(thanks to UpgradeTravelBetter):
A Hong Kong based tycoon has purchased his very own Boeing 787 because he was embarrassed after seeing a fellow first class passenger in his underwear. This embarrassment led to him purchasing six private jets for himself, including the 787. I’m not sure what to make of this.
(Editor’s Note: I’m calling bullshit on this one, but I’m printing it anyway:)
A number of places are reporting that director Mike Figgis was detained at LAX because he told screeners he was in LA to "shoot a pilot." (that would be a TV show pilot, not an airplane pilot). I believe this is too good [...]
You can read the article for the details, but just know that a swarm of bees forced a plane to make an emergency landing…
Don’t see that every day…
(Thanks to reader Scott for the heads up):
A United Airlines flight from LA to Sydney was diverted to Brisbane because of fog. So far, so good. Passengers were told, though, that after flying 14 hours, they would have to stay on board for another 9 hours because, and this is where it gets odd, if [...]
A British Airways pilot delayed his flight from Delhi to London for 13 hours because he said he and his crew did not get enough sleep the night before. The pilot claimed his hotel in Delhi was quite loud, and because of that he was unable to sleep. As a safety measure, he said, he [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: British Airways Crew Delays Flight for 13 Hours Because They Were SleepyA small white mouse delayed a Vietnam Airlines flight to Tokyo for 4 hours as technicians attempted to "seek and kill the mouse," as one newspaper put it. Unlike in the US, they actually took the passengers off the plane and sent them to a hotel during the mouse-search. Passengers were relieved to hear the [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Mouse Delays Flight 4 HoursA Northwest Airlines pilot was removed from a Detroit-bound flight at Las Vegas airport after he was swearing loudly onboard. A bit more detail: he was overheard swearing while talking on a cellphone in the cockpit. After passengers complained, he started yelling (and cursing) at passengers. Police were called in and removed the pilot (though [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Pilot Removed from Flight for SwearingThere’s no good way to say this, so I’m going to just come out with it:
A soldier from Fiji was arrested after he urinated on a Japanese woman during a flight on Air Pacific from Tokyo to Nadi, Fiji. No reason was given for his actions. But really, what possible reason could there have been?
(thanks [...]
British Airways has apologized (or in their case, apologised) for upgrading a passenger who died mid-flight to first class.
I’ll explain. A passenger on a London to Delhi flight died mid-flight. According to the article, due to turbulence her body repeatedly slipped down off her coach seat (this is awful). BA inflight staff moved her to [...]
A PhD student has filed a first amendment lawsuit after she was charged with disorderly conduct at John Wayne Airport in Orange County. Why was she charged? She was saying goodbye to a friend at the airport and, in the course of that goodbye, swore rather loudly. A sheriff’s deputy asked her to keep her [...]
Read the Rest of the Story: Don’t Swear in the Airport