8 h. ago Most ridiculous reasons people have been kicked off flights from 10kg boobs to singing

From low-slung jeans to loud singing and even 10kg boobs, passengers have been kicked off flights for the most bizarre reasons. Here are some of the wildest stories from the skies

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44 h. ago United Airlines plane aborts flight as concerning message found in bathroom

A United Airlines plane had to abort its flight after a strange message was written on the bathroom mirror - the flight was carrying more than 300 passengers at the time

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56 h. ago Moment plane passengers scream as lightning flashes through cabin in turbulence

Terrified passengers can be heard screaming as flashes of lightning illuminate the inside of the plane in the new footage taken on a 'terrible' IndiGo flight from New Dehli

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57 h. ago Moment 'drunk' British woman is dragged off Ryanair flight and thrown to the floor by security after 'she assaulted passengers and forced plane to divert to Portugal'

A Ryanair flight from Tenerife has been diverted from its original destination of Scotland to Portugal after a woman on the flight began attacking and harassing other passengers. 

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57 h. ago Terrified passengers scream during flight from hell as plane is hit by severe turbulence and hail storm and then has its nose smashed by a bird strike

Dramatic footage shows terrified passengers screaming as a plane suffers damage to its nose following severe turbulence and a bird strike.

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3 d. ago 'Annoying' plane passenger habits include kids kicking seat and loud talkers

A study of 2,000 airline passengers found that people using devices without headphones, talking too loudly, and taking ages to put their bags in the overhead lockers were some of the biggest irritations

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4 d. ago ‘A plane full of English animals’: Passenger describes horror flight to Ibiza as police intervene

Video footage shows the rowdy British travellers screaming and chanting in the cabin

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5 d. ago More than half of Brit plane passengers admit boarding flight feeling irritable or unwell

One in four Brit plane passengers admit they’ve skipped washing themselves to make an early departure time, while one in six confessed to leaving the house without even brushing their teeth

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7 d. ago We're identical twins and both work as flight attendants together

It's not every day passengers board a flight and are greeted by two of what appears to be the same person - but for identical twins, Gabriel and Giuseppe, 24, it's just another day on the job.

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7 d. ago I took a flight from Heathrow to Madrid but British Airways claimed I was never on the plane

BBC journalist Catherine Snowdon has revealed how she unwittingly flew from Heathrow to Madrid under the wrong identity - and British Airways did not clock the mistake.

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7 d. ago On board Global Airlines’ first transatlantic A380 flight from Glasgow to New York City

This is what it was like on board Global Airline’s maiden flight - a giant Airbus A380 plane travelling from Glasgow airport in Scotland, destination New York JFK.

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8 d. ago The Guide #191: After three decades, Tom Cruise is done with Mission: Impossible – so what’s next?

In this week’s newsletter: In retiring his messianic action hero schtick, a return to challenging, messy roles could lead to a late-era flowering of his careerIs Tom Cruise finally free? That’s what I asked myself, watching Hollywood’s last movie star cling to the undercarriage of a biplane like a sloth in the climactic scene of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. Even by the standards of the long-running action franchise, this stunt – which sees Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt shimmy into the cockpit of one moving plane before wing-walking on to another, mid-flight – seems particularly masochistic: the crew were worried that he had passed out during its filming. What’s more, Cruise doesn’t even look particularly cool performing it: at one point the wind resistance plasters his hair into a Dumb and Dumber bowl-cut, jowls flapping about like a basset hound. You would have never caught Paul Newman committing such clownery. Surely Tom Cruise doesn’t have to do this sort of thing a...

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9 d. ago Trump’s Qatari plane needs so many upgrades it may face flight restrictions and need a military escort

Using the plane in the short-term could mean it’s subjected to flight restrictions to ensure the president’s safety

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1 week ago Ryanair 'bomb threat' grounds flight as passengers stuck on plane and runway closed

Passengers on board a Ryanair flight from Portugal have been kept on board at Brussels South Charleroi Airport after landing this morning after a bomb threat was made

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1 week ago Rowdy Jet2 passenger kicked off Edinburgh flight after fight breaks out mid

The flight from Edinburgh was forced to divert on its way to Cyprus.

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2 w. ago MP calls for Canada to honour pilot who died in flight over England

Pilot Officer William McMullen was captaining a training flight in a Lancaster Bomber on January 13 1945 when the plane caught fire above Darlington.

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2 w. ago easyJet, Ryanair and Wizz Air severe disruption warning for Friday

Passsengers have been told to expect long days and possible cancellations

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2 w. ago Germanwings Flight 9525: Major rule introduced after plane tragedy all pilots now follow

The 2015 crash led the German airline to enforce a new rule for all flights

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2 w. ago 'I'm a flight attendant – try my four easy tips to stop bloating on plane'

A flight attendant has shared travel hacks that can help banish bloating and digestion issues on a plane - and says it's used by pilots, cabin crew and frequent flyers

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3 w. ago Plane passenger arrested on Tenerife flight after 'outrageous act' onboard

Police officers stormed the plane on arrival.

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