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Yesterday, a Delta Airlines flight from Moscow to Atlanta had to make an unexpected stop in Newfoundland after the pilot decided that an unruly passenger had to be removed from the plane. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police were waiting at the gate in ...

This is absolutely beautiful. You really couldn’t imagine this happening to an American passenger on an American flight because all sorts of litigation would ensue. But in the UK, they not only have little tolerance for misbehavior aboard ...

Oh boy, oh boy. Just a couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a family with an autistic child being booted off an American eagle flight for "out-of control" behavior. Today, another "unruly family" hit the news. A woman, her 5-month-pregnant sister and ...

US Airways Flight 728 was forced to land in Boston Monday night, far short of its London destination. John Alexander Murry, of Glasgow, was arrested just after 11 PM, causing the plane to stay on the ground for two hours before resuming its ...

You would think that crews would generally know how to handle a drunk passenger without having to land the plane first. Apparently, some drunks are harder to handle than others. Especially when they use the T word repeatedly. A Lufthansa passenger ...

Here is a sight you don't want to be greeted by when you land at your destination - upon landing at London Heathrow, an ambulance hazmat team boarded the aircraft to check on the condition of six passengers who had fainted during the flight. It ...

Customs officials at Los Angeles airport caught a 40 year old passenger trying to sneak past them with undeclared lizards. Most smugglers hide their loot in their luggage, but this guy had strapped eleven skinks, two geckos and two monitor lizards ...

One of our favorite airline columnists over at MSNBC.com and from Elliott.org published an interesting article today on the separation between coach and first class called "Frequent Criers: Elite Fliers are Ruining Air Travel". In it, he points to ...

I remember one particular red-eye flight where I was THAT person -- you know, the very last one to board (I had a sprained ankle and had gotten practically strip-searched at security), in a middle seat, and with a bulging day pack that I could barely ...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/10/travelocity-survey-says-fat-smelly-and-coughing-the-worst-to-b/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; A Travelocity survey confirms what we knew all along - smelly passengers, coughing passengers ...

A London bound plane was grounded in Edinburgh after a passenger spotted a tarantula walking through the cabin. The plane was filled with 100 passengers, and the sighting forced BA staff to evacuate the plane. An exterminator was flown in from London ...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/11/11/airlines-not-taking-any-swine-flu-risks-bumping-sick-passenger/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; It was only a matter of time, but H1N1 fear has finally spread to the airlines. Yesterday, ...

tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.gadling.com/2009/10/16/galley-gossip-how-to-get-free-beer-in-flight/'; tweetmeme_source = 'Gadling'; Recently I read an article on News.com.au about a passenger who stole a few cans of beer from a beverage cart and then ...