The first taxi driver took offence to what one of colleagues said to him. It was a misunderstanding as the driver could not understand what was said. He got out of his taxi and punched that colleague of ours. Mayhem broke out as other taxi drivers joined in and beat up our colleague.
Seeing injustice done to our colleague, the 4 of us (2 others ran back to the hotel) resisted the taxi drivers. They were about 30 to 40 years old and we were much younger, around 25 to 29. Most of the drivers were taller than us and were suspected to be drinking. We were outnumbered 3 to 1 but among us were Frank a very good street fighter and a Karate expert Lawrence. To cut the story short, Albert was beaten up quite badly and had a deep cut on his head. The matter was reported to the police and some of the drivers were arrested.
Albert flew home as a passenger and the rest of us as operating crew. This incident happened some 48 years ago.
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Surprised this happened in Melbourne, and being so near to hotel. I thought this type of incidents would happened only in places like Johannesburg. Some years back, a group of Singaporean were walking along the street. One of them slowed down to look at a shop window. He was mugged and left poorer by what was in his wallet and some minor injuries.
Glad the 2 crew members suffered minor injuries.
KayPoh aka BusyBody
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