5 h. ago 'Plane passenger lied to flight attendant to make me switch seats but I got last laugh'

A man was left baffled when a family of plane passengers lied to a flight attendant in order to get him to switch seats with them - but he ended up getting the last laugh

Politics

5 h. ago Moment plane passenger is detained by police to applause after row with others onboard saw flight to Alicante diverted back to the UK

The incident happened on a Jet2 flight which had taken off as normal at 6.41pm last night to fly 1,100 miles to the Spanish resort of Alicante.

Events

8 h. ago Worried passenger spots DAMAGE on Ryanair plane: 'No one wanted to sit near it'

Aarron Greaves, 32, from St Helens, Merseyside, was left shaken up after spotting 'worrying' damage on his window on a Ryanair flight from Manchester to Ibiza. 

Events

11 h. ago Major airline to face lawsuit over selling 'windowless' window seats

A major airline is facing a class action lawsuit for advertising a window seat without a window present for plane passengers - and charging them extra for it.

Society

20 h. ago 'Drunk' plane passenger 'VOMITS on a family and spits wine at them' on flight from Heathrow

FBI operatives arrested the woman, described as the 'ultimate passenger from hell' by other customers, on the flight's arrival in California. Fellow travellers and staff gave statements to officers.

Society

31 h. ago 'Family told an outrageous lie to make me swap business class seat but it backfired'

Plane passenger seat disputes aren't unheard of, but when one traveller was asked to swap their business class seat for economy, they didn't move and people said they made the right decision

Events

31 h. ago Moment Boeing passenger jet's engine catches fire prompting emergency landing moments after take off from Corfu

Terrifying footage of the incident on the DE3665 flight to Dussledorf, carrying 273 passengers and eight crew, saw the plane's engine burst into flames as it took to the skies on Saturday.

Events

36 h. ago 'Flight from hell' as passengers stuck on plane for 29 hours after 'black warning' issued

The Cathay Pacific flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong was diverted due to a 'black warning' in the region, with passengers not allowed to disembark for almost 29 hours

Events

3 d. ago Last surviving Second World War Victoria Cross recipient dies aged 105

Flight Lieutenant John Cruickshank was honoured for courage and dedication during an attack on a German submarine that left him seriously injured.

Events

4 d. ago Mutiny at JD Vance's dinner date: Woke staff at Cotswolds gastro

Vance's family holiday with his wife, Usha Chilukuri, 39. and their three children, has sparked controversy this week with locals claiming their lives were 'made hell' by police convoys and helicopters.

Politics

5 d. ago Pilot shares warning to passengers about area of a plane he 'wouldn't touch'

An airline pilot has shared a crucial warning to all passengers travelling by air and it's not something everyone will be aware of. He shared a place of a plane he 'wouldn't touch if even if you paid him'

Events

5 d. ago Plane passenger whips others with 'waist belt' as flight forced into emergency landing

The unnamed drunken man was onboard a flight from Virginia to California and caused a scene so chaotic the flight had to make an emergency landing before police swarmed onto the aircraft

Politics

6 d. ago Footage shows chaos on board UK Ryanair flight as 'brawl sparked by crying baby sees police called and passengers held on the plane for an hour after landing'

Dramatic footage shows the chaos onboard a British Ryanair flight after a fight sparked by a crying baby broke out. 

Events

7 d. ago Horrified plane passenger realises he is sat behind Katie Price during a flight as star jets to Turkey with boyfriend JJ Slater for MORE surgery

The hilarious moment a horrified plane passenger realises he's sat behind Katie Price has been captured on film.

Politics

7 d. ago Two injured after small plane crashes near tarmac in Montana creating large fireball

All four passengers on single-engine plane were able to walk away from crash and first responders treated two survivors for minor injuries

Events

8 d. ago Plane passenger punches flight attendant after she makes simple request

In the video, a passenger is seen launching into a brazen attack on a female Ibom Air flight attendant after refusing to switch off her mobile phone before take-off

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8 d. ago 'Genius' travel hack to avoid extra luggage fees of up to £60 is praised by passengers

A plane passenger-turned-designer has devised a 'genius' way to avoid excess baggage fees when flying with budget airlines - and it all starts and ends with a common clothing item.

Economics

9 d. ago Southwest Airlines apologizes after two blind passengers left behind by plane

‘Nobody told us anything,’ one of women said after all other passengers were rebooked on earlier flight amid delaysThe US’s Southwest Airlines has publicly apologized after two women who are blind were both left behind by a plane flying to Orlando that the pair evidently should have had the opportunity to be on.Southwest eventually ended up flying the women, Camille Tate and Sherri Brun, on another flight for which they were the only two passengers, with the rest being rebooked on a plane that left earlier, according to recent reporting from the Orlando news stations WSVN and WOFL. Nonetheless, as WSVN noted, the two friends from Florida remained outraged at their experience, which resulted from their not being able to see information about the rebooked flight and not being verbally notified of the switch by the airline. Continue reading...

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1 week ago CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN: Plane passenger caught hiding 2 turtles in bra as one dies

In this week's round-up of the maddest news from across the Pond: shell-shocked stowaways, Trump denying the reality of phones, and rogue fish arson

Events

1 week ago Plane passengers discover 'real' reason your phone must be on airplane mode

Most people follow the airplane mode rule happily, accepting it as a reasonable safety precaution. However one inquisitive passenger wanted to know the reasoning behind it.

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