Most unruly passengers escape serious punishments
The punishments don’t appear to be fitting the crimes. At least not in quantity. The majority of the nearly 6,000… Read More »
The Worst Airplane Passenger of 2022
The unruly passengers aren’t going away. It’s been an issue that became worse throughout the pandemic, and this week we… Read More »
Delta asks the Justice Department to put unruly travelers on a ‘no-fly’ list
Delta Air Lines’ CEO Ed Bastian asked the U.S. Department of Justice to put convicted unruly travelers on a national… Read More »
Delta CEO ssks DOJ to create no-fly list for unruly passengers
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has written a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, asking the nation’s chief… Read More »
US Embassy Issues Security Alert for Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Tulum
Following the fatal January 21 shooting of two Canadian tourists at a five-star hotel in the Playa del Carmen area… Read More »
Cancun Bringing in Surveillance Agents for Tourist Areas
Mexico is sending government agents to Cancun and Quintana Roo to monitor hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and other tourist areas to… Read More »
What’s driving the spike in U.S. air rage incidents
There were more than 5,700 reports of air rage on U.S. airlines in 2021 compared with a typical year of… Read More »
Prosecutors say airline passenger refused to wear mask, exposed himself, and threw can during flight
Prosecutors said a Delta Air Lines passenger who refused to wear a mask during a flight exposed himself to other… Read More »
American Airlines London flight turned around because passenger refused to wear a mask
An American Airlines flight heading to London on Wednesday turned around about an hour after leaving Miami when a “disruptive… Read More »
Two men charged in separate incidents of criminal conduct aboard aircraft
A federal grand jury returned two indictments Jan. 18 and 19 charging an Alexandria man and a New York City… Read More »
San Francisco police officers kill person armed with 2 guns at SFO BART station
San Francisco police officers Thursday morning shot and killed a person armed with two guns in front of the BART… Read More »
Woman ejected for removing mask to drink water sues Southwest for $10 million
Southwest Airlines was sued for $10 million on Tuesday by a 68-year-old Florida woman who said the carrier ejected her… Read More »
FAA data confirms 2021 was the worst year ever for unruly airplane passengers in the US
More than ever, flight attendants have been dealing with unruly passengers fighting against mask mandates, and now, they’re saying enough… Read More »
FAA briefly grounded flights in Western U.S. as ‘precaution’ due to North Korea tested missile
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Jan. 12 that it briefly paused departures at some West Coast airports Monday evening,… Read More »
U.S. Airlines reported 5,981 cases of unruly airline passengers in 2021
The FAA has launched 1,075 investigations into passenger behavior on flights this year. Airlines reported nearly 6,000 cases of unruly… Read More »
Michigan teacher isolates in bathroom for 5 hours after testing positive for Covid mid-flight
A Michigan teacher’s trip to Iceland took a dramatic turn when she discovered that she was positive for COVID-19 midway… Read More »
The Craziest Things TSA Seized in 2021
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers had their hands full in 2021 as travelers returned to the nation’s airports in droves… Read More »
Career flight attendant has seen the wildest in-flight bad behavior including urination, strip teases and more
With the holiday season upon us, airline employees are prepared to accommodate record travel numbers as many people brave the… Read More »
Unruly airline passengers could lose TSA PreCheck credentials
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have joined forces in the fight against unruly airplane passengers…. Read More »
TSA To Revoke PreCheck Privileges From FAA-Fined Passengers
The list of potential consequences just got longer for misbehaving air travelers. Now, unruly passengers could lose their TSA PreCheck… Read More »
TSA has confiscated record number of guns at airports in 2021
The Transportation Security Administration in 2021 has confiscated the most guns ever in a single year — some 5,700, most… Read More »
Delta flight diverted after passenger assaults flight attendant, air marshal and police say
A Delta flight to Los Angeles was diverted Thursday to Oklahoma after a passenger assaulted a flight attendant and an… Read More »