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An Overhead Bin Dispute Turned Into Brawl With Passengers And Crew Fighting Down The Aisle

Apr 12 2021

On Saturday a fight broke out on board a Tunisair flight with combatants “exchanging beatings and slurs” on the aircraft as crew tried to intercede. They were attacked as well. In fact, masks came off of both passengers and crew as the fight roped in several aisles-worth of passengers, and as the brawl made its way down the aisle and back through the aircraft.

The melee began when a passenger put their carry on bag in the overhead bin above another passenger’s seat.

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Southwest Kicked A Two Year Old Off A Flight Over Masks. A Pilot Flew The Family For Free.

Apr 09 2021

On April 1 the Harvey family was flying from Denver to Austin on Southwest Airlines. They had practiced for days with their two year old wearing a mask. Boarding went fine, but once seated the child took the mask off and the family was booted from the flight.

Father Erik Harvey went to Facebook and posted an 18 minute discourse on the events. A pilot named James Peck saw the video.

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Former Model Threatened To Blow Up Plane After Learning The Price Of Inflight Wine

Apr 08 2021

Former model Hannah Lee Pierson is accused of threatening to blow up her Air New Zealand flight between Melbourne and Auckland after being told by cabin crew that a glass of wine on board isn’t free, according to court documents.

She is said to have become abusive towards flight attendants, and was ultimately handcuffed and strapped to her seat to keep her out of the galley of the aircraft.

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Flight Attendant Removed After Taking Two Year Old To Task Over Mask

Apr 05 2021

On a Spirit Airlines flight on Monday from Orlando to New York, a family was kicked off when their two year old, who was eating yogurt, removed their mask. The mother of the two year old girl is seven months’ pregnant, and their other child – traveling with them – is special needs.

Eventually everyone returned to the aircraft – except for the crewmember who made an issue of the mask in the first place.

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185 Baby Turtles Found Inside Passenger’s Luggage

Mar 30 2021

Sunday morning 185 baby turtles were found wrapped in plastic inside a red suitcase at the Baltra airport in the Galapagos Islands. The passenger and his luggage were bound for Guayaquil, Ecaudor.

These animals were declared as ‘souvenirs’ but were discovered going through x-ray. Sadly, 10 of the tortoises had already died. An additional five died on Monday. The rest “were not in good health.”

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Spirit Airlines Flight Diverts After Passenger Tries To Exit Plane Mid-Air

Mar 26 2021

Wednesday’s Spirit Airlines flight NK185 from Cleveland to Los Angeles diverted to Denver after a passenger tried to open the emergency exit door of the Airbus A320.

The plane was pressurized. The passenger was never going to succeed. But he was ‘unruly’ and several other passengers on the plane held him down and zip tied him. When the plane made it to Denver the man was “wheeled out on a gurney by paramedics.”

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