Crazy Passengers

Passenger Arrested for Using Cell Phone on Flight

May 13th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

Some schmuck was arrested on a Southwest flight from Austin to Dallas after he repeatedly refused to turn off his cell phone in flight.  After a flight attendant asked him to get off the phone, he turned to her and said, “Kiss my ass.”  He was cited for disorderly conduct.

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Woman Sues American Airlines After Man, Uh, Commits Act of Onanism in Seat Next to Her

Mar 19th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

As my mother reads this website, I’ll just say this:  A woman is suing American Airlines because the passenger in the seat next to her was doing something to himself that people typically don’t do in public and the resulting aftermath was reminiscent of a scene in There’s Something About Mary.  American denies responsibility, though [...]

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Woman Carries Brother’s Skeleton Through Airport Security

Mar 13th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

(Thanks - I think - to Today in the Sky for this…)
A Brazilian woman on her way to Italy was stopped by baggage control in Munich when they found a human skeleton in her luggage.  After some discussion, it was determined that the skeleton was the remains of her brother, whose last wish was to [...]

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Do Not, Repeat, Do Not Get Drunk and Make Death Threats on a JetBlue Flight

Feb 29th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

A Texas man was sentenced to 10 months in prison after a drunken incident on a JetBlue flight from Houston to JFK.  Jose Roman, Jr, got drunk and was refused additional drinks when he asked flight attendants for them.  So far, so good.  He then got rather belligerent, freaked out on the flight attendants, and, [...]

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German Tourist Lands in Sidney, Montana, not Sydney, Australia

Jan 29th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

For the second time in as many years, a German traveler headed to Sydney, Australia, mistakenly bought a ticket to Sidney, Montana, and landed in the small outpost before realizing what was going on. How someone could end up on a prop plane from Seattle and think that they’ll continue flying 7,000 miles is [...]

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Please Keep Your Pants in Their Full and Upright Position

Jan 2nd, 2008 | By Jared Blank

A male passenger on a United flight from Washington to Seattle last week was arrested for groping the woman in the seat next to him while she slept.  The two had been chatting, but the woman dozed off (must have been scintillating conversation) and while she slept, the man decided that was a great time [...]

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Man Covered in Salad Dressing Arrested at DFW

Nov 13th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

(via Jaunted)
A man was arrested at Dallas/Fort Worth airport after police found him sitting on an American Eagle jetbridge covered in salad dressing.  He also didn’t notice that he was missing a shoe.
A quick investigation found that he had spent the day drinking vodka at an airport watering hole.

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Woman Dies While in Custody at Phoenix Airport

Oct 1st, 2007 | By Jared Blank

An irate passenger at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport was handcuffed and placed in a holding cell on Friday after she screamed at a customer service agent in the airport.  Police went to check on her soon after and found that she had died in the cell.  Cops think she may have choked herself to death [...]

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Spirit Airlines: Please Do Not Hide Your Monkey in Your Ponytail

Aug 8th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

A passenger on a Spirit Airlines flight from Lima, Peru to LaGuardia (connecting in Fort Lauderdale) was caught hiding a monkey in ponytail (that’s not a euphemism…he actually had a monkey under his ponytail).  During the flight to LaGuardia the monkey got loose from the ponytail (where he must have been hanging out for 7 [...]

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Three Drunk Passengers Force Emergency Landing in Russia

Jul 16th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Two separate incidents involving three drunk passengers forced a Pulkovo Airlines plane to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from St. Petersburg on its way to Turkey.  Drunk man number one reportedly slapped a female passenger sitting next to him after she declined his romantic advances.  The second set of drunks got into [...]

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