32 h. ago Plane passengers warned they face being fined over common habit

The behaviour has irritated fellow tourists for years and now one country is cracking down

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34 h. ago Terrified passengers film plane’s engine cover breaking apart mid

This is the moment terrified passengers watched on as a plane's engine cover broke apart mid-air.

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37 h. ago Plane passengers who unbuckle seat belts and stand up before it is time to disembark face £50 fines

The proposal would see passengers remain seated even after the seat belt sign has been switched off and people will only be allowed to stand when it is their row's turn to disembark.

Economics

43 h. ago Warning plane passengers will get hefty fines if they carry on with common habit

Passengers should stay buckled up in their seats until it is time to disembark - but the common practice of scrambling to get bags first has irritated fellow tourists for years

Events

54 h. ago Several people dead after small plane crash in San Diego neighborhood

FAA said a Cessna 550 crashed in the early morning, damaging several vehicles and a homeSeveral people are dead after a small aircraft crashed in a neighborhood in San Diego, California, early on Thursday morning, the San Diego police department confirmed, clipping one home and damaging several vehicles.The crash killed the plane’s passengers, Dan Eddy, the assistant San Diego fire chief, said at a Thursday morning news conference. The aircraft could hold eight to 10 people but it is unknown how many were on board. No one on the ground in the military housing neighborhood was injured. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Moment British woman is dragged off Ryanair flight 'after assaulting travellers and making bomb threat'

Video footage captured the woman being escorted off the diverted aircraft by several security staff members

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60 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

Politics

60 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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61 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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3 d. ago Police storm Ryanair plane arriving in Alicante from UK after 'five passengers cause mid

Spanish police have stormed a Ryanair flight from Newcastle to Alicante after five passengers began causing chaos in mid-air. 

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3 d. ago How much? Why is British Airways charging 70 times more than Ryanair from Edinburgh to London?

Plane Talk: Why would any airline try to dissuade passengers from booking?

Politics

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

Politics

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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8 d. ago Terrifying moment passenger plane's engine breaks apart in mid

Shocking footage shows the metal panel of the ATR 72-600 aircraft flapping violently, exposing the internal engine components.

Events

1 week ago Shocking moment plane passenger opens emergency exit door because he 'wanted to get some fresh air'

A China Eastern Airlines flight turned chaotic upon landing on 11 May when a passenger suddenly opened an emergency exit - claiming he wanted 'to get some fresh air.' 

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1 week ago People are only just realising there's a hidden feature in airplane bathrooms that they never knew existed

A surprising hidden feature in some plane toilet has left passengers with their 'mind blown'. The little-known item was exposed in a video shared to Instagram by traveller @helenespassport .

Politics

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 Mum's revenge on 'entitled' passenger who refused to sit next to baby on plane

A mum has shared her frustration at the "entitled" plane passenger who didn't want to sit next to her baby - but was quickly made to regret her decision to complain.

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