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A Human Heart Left Behind
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A Southwest plane had to turn around mid-flight recently after ahuman heart was discoveredon board the aircraft. According to theSeattle Times,the captain told passengers that the heart, which had been left on the plane following a previous flight from Sacramento, was supposed to have been delivered to a local hospital in Seattle.
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A Truly Crappy Boarding Experience
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One man on board a Delta airlines flight claimed hestepped in a pile of dog wastewhile trying to get into his seat, and when he complained to a manager on board, he claims she told him, “Well that’s not my problem.”
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Chaos on a Cruise Ship
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Passengers on board the CarnivalSunshineship had their dream vacation turned into a nightmare when a malfunctioning switchboard caused theboat to tip onto its sidefor one minute. “It kept leaning,” said passenger David Crews. “Plates and silverware started sliding off the tables. Then the tables themselves started to slide. Glasses and plates started to fall and shatter. At this point, it was pure chaos. Screams. Cries. Panic.”
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A Drunken Nap in the Cargo Hold
Charlotte, NC, USA - May 28, 2016: American Airlines Airbus A319 (Registration No. N723UW) taking off at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
A Piedmont Airlines baggage handler working an American Airlines flight at Kansas City International Airporttook a nap in the forward cargo holdof an aircraft, but when he woke up, he wasn’t in Kansas anymore. According to a spokesperson for American Airlines, the employee fell asleep and the flight took off and then landed safely.
05of 11A Passenger Who Let Himself GoFG/Bauer-Griffin/GC ImagesA man traveling on an All Nippon Airways flight from Chicago to Tokyo wasarrested for urinating on another passengerafter reportedly drinking at least four glasses of champagne and one cup of sake. According to theJapan Times, the 24-year-old passenger was seated two rows ahead of the 50-year-old victim (who was asleep in business class) when he relieved himself mid-flight.
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A Passenger Who Let Himself Go
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A man traveling on an All Nippon Airways flight from Chicago to Tokyo wasarrested for urinating on another passengerafter reportedly drinking at least four glasses of champagne and one cup of sake. According to theJapan Times, the 24-year-old passenger was seated two rows ahead of the 50-year-old victim (who was asleep in business class) when he relieved himself mid-flight.
06of 11A First Timer Flyer’s Terrifying Exit StrategyOne passenger who was flying for the first time on a Go Air flight sparked a panic when hemistook the emergency exitin the back of the plane for the restroom and attempted to open the door. When he tried to pull the door open, it sounded an alarm, and crew members apprehended him.An airport official toldThe Telegraph Indiaof the incident, which took place on a flight from New Delhi to Patna, India, that when his fellow passengers asked him what he was doing, he said he “needed to use the washroom urgently and kept tugging at the exit door.”“He said that the confusion happened because he had boarded a flight for the first time in his life,” the official told the newspaper.
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A First Timer Flyer’s Terrifying Exit Strategy
One passenger who was flying for the first time on a Go Air flight sparked a panic when hemistook the emergency exitin the back of the plane for the restroom and attempted to open the door. When he tried to pull the door open, it sounded an alarm, and crew members apprehended him.
An airport official toldThe Telegraph Indiaof the incident, which took place on a flight from New Delhi to Patna, India, that when his fellow passengers asked him what he was doing, he said he “needed to use the washroom urgently and kept tugging at the exit door.”
“He said that the confusion happened because he had boarded a flight for the first time in his life,” the official told the newspaper.
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A Last Ditch Attempt to Board
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The plane he was attempting to enter was empty and was next scheduled to fly to Sydney.
08of 11A Fight Over FlatuenceFabrizio Gandolfo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via GettyA Transavia Airlines pilot made an emergency landing after a fight broke out over a passenger’s continued flatulence. The incident reportedly began after two passengers on a flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol asked another passenger sitting next to them to stop passing gas and were ignored, so they allegedly alerted the flight crew to the problem but did not receive the assistance they were looking for. After the pilot warned them to stop fighting and they didn’t, he decided to land the flight for the safety of other passengers.
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A Fight Over Flatuence
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A Transavia Airlines pilot made an emergency landing after a fight broke out over a passenger’s continued flatulence. The incident reportedly began after two passengers on a flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol asked another passenger sitting next to them to stop passing gas and were ignored, so they allegedly alerted the flight crew to the problem but did not receive the assistance they were looking for. After the pilot warned them to stop fighting and they didn’t, he decided to land the flight for the safety of other passengers.
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An Unidentified Object on the Engine
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A Jetstar flight scheduled to travel from Auckland to Sydney was forced to return to New Zealand after an airport employee left his clipboard — which he was using during pre-flight checks while preparing the airbus for service — on the engine of the aircraft.
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A Family Vacation Turned Cruise Ship Brawl
Passengers described the incident as a “bloodbath” — and one even dubbed the 10-day trip the “cruise from hell,”according to 9News, a local Australian news outlet.
11of 11A Gate Agent’s MockingDavid Paul Morris/Bloomberg via GettyA woman traveling through John Wayne Airport was angered when a Southwest Airlines agent made fun of her five-year-old daughter’s unique name: Abcde, which is pronounced “ab-city.““I turned around and just said, ‘Hey, I can hear you, so if I can hear you, my daughter can, too. I’d appreciate it if you’d just stop,'” said Traci Redford.After the agent also posted a photo of Redford’s daugther’s boarding pass and name on social media, Southwest apologized, saying their agent’s behavior was “not indicative of the care, respect, and civility we expect from all of our Employees.”
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A Gate Agent’s Mocking
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A woman traveling through John Wayne Airport was angered when a Southwest Airlines agent made fun of her five-year-old daughter’s unique name: Abcde, which is pronounced “ab-city.”
“I turned around and just said, ‘Hey, I can hear you, so if I can hear you, my daughter can, too. I’d appreciate it if you’d just stop,'” said Traci Redford.
After the agent also posted a photo of Redford’s daugther’s boarding pass and name on social media, Southwest apologized, saying their agent’s behavior was “not indicative of the care, respect, and civility we expect from all of our Employees.”
source: people.com
