All news on the topic: Planes

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Travel expert slams annoying plane passenger habit in window or aisle seat
A travel expert shared the irritating things passengers should avoid doing on flights to prevent annoying others - and one of them includes using both armrests when seated near a window
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'Entitled mum orders I give up plane seat so her son can look out of window'
A man has taken to social media to share how an entitled mum tried to boot him out of his pre-booked plane seat because her son wanted to gaze out of the window
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Plane passenger applauded for cutting in the queue when getting on flight
A man was left dumbfounded when he was desperately trying to catch his connecting flight, when another plane passenger yelled at him that he should 'wait his turn'
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Pilot accused of using plane to stalk woman for 4 years and drop tomatoes on her
A pilot in New York is accused of using his propeller plane to stalk a woman for a period of four years. Michael Arnold is also alleged to have dropped tomatoes on her
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'A crying pregnant woman asked me to swap seats on a plane but I refused'
Many of us have a preferred seat on a plane - but when passengers don't pre-book their preference it can lead to tension which is what one woman found when she was asked to move from her window seat
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Transport boost for north as local Labour leaders near deal to revive airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport closed last year despite a huge local campaign to keep it open - but thanks to a Labour new deal, flights could return within two years
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Pilot and his three grandkids die in plane crash as church asks people to pray
Peter Nally and his three grandchildren Raphael, Evita and Philomena tragically died after the small plane they were travelling in got into trouble and crashed at Gundaroo near Lake George
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Woman caught with box full of giraffe poo hidden in suitcase at airport
She wanted to turn it into a necklace
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New plane design launching in 2025 could be 'gamechanger' for hand luggage rules
Airbus has unveiled the 'Airspace L Bins', a new form of overhead storage that allows passengers to store their wheelie bags away in a much more space efficient way
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Plane explodes in fireball killing pilot and airport worker as it crashes down
The plane was seen cartwheeling out of control after one of its wings clipped the runway while the pilot tried to take off from an airport in Cuiba, Brazil
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Warning as airlines ground planes over fake safety certificates scandal
American Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines have all pulled jets from their fleets as investigations into AOG Technics continue amid a scandal involving aeroplane parts with allegedly fake safety certificates
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Man panics after hand gets stuck in cup holder after seeing if it would fit
Singaporean Abraham De Laure, 29, was on a flight to Ho Chi Minh City with his friend when he stuck in hand in a cup holder and could not remove it again
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Flight attendant denies couple plane entry after 'drunk' mum does 'cartwheels'
The viral three-and-a-half-minute video, which has been viewed over 13 million times, shows a Southwest Airlines flight attendant refusing an "intoxicated" mum on the plane
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Man goes to extreme lengths to steal woman's plane seat and causes uproar
A woman found that one of her fellow passengers was willing to take bad flight etiquette to the next level in order to try and take her reserved seat during a recent journey
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Terrifying moment aircraft spirals out of sky and smashes into home killing two
People at a home in Newberg, Oregon miraculously managed to escape after a plane from the Hillsboro Flight Academy crashed into their roof at around 7pm yesterday, according to fire and rescue teams
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Pilot leaves people terrified after showing how close planes fly together
People have been left horrified to see how close planes get to one another in the sky, with some stating that they didn't need to know how busy the sky is at any one time
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Man outraged as plane passenger keeps smacking son over head with backpack
A man has asked if he was in the wrong for calling out a fellow passenger on a flight as they prepared to disembark - and admits his own wife disagrees with his reaction
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Woman mortified after serious wardrobe malfunction on plane that 'everyone saw'
A woman has warned others not to wear a certain item of clothing when travelling on a plane after suffering an unfortunate mishap with her clothing when disembarking
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Woman threw £5k cash on runway as she was escorted off plane after 'drunken row'
Andy, 63, said his plane was diverted after a boozed-up row erupted on the plane from Heathrow to Bangkok - he saw 'cash floating away' after a woman reportedly threw £5k of her partner's money
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'A tall person demanded I give up my plane seat due to his height - I refused'
A 4'11 woman says she found herself at odds with a 6'4 man during a 12-hour flight after he requested she give up her seat for him, reasoning that she didn't need the legroom. Unfortunately, he didn't take no for an answer
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Brit, 43, arrested at Palma Airport after sexually assaulting attendant
The suspect was on a flight from Newcastle to Majorca when he was accused of touching the flight attendant's bottom and nipples in "a lewd way" before being restrained
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'Eight violent passengers' see cops storm easyJet plane over 'possible attacks'
An easyJet plane travelling from Manchester to Tenerife was diverted to Lanzarote yesterday after reports of violence on board, amid claims that some passengers were drunk
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EasyJet flight forced into abrupt U-turn due to 'extraordinary circumstances'
An easyJet flight heading to Turkey made an emergency landing this morning due to a bird strike, the airline said, as it apologised to passengers for the disruption
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Woman naked from waist down alarms other passengers as she queues for flight
A woman spotted at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida has gone viral after the seemingly oblivious passenger wore an orange halter-neck dress that appeared to show her backside
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Moment planes forced to abort landings in huge Storm Agnes winds at UK airport
Scary footage filmed at Manchester Airport yesterday shows some passenger planes being forced to perform go-arounds due to strong winds brought in by Storm Agnes