Kenyan MP Wants a Law to Ban Farting on Planes for Security Reasons
18 Sep 2019, 15:37 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Dr. Lilian Gogo says staff should be trained to prevent farting and equipped to hand out medicine. Passengers’ medical history must be accessed before a flight
PowerUp 4.0 Is World’s Smartest Paper Plane, Now With LED Lights & Landing Gear
16 Sep 2019, 20:44 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / KickStarter campaign, the 4th of its kind, is proving a smashing hit: paper plane kit will ship in April 2020, turn everyone into an experienced paper plane pil
Austrian Airlines Is Flying Drones Around Planes for Maintenance
14 Sep 2019, 21:50 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Airline company says using a drone to analyze and document structural damage on their planes cuts down maintenance time and the workload of technicians
Russian Priests Drop Holy Water from Airplane to Cure Townspeople of Alcoholism
12 Sep 2019, 20:34 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / In honor of All-Russian Sobriety Day, a group of priests set out to fight “drunkenness and fornication” armed with 70 liters of holy water and one utility plane
Mechanic Disables Automatic Pilot System on Plane, Hoping to Get Overtime Pay
8 Sep 2019, 08:33 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The mechanic had a lengthy record with American Airlines and tampered with a plane hoping to ground it. This would have translated into overtime for him
Here’s Why You Should Always Wipe Your Seat on a Plane
6 Sep 2019, 14:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Video shot on board an Air Cananda flight shows just how dirty the headrests are. You should also clean the seatbelt, the tray table and the washroom handle
Tyler Perry Uses His Personal Seaplane to Fly in Supplies to the Bahamas
6 Sep 2019, 12:22 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Movie mogul is offering much-needed relief to the people in the Bahamas affected by Hurricane Dorian, which hit last weekend as a Category 5 storm
Dad Ends Up Flying easyJet Plane After Delay Caused by Under-Staffing
5 Sep 2019, 14:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Michael Bradley was at the gate for the delayed flight, when he heard the reason for the delay. He is a qualified easyJet pilot and offered his services
Trainee Pilot Lands Cessna Plane on His Own as Instructor Passes Out
4 Sep 2019, 16:43 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Max Sylvester was on his third lesson so far and his first in that plane when the instructor suffered a seizure. Still, he made a perfect landing
Ryanair Voted the Worst in Customer Service
27 Aug 2019, 15:02 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Low-budget airline draws criticism for the way in which it handles complaints, is described as sneaky, greedy and arrogant, focused entirely on profit
Airport Security Worker Fired for Handing Random Guy Note Reading “You Ugly!”
19 Aug 2019, 11:36 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The woman was working for a security contractor for the Rochester airport, was not a TSA agent. She was fired after video was released
Skydiver Freefalls 5,000 Feet After Both Parachutes Fail to Open, Survives
16 Aug 2019, 22:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / A 30-year-old woman from Canada is recovering in the hospital after a terrifying malfunction and steep drop, is expected to survive
Drunk Woman Shoots at Plane Spraying for Mosquitoes, Claims It Was a Drone
9 Aug 2019, 12:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Louisiana woman is arrested after firing 3 shots at manned aircraft flying over her home, tells cops she thought it was a “hobbyist’s drone”
Racial Profiling on Ryanair: Cops Drag Man Off Plane over Made-Up Assault Charge
8 Aug 2019, 12:31 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Rafik Boutiche was flying Ryanair from Portugal to the U.K., when he got into a verbal argument with a stewardess. Cops forcefully dragged him off the plane
easyJet Explains Viral Pic of Backless Seat and No, It’s Not to Save Space
7 Aug 2019, 16:13 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Airline company says passengers’ safety is top priority so the backless seat remained unoccupied after take-off. Fliers are not entirely convinced
British Airways Plane Catches Fire, Cabin Crew Handle Emergency like Rookies
5 Aug 2019, 21:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Angry passengers take to social media to rip into the airline company for the way it handled the emergency landing: no communication, no assistance, nothing
Plane Lands on Washington State Road, Stops at Red Light
2 Aug 2019, 14:11 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Pilot David Aklam says he experienced issues with the fuel system, which caused the plane to stall, so he tried landing it on an empty stretch of road
Delta Pilot Arrested for Being Drunk Moments Before Takeoff
2 Aug 2019, 11:25 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Pilot Gabriel Lyle Schroeder left a TSA screening line when he saw they were performing additional checks, was found with a bottle of alcohol on him
Busta Rhymes Escorted by Cops Off Flight for Making Woman Cry Over Luggage Space
1 Aug 2019, 15:19 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Rapper was flying from the US to the UK, got into a violent argument with a fellow passenger who had put her luggage in his compartment
Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Climbs Into Overhead Compartment for Laughs
31 Jul 2019, 09:41 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Passenger is left “perplexed” by female staffer who spent about 10 full minutes inside the overhead luggage compartment for no apparent reason