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Mid-air fight on Delta, police officer punched
Passengers and crew tried to break up a fight between a drunk passenger and his brother-in-law, but had minimal success. They argued much of the way between Honolulu and Salt Lake City and it...
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Too fat to fly, 203kg passenger booted off plane [editorial]
Englishman Sandy Russell was informed by a stewardess to get off his flight from London Gatwick to Toronto because he could not fit in his seat — his 203kg (448lb) frame was taking up a third of the...
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Ad fail: Spirit Airlines uses Gulf oil spill to attract attention
Spirit Airlines has a new steamy ad featuring women in bikinis that has ruffled some feathers… or drenched them in oil. It was the toxic combo of bikinis and the slogan: “Check Out The Oil On Our...
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Six-year-old “terorist” added to no-fly list
Just when you thought the US Dept of Homeland Security’s “no fly” list could not get any less reliable, a six-year-old named Alyssa Thomas has been added. She was traveling with her parents from...
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Raunchy Russian airline commercial lowers the bar yet again
Just when you thought airline ads couldn’t get much lower than Spirit Air’s “Check Out The Oil On Our Beaches,” comes this: the closest a commercial airplane comes to making a porn film. The Russian...
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Ryan Air boss: “You’re not getting a refund so F**k off”
Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s outspoken chief executive, has new book out containing his “wit and wisdom.” Here are a few quotes that illustrate where customer service comes in on his list of priorities....
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Most disgusting reason for plane to return to gate: Maggots found on US...
We are used to overstuffed luggage falling from overhead compartments, but maggots? They fell from the overhead bin due to a spoiled container of meat (left behind by a passenger on the previous...
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Worst “no-fly list” delay: Two Months!
Yahya Wehelie, a 26-year-old man from Virginia, was stuck in Egypt for more than two months when his name popped-up on a no-fly list. He spent the two months of delay living in a ramshackle Cairo...
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Toilets force Air France plane to land
Air France’s Rio-to-Paris flight was forced to return due to a “technical flaw in some of its bathrooms,” the airline said. The plane was in the air for five hours, but it was determined that...
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Jet Blue flight attendent gets ignored, hit in head, yelled at and becomes...
Gotta love the turn of events. Perhaps we didn’t envision it as dramatically as Steven Slater’s getaway down the emergency slide, but with all the abuse that flight attendants take from strung-out...
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