I have seen u from Abudhabi" before she then asked twice how they had got her number. "I searched u in system," they replied before adding: "I am working." Hannah went on to ask what system they had retrieved her number from, to which they replied: "Airline.