A male passenger is suing British Airways because of its policy that young children cannot sit next to male passengers who are not related to them (no, I was not aware of this policy).  In short:  a male passenger was in a middle seat next to his pregnant wife who was sitting in the window [...]

A German man/idiot repeatedly joked about having a bomb in his underwear while going through security at Stuttgart’s airport and was then angered when he and his family missed their flight to Cairo.  He was also not happy to find out that he will not be reimbursed for the missed vacation (he was on a [...]

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) apologized yesterday for calling a US Airways flight attendant a “bitch” after she asked him to end his cellphone conversation prior to takeoff on a Shuttle flight from LaGuardia to Washington.  His seatmate, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) originally said that Schumer had been polite the entire time.  But then it turns [...]

I cannot believe how underreported this story has been:  Cathay Pacific has suffered a series of toilet blockages on its flights, including one that caused an 18-hour delay on a Riyadh - Hong Kong flight that was forced to stop in Mumbai.
To combat these mysterious backups, Cathay has launched a campaign to educate passengers about [...]

A woman in south Florida called in a bomb threat to an American Airlines flight to Honduras to help her boss, who was going to miss the flight because he was running late.  He made the plane, but police later arrested the woman for reporting a false bomb threat.
This all sounded vaguely familiar to me [...]

An Air Zimbabwe flight from Harare to Bulawayo crashed into a bush pig (a small warthog-like animal) during takeoff last Tuesday, injuring several passengers and causing significant damage to the Chinese-made MA60 aircraft.
Passengers reported that after the plane came to a stop, smoke began to fill the cabin and they struggled opening the jammed emergency [...]

(Yes, this story has been elsewhere, but it’s so good I want to make sure everyone sees it):
An exec with Best Buy was denied a first class upgrade on a United Express flight from Dulles because he was wearing a track suit.  If that were actually a rule, would all flights to Florida have completely [...]

Flight staff came to blows during an Indian Airlines flight from Sharjah, UAE, to Lucknow, India.  The pilot and co-pilot were reportedly harassing a female flight attendant and pushed her out of the cockpit.  A male flight attendant came to her aid, and a fight broke out between all four staff members.  The fight may [...]

Hoo boy…A passenger on a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to St. Louis stripped naked, punched another passenger in the face, and was then arrested when the plane returned to the gate at Oakland (you’ll enjoy the photo on the linked page).  Really, what more is there to say?  People are nuts about Southwest.

Always cuddly Ryanair told a 9-year-old girl that she would have to pay 10 Euro for the return of her lost purse at Dublin Airport. The girl had done a bit of shopping in Dublin airport and lost her purse, which contained about 42 Euro she had saved for a vacation.  After a number of [...]