dramatic flights

I called out sick to catch a plane — then I ran into my boss on the flight

Boss-ted! An employee's attempt to catch a flight while pretending to take a sick day backfired after she encountered her supervisor on the same plane.

Flight attendant tells passenger that she's 'overreacting' to taped airplane window

Delta Airlines flyer Laura Iu freaked out after seeing that her airplane window was seemingly taped together, only for a flight attendant to accuse her of blowing things out of...

Airline double-books flight, passenger refuses to exit: 'You can't be playing with people's plans'

An irate passenger caused a scene after refusing to leave a plane that he was double-booked on, as seen in a video going viral online.

Passengers suffer nosebleeds, ear pain after Boeing 737 MAX 8 cabin pressure system malfunctions

A Korean Air plane headed for Taiwan was forced to turn around after passengers began to suffer from nosebleeds and ear pain due to problems with the Boeing 737's pressurization...

Is it still safe to fly? Experts have mixed opinions after mid-air disasters

Amid the rash of mid-air mishaps, experts are addressing whether it's still safe to fly the friendly skies.

Nurse praised for how she handled someone's unruly child on flight: ‘Absolutely in the right’

Shayla Monnier and her husband were in the last hour of a flight from Atlanta to Denver when the girl in front of them started blowing raspberries -- sending spit...

Plane passenger who took 2-hour nap stunned to find out where he ended up: 'I would cry'

When this inflight Rip Van Winkle awoke two hours later, he could not believe where he was.

These 3 things could land you on the no-fly list

Mind how you go.

Southwest Airlines flight plunged to within 400 feet of ocean off Hawaii: 'Like a roller coaster ride'

A Southwest Airlines flight came within just 400 feet of smashing into the ocean off the coast of Hawaii after aborting a landing due to weather conditions, according to a...

Autopsy results released for Sydney Weston, 8, who died after mid-flight medical episode

The young Missouri girl was flying with her family to a vacation in Chicago on Thursday when she suffered an unspecified medical episode mid-flight and became unresponsive.

Girl, 8, dies after mid-flight medical episode on Chicago-bound plane while flying with her family for vacation

“Upon landing in Peoria, she was not breathing and had no pulse,” the Peoria, Illinois, coroner said in a statement.

Wild video shows man arrested on Virgin Airlines flight for 'aggressive behavior'

Someone in the background can be heard saying: “Everyone’s had enough”.

'Flight to nowhere': Passengers trapped on plane for 9 hours as it crossed Atlantic Ocean — and then turned around

By the end of the sky odyssey, the plane had flown 4,833 miles and traversed the body of water twice -- but was no closer to its intended destination.

Passenger, 41, dies onboard US-bound flight from Fiji

“Despite the best efforts of our cabin crew and a doctor on board who provided immediate assistance, the passenger unfortunately passed away.”

Horror as passengers 'dehydrating and passing out' while stuck on plane for hours in 100-degree heat

Overheated passengers aboard a Qatar Airways flight stripped off their clothes while the plane idled on a scorching hot tarmac for over three hours without air conditioning.

Polite passenger's airplane seat swap backfires with 'gross' foot antics: 'That's disgusting'

The traveler said he obliged as he didn't "have the heart to say no," adding that the man "looked super happy about it."