31 h. ago I'm a flight attendant and here is the one extremely popular item people wear on planes that could be a huge safety hazard

Sille Rydell, a flight attendant and content creator from Copenhagen, shared a TikTok video on her account @sillerydell , highlighting clothing items she advises against wearing while flying.

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34 h. ago Airplane toilets are making an odd new sound, flight attendant says

Esther says the noise is now found in more and more in-flight lavatories

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36 h. ago Flight attendant explains weird new noise in airplane toilets

You may hear it if you try the facilities when you fly this summer

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3 d. ago JFK got a flight attendant pregnant just months after wife Jackie gave birth, new book reveals

A new tell-all biography by J. Randy Taraborrelli reveals that John F Kennedy got a woman pregnant just months after wife Jackie gave birth

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3 d. ago These are the overhead bin rules for planes you (probably) didn’t know about

We asked travel experts, including etiquette gurus and a serving flight attendant, to unveil the protocol for using cabin stowage bins

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3 d. ago Airport chaos as EU strikes begin with 3 UK hubs affected and Brits 'stranded'

Up to 12,600 Brits could be left 'stranded' after a huge staff strike has forced two major airports to suspend all outbound flights for the day - resulting in a 'near-total shutdown' of the hubs

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4 d. ago Is he still alive? The mystery of DB Cooper – the hijacker who disappeared

In 1971, a man held a plane to ransom for $200,000, then parachuted out in his suit and dress shoes, never to be seen again. What happened to him?On the evening of 24 November 1971, Florence Schaffner, a flight attendant on a Northwest Orient flight heading to Seattle, Washington, from Portland, Oregon, was handed a note by a male passenger seated at the back of the plane. Schaffner assumed the note was a phone number – this wasn’t the first time a passenger had hit on her – so she stowed it in her purse without reading it. The man leaned towards her and whispered: “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.”Schaffner read it: “Miss – I have a bomb in my briefcase and want you to sit by me.” Continue reading...

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5 d. ago 11 of your favourite old fizzy drinks from the 1960s to the 2010s

People were all shook up when these fizzy drinks were discontinued

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6 d. ago The kindness of strangers: a gentle flight attendant made me feel I wasn’t alone

He didn’t try to tell me everything would be all right, because it wouldn’t have been. If he hadn’t been there, I would have been sobbing on my ownRead more in the kindness of strangers seriesI’d completely forgotten it was my little sister’s 40th birthday, so that morning I hurriedly arranged to send some flowers to her house. She died before she could receive them. My sister died at 11am and I got a text from the florist saying they’d delivered the flowers at 11.30am – how ridiculous. They must have sat on her doorstep for days.I got the call as I was walking through the doors at Emerald airport in Queensland, about to fly home to Brisbane. My stepdad rang me and said, “I need to talk to you about something – your sister’s died.” I was like, “What? What do you mean?” I told him I was about to hop on a plane home and that I’d call him when I got on the ground. I hung up, stunned. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Flight attendant shares five things you should 'never' wear on a plane

A flight attendant with six years of experience in the skies has shared exactly which items of clothing you should avoid wearing when travelling, and there are good reasons for all of them

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6 d. ago ‘It takes 25 years for a footprint to disappear’ – the secret, beguiling magic of Britain’s bogs

They are the air-conditioning units of the world – filtering water, preventing flooding, preserving history and providing habitat. Our human ancestors knew the extraordinary power of peatlands, so why are they still being destroyed?I haven’t found an hour when I don’t love a bog. Recently, after a night of counting rare caterpillars in Borth in Mid Wales (they come out only after dark), walking back to the car under the glow of a flower moon, I wondered if 2am was my new favourite. I felt very safe, held by the bog’s softness, and everyone that was out at that hour seemed to have a sense of humour. I met a nightjar hopping around on the ground, pretending, I think, to be a frog.But there is also something about the humidity of a languid afternoon on a bog, when everything slows and fat bumbles hum, that is surprisingly good. I have done freezing horizontal rain and thick, cold-to-your-bones fog and wind so howling that I couldn’t think. All of those were hard, but I did come away fe...

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6 d. ago Cabin crew admits 'checking passengers out' but it's for your own safety

An ex-flight attendant is sharing the details of exactly how, why and when crews 'check out' passengers and the reason has more to do with health and safety than attractiveness

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8 d. ago Flight attendant warns people to avoid common habit while flying

Passengers have been told the dos and don'ts of plane travel as the summer holiday season approaches

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8 d. ago UK high street chaos as Brits cut back on food and clothes as 'cracks' begin to show

New data from the Office for National Statistics makes for grim reading for many involved with the UK's high street, as two specific areas of retail have seen a huge fall in sales

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9 d. ago Flight attendant reveals the most disgusting habits passengers have

As millions of Brits prepare to pack their bags for summer trips, a new report by AllClear has revealed many plane passengers are also bringing some rather unsavoury in-flight habits on board. 

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1 week ago J Hus review – rapper touched by genius can’t quite channel his energy

Royal Albert Hall, LondonAfter a cancelled arena tour, expectations are high for J Hus’s return – but for all his swagger and melody, he ends up falling short due to sound issues and a lack of visionJ Hus’s one-night-only show at the Royal Albert Hall, celebrating the five-year anniversary of his album Big Conspiracy, begins with the British rapper’s sister and collaborator iceè tgm reciting a poem in front of a black curtain. “It all starts with a question,” she posits. “What is the big conspiracy?” By the end, the show leaves even more unanswered questions.When the curtain falls, it reveals a small symphony orchestra placed behind live band the Compozers. Hus opens with force: Helicopter, Triumph, Fight for Your Right, Fortune Teller, Reckless, and No Denying come in quick succession. He spits with braggadocious swagger, jumping from a protruding platform into the throes of the adoring crowd standing in the stalls. Even looking up towards the gallery, the venue’s grandeur feels en...

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1 week ago Flight attendant reveals why they greet passengers and it's not to be polite

A flight attendant has revealed the secret reason why cabin crew will greet passengers on the plane - and it's not just because they're being polite

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1 week ago Flight attendant reveals the one drink you should never order on a plane

Sue Fogwell, a flight attendant with 22 years of experience up in the skies, has revealed the reason why she never orders one particular drink when she is flying

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1 week ago EasyJet flight attendants to walk out across Spain on key summer dates

EasyJet flight attendants who are members of the USO Unión Sindical Obrera union will walk out later this month, impacting Barcelona, Alicante, Malaga and Palma airports

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1 week ago Football's teen wonderboy Lamine Yamal, 17, takes a luxury holiday with flight attendant 13 years his senior, as Barcelona forward releases statement

Yamal, 17, is currently having some well-earned downtime after his Spain side were beaten on penalties by Portugal in the Nations League final earlier this month.

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