planes Archives

woman typing on phone with caption 'My first racist encounter' 'I am looking out the window. Other two seats are taken by two very large, dolled-up black ladies' (l) WestJet Airlines plane in flight with blue sky (c) woman typing on phone with caption 'My first racist encounter' 'is extremely hostile. She makes Serena Williams look like twiggy I am being...' (r)

‘The fact that it was an email’: WestJet customer notices passenger typing racist message about her on her phone

'THE SERENA WILLIAMS COMMENT?!???’

On Jan 19, 2023 by Braden Bjella

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Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft is airborne with sky and hills in background

‘A complete stranger helped him’: Woman says Alaska Airlines lost her son

'Few hrs later they call to ask if I ever got my kid.'

On Jan 11, 2023 by Rebekah Harding

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passengers pour drinks at airplane bar after 5 hour delay tiktok

‘Wait, you can do that?’: Delta passengers serve themselves alcohol after plane delayed 5 hours

'Why have I been stuck 5 hours and still have to pay for Pringles??'

On Dec 12, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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woman at airport caption 'am I stranded?!?' (l) airport seating area empty caption 'am I stranded?!?' (c) woman at airport caption 'am I stranded?!?' (r)

‘Am I the only one on this f*cking flight?’ Woman shares horror story of booking a flight on a discount site

'The plane was on fire I think.'

On Nov 27, 2022 by Vladimir Supica

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woman with caption 'there was a karen on my flight today. read what she texted her family' (l) hands typing racist text message on phone (r)

‘Would’ve read it out loud’: Black woman catches racist Karen texting about her on plane

'Nah she wanted you to see that.'

On Aug 3, 2022 by Tricia Crimmins

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people seated on flight flight attendant speaking to man pointing finger caption 'Meet Larry who just airdropped a whole flight of photos of his peepee Thankfully I accepted it, saw who was sending it, and immediately started speaking up Stay tuned for the police escort' (l) person holding iPhone in hands Airdrop settings open check-marked for everyone to see (c) people seated on flight flight attendant speaking to man caption 'Meet Larry who just airdropped a whole flight of photos of his peepee Thankfully I accepted it, saw who was sending it, and immediately started speaking up Stay tuned for the police escort'

‘He wanted to be caught’: TikToker claims man airdropped explicit photos to random passengers on plane

The man admits to airdropping the photos, saying he was "just having a little fun."

On Jun 26, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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tape on airplane in runway caption 'POV you start to notice all the tape and flex seal that holds planes together' (l) Airplane with repair on wing tape caption 'POV you start to notice all the tape and flex seal that holds planes together' (c) airplane wing with duct tape repair in runway worker walking behind caption 'POV you start to notice all the tape and flex seal that holds planes together' (r)

‘Wait until they find out that almost every plane has cracks of varying degrees’: Airport runway worker shows all the tape holding planes together in viral TikTok

'Why am I seeing this right before I get on a plane.'

On Jun 21, 2022 by Kathleen Wong

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‘I’m grateful the flight attendants helped me’: Woman says her plane seatmate started watching porn next to her in viral TikTok

'I’m not sure he got any punishment whatsoever.'

On Mar 8, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

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man in airplane seat looking at women on phone (l) woman's head leaning on seat (r) both with caption 'can't trust no guy swear this man was watching girls literally nude while his girl is sleep'

‘Look if you don’t respect your girlfriend just say that’: Man caught looking at other girls on phone while girlfriend is asleep on plane, sparking debate

'This man was watching girls literally nude while his girl was asleep.'

On Feb 4, 2022 by Laiken Neumann

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‘They literally did what they needed to’: Viral TikTok showing woman restrained with duct tape on American Airlines flight sparks debate

'It did not really sit right with me, but they did what they had to do.'

On Jul 10, 2021 by Brooke Sjoberg

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video from fatal gender reveal party in cancun in which two pilots were killed

Gender reveal plane crash that killed 2 captured on video

One attendee reportedly joked before the accident: 'It’s all good as long as it doesn’t end up crashing into us!'

On Apr 1, 2021 by Eilish O'Sullivan

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‘I hope you get eaten by an alligator’: Anti-masker kicked off plane after emergency landing

The Mexico-bound plane landed early in Florida.

On Mar 1, 2021 by Samantha Shaps

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Video shows moment passengers broke out in applause for pilot who landed Boeing 777 safely

One video shows the engine rattling while it’s engulfed in flames.

On Feb 21, 2021 by Alexandra Samuels

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After Twitter user went viral for claiming man behind her died of COVID mid-flight, official details released

'I'm shook.'

On Dec 20, 2020 by Esther Bell

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Plane passenger sticks gum in woman’s hair because she purposely kept flipping it over seat

Viewers are divided. Some think the video is too wild to be real.

On Dec 1, 2020 by Rachel Kiley

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