Here is our weekly recap of what is happening in airports and in the sky: Mount Isa – A small airport in Queensland, Australia made headlines this week after a Qantas 767 jet was forced to make an emergency landing due to a suspicious odour on-board. Qantas flight 825 was enroute from Darwin to Brisbane [...]
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Airports in the News: January 29
Halifax – This week, a loose cat delayed an Air Canada flight for over 4 hours. Probably unhappy with the prospect of sitting in coach, the curious cat escaped its carrier and made a run for the cockpit as other passengers were still boarding the plane. The cat, named Ripples, somehow managed to get behind [...]
Airports in the News: January 22
This is the the first edition of a new feature showcasing some of the crazy things that happen in airports. It was a busy week, so let’s get started: Miami Airport – A TSA worker was charged with grand theft after allegedly stealing from passengers’ bags and hiding the items in a specially constructed pocket [...]
Man flys US Airways in bra and panties
A man who flies US Airways wearing women’s undergarments says that he does so to make business travel more fun. Well, that is certainly one way, I suppose. The 65-year-old Phoenix man works as a business consultant and flies several times a month with US Airways. He’s flown in scanty female clothing for several years [...]
Please store all toddlers…er, carry-ons in the overhead compartment
Virgin Blue recently fired one of its flight attendants after he placed a 17 month toddler in an overhead compartment during a flight from Fiji to Sydney. The flight attendant claims that the kid’s father was playing hide-and-seek and he decided to join in the fun by showing the kid the ultimate hiding spot. Mom [...]
Drunk man found sleeping behind jet engine
Where is the strangest place you woke up after a night of drinking? We’re sure it doesn’t rank in stupidity as the young man who was recently discovered napping behind the engine of an Indian Airlines Airbus A-320 at the New Delhi Indira Gandhi Airport. Fortunately, he was found during an inspection two hours before [...]
Gamer gets in trouble at the airport
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