Word to the wise: If you’re stuck in the middle seat between two family members, don’t have a total racist, homophobic freak out. Put on your headphones or something.

If only we could have offered that massage to this dude in the hat who went on a total bigotted tear on a United Airlines flight out of Auckland, NZ yesterday.




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According to SFist, “An angry man allegedly launched into a racist and homophobic rant after being seated between two other passengers of Indian or Pakistani descent on a San Francisco-bound flight out of Sydney on New Year's Day, leading to a confrontation with a flight attendant and the plane being diverted to Auckland and grounded there overnight.”

Can you imagine that? Being seated between two people who are talking. Ugh. What a nightmare! Well, that’s what this guy thought too. Apparently, his anger escalated from a rant about “Indians to Asians to Muslims to non-whites in general.” Imagine if he had just asked one his row mates to switch seats? After being asked to stop by flight attendant, whom he also had some words for, the pilot re-routed back to Auckland. He was then taken by police, where one might assume he got the middle seat in a cop car.

The whole experience was caught was caught by Neil Kay, who made some new friends because of the experience.  

Call me crazy, but it seems like they're having a better time than the dude who had the racist freak out.

Note to self: This will not get you more frequent flier miles.

According to NBC, a baggage handler accidentally got locked inside the cargo hold of a plane and was flown from Charlotte, NC to Washington, DC on Sunday. Hey, it beats coach! Airline food is bad! Ugh, security, can’t I keep my belt on? Ok. Got all the flying jokes out.

NBC reports that it’s still unknown as to how he got in there or how anyone found out about him, but it’s still be treating like a security issue.

And what about this? Who wouldn’t rather take the cargo hold than have an Angelica Pickles behind you?

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Stop.

The handler, luckily, was ok. The cabin was pressurized, and he refused medical attention upon landing. But that’s more than I can say for that antique vase that I was forced to check! Air travel is the worst! Coach! Ok. No more of airline material. 

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Does this guy even need to go through security?

Most of us get annoyed at the idea of having to take off our shoes, belts, and jackets when passing through airport security. This guy’s trying to cut out such annoyances by leaving such items at home, plus several things more. 

According to The New York Post, Grieg Bannatyne attempted to board a plane wearing nothing but a speedo and flip-flops, but airport security in Malawi airport in Africa through him back into the deep end. Bannatyne explained to officials that he was part of a charity swim with his team the Mad Swimmers. 

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“It was on my way to passport control that I was asked by the police a couple of questions. They were very friendly and we went to a room where they were trying to understand what I was doing. Unfortunately as we didn’t have any official papers validating this, they requested that I put my top and shorts on,” Bannatyne said.

Bannatyne and his speedo earned $2,500, which would be raises money for charity and orphanges.

A DHL cargo plane flying from Paris overshot the runway at Bergamo's Orio Al Serio airport and crashed on a busy road. Oops!

No one knows why this United Airlines flight attendant decided to just deploy the emergency slide and leave but she did and now she's suspended. Apparently most of the passengers on the plane didn't even notice, so her exit was a stealthy one. 

Snowstorms in China have delayed thousands of travelers nearing the Chinese New Year. This woman thought her flight was cancelled. All the other passengers were rerouted and caught different flights but ten hours later, the plane still took off with its single passenger. 



Hopefully with such an empty cabin they upgraded her to first class. 

36 passengers aboard the first ever flight of the Airbus A350 experienced the ride of their lives.

Ok, so maybe it wasn't that intense. But, passengers riding on one of the most luxurious airplanes on the planet saw their lives flash before their eyes when the technologically advanced plane decided it didn't want to take off.

After zooming down the runway at over 100mph, the HAL 9000 of the Airbus A350's deemed the runway too short and the plane skidded its way to a complete stop. Sounds fun!

Passengers aboard the flight from New York to Doha were nursed with plenty of beverages to ease their troubles as the technical difficulties were attended to, and the airplane eventually took off.

Still, the PTSD of that traumatic experience won't be departing anytime soon.