POSTS WITH TAG: airplanes

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    All she wanted to do was sing! In the middle of a flight from Los Angeles to New York City, a plane made an emergency landing in Kansas City just to eject a passenger who was singing "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston. Over and over again. Come on, it's not like she was singing "The Wheels on the Bus" ad nauseum. (I'm looking at you, dad in seat 5F.)

    Because this is 2013, someone got video of the incident, in which we see that the woman in question was dragged off the plane still singing, not skipping a beat. The show must go on! I so admire that. In fact, I think this represents a terrible missed opportunity for everyone on that flight.

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    If Teen Mom Farrah Abraham's LAX fight doesn't prove she's a diva, I don't know what will. TMZ reports that the backdoor Teen Mom got in an altercation with American Airlines at the Los Angeles airport when, you won't believe this, they wanted her to check her oversized duffel bag. The horror. The airport police were called after Farrah allegedly told the ticket agent she was "trash" and demanded to speak to her supervisor.

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    A cargo plane crash in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of seven Americans and also been caught on dashboard cam in one of the scariest videos I have ever seen in my life. The plane (which looks the size of any commercial jet) first appears to take off normally, then it pitches to the side, spins, and crashes into the ground in a fireball.

    The story is made completely tragic by the loss of life. As of yet, no one knows the exact cause of the crash, though shifting cargo in the back is one theory. What is clear is that for many, this video is going to be too disturbing to watch.

    Truly, if you have any kind of fear of flying, DO not watch this. See below:

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    There is certain bad behavior I expect to get a passenger in trouble for while flying. For example, getting out of your seat when the pilot has instructed everyone to strap in; getting so drunk you make a scene and disturb others; and, of course, putting your hands on someone (be it crew or a fellow traveler). But I was surprised to hear that a Virgin Atlantic passenger was detained by FBI agents for not flushing the toilet.

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    In a scene that's reminiscent of something out of a movie, a plane crashed into the ocean in Bali, Indonesia after overshooting the runway upon landing.

    The Lion Air jet was carrying over 100 passengers and crew, and you can only imagine their state of terror as the plane made its approach into Denpasar airport and proceeded to fall into the water from a height of 50 meters.

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    If you text and drive, you're not smart. Not at all. The message can't be any more clear that typing away on your cellphone while maneuvering through traffic is a terrible, possibly fatal, idea. But what if you place your life in someone else's hands and they're the one acting in a manner that's not smart? What if you're on a flight where the pilot is texting? Not much you can do, is there?

    According to National Transportation Safety Board investigators, texting may have been the cause of a 2011 emergency helicopter crash that killed four people, marking the first time texting is the cause of an air crash. Pilot James Freudenbert apparently sent and received seven text messages during the flight, arranging dinner plans with a coworker. The helicopter crashed in Missouri after running out of fuel, and the NTSB suspects Freudenbert's distraction from texting is the cause.

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    This is one of the craziest flying with kids stories you will ever hear. A mom and dad were flying from Denver to Baltimore with their two sons -- ages 4 and 8. During the flight, a PG-13-rated movie (Alex Cross) was being shown on drop-down screens above the seats. After seeing the opening scenes (apparently the movie includes graphic violence and sex), the parents decided this was NOT a movie they wanted their sons to see and asked the flight attendants to fold up the monitor in the boys' line of vision. Even though the passengers sitting behind them lent their support, agreeing that the movie was definitely not appropriate for children, the family was told folding one screen was not an option. The parents nicely asked if the captain would be able to make this happen. The flight attendants very nicely told them no.

    The next thing the family -- and the rest of the passengers knew -- the flight was being diverted to a Chicago airport because of "security concerns."

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    Well ladies, it's happened again. Another man has been caught molesting a woman on a flight. 50-year-old Brett Zorse is accused of groping a 32-year-old woman on a JetBlue flight from San Francisco to New York. She says he put his hand under her skirt and started massaging her thigh while she was asleep. Needless to say, this woke her up. Talk about a rude awakening.

    Oh it gets worse, though. Guess who was sitting on the other side of pervy Dad? Zorse's 12-year-old son. The poor kid! I can't even imagine how embarrassing that must have been, not to mention the horrible example it sets for how to treat women. And I CANNOT believe what Zorse allegedly told the woman when she woke up to his groping.

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    Chad Wolfe was just happy to arrive in Tampa last week with his girlfriend when he suddenly disappeared. Soon after, he was found dead at the bottom of an airport elevator shaft. The bizarre case made headlines because it makes no sense. One minute he was with his girlfriend walking through the airport and the next he had vanished. And why would he have fallen in an elevator shaft?

    Surveillance video released yesterday may help to reveal these answers. It seems the young man was drinking in the airport, perhaps out of a small airline bottle. There are also some reports that he was a nervous flyer and took Xanax on the plane.

    The behavior in the airport is bizarre. See for yourself below:

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    Joe Rickey Hundley is a 60-year-old man accused of a horrific crime. Allegedly, on a plane last month, he slapped a crying toddler on a plane and told the baby's mother to "shut that (n-word) baby up." It's unconscionable, horrible, and memorable because of the depravity. And yet, now, his defense lawyer says Hundley was just insane with grief, flying out to Atlanta to take his only child off life support.

    So should that matter?

    Since the incident, Hundley, who worked for AGC Aerospace and Defense, has lost his job. He is being tried and could face prison and a six-figure fine for his allegedly drunken assault on a defenseless baby. And yet, as a mom, I can't help but feel for him.

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