Weird Airline Stories

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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Naked Flight for Naked Passengers

Jan 29th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

For some reason a German travel agency is going to offer flights to a nudist resort where passengers do not have to wear clothing (in case you were wondering, crew have to wear clothing for safety reasons.  I’m not sure what those reasons are.)  Flights start July 5.

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Woman Sits in Urine-Soaked Seat for Flight to Boston

Dec 20th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

A woman sat in a urine-soaked seat for her entire AirTran flight from Florida to Boston.  The bigger issue was that it was not her own urine.  (insert joke about how pissed she was).  You can read the whole story if you really need the details on this.

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Johannesburg’s Airport to Passengers: F— You

Dec 14th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Passengers arriving at Johannesburg’s airport earlier this week were warmly greeted by a large electronic sign that read, "F— You."  Except it didn’t have the dashes.  Officials say they aren’t sure who tampered with the signage, but it’s a good sign that it was not done on purpose.

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Man Drinks Litre of Vodka at Security Line

Dec 13th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

A man drank a litre of vodka in a security line at Germany’s Nuremburg Airport on Tuesday rather than dispose of the liquid (1 litre > 3 ounces).  A doctor was called and discovered, crazy enough, that he had alcohol poisoning.  While this is crazy, of course, I admire that the guy wouldn’t let them [...]

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Iowa Airport SUX

Oct 22nd, 2007 | By Jared Blank

The 3-letter code for the airport in Sioux City, Iowa, is SUX.  Har.  Airport authorities have been fighting for years to get it changed to something that does not suck, but they have recently decided to embrace the name, using flysux.com as their website and printing t-shirts and hats with the name on it.
But really, [...]

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Qantas Flight Attendant Suspended for Giving Phone Number to Teenager

Sep 5th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

A Qantas flight attendant has been suspended after he gave his phone number to a 15 year old boy traveling alone on the airline.  He also asked the teenager if he wanted to chat online.  His mother found out about the exchange and complained to Qantas.
Qantas has had a few sex-related issues with flight attendants [...]

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Nepal Airlines Workers Sacrifice Goat for Help with Maintenance

Sep 5th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

I’m not sure what’s more disturbing, this story or the fact the two separate people sent it to me (thanks, Sanj & IAHPHX):
Maintenance workers with Nepal Airlines sacrificed a goat to the Hindu sky god  (Akash Bhairab) after they struggled with some technical issues with one of their 757s.  Impressively, the plane is now running [...]

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Security: Please Do Not Bring Holy Water on the Plane

Aug 29th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

Passengers flying on the Vatican’s new charter flights are being told to leave their holy water at home (basically).  Officials France’s Tarbes-Lourdes Airport told a passenger who was carrying 8 Madonna-shaped bottles filled with holy water that she couldn’t take them on the plane because they were a security threat.  They said this with a [...]

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Child Thrown Off Plane For Saying “Bye Bye”

Jul 13th, 2007 | By Jared Blank

A Continental Express flight attendant had a 1 1/2 year old child and his mother removed from a flight from Houston to Oklahoma City because the baby repeatedly said, "bye bye plane" during the flight attendant’s safety speech.  The flight attendant was annoyed that the baby was talking during her spiel, and told the mother, [...]

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