Traveling by plane offers unparalleled comfort, but the journey can become an ordeal when other passengers act in a disruptive manner or when the plane is forced to make an emergency landing due to strange circumstances.
While we have long accepted that driving a car requires passing a series of tests, the skies appear to still be an open highway.
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But recent events make us wonder: Should air travelers also be subjected to a different test?
It is not a test for pilots, who already undergo rigorous evaluations, but a test for the passengers themselves. As incidents of disruptive behavior reach new levels of peculiarity, the question arises: should we consider screening passengers before they board a plane?
The era of unruly passengers has given way to a wave of strange incidents. Keep reading!
1. Adult diaper mistaken for bomb, plane makes emergency landing in the US.
After an alert by the @aacivilptyDue to a foreign object in a dryer, the Special Forces units activated the emergency protocol and upon verification it turned out to be a disposable adult diaper. #Prevention pic.twitter.com/n3pBqQZki9
— National Police (@ProtegeryServir) October 13, 2023
A Copa Airlines flight from Panama City was flying to Tampa, Florida, when they received a tip about a suspicious object in the bathroom. The plane returned to Panama and everyone got off while a team checked for explosives. But after an extensive search, it turned out that the suspected bomb was just an adult diaper.
2. Delta flight was forced to turn around due to a diarrhea incident.
“Plane with diarrhea” – Images from the cabin of the Delta plane bound for Barcelona that had to be diverted to Atlanta because a passenger had diarrhea all over the plane.#biological danger #plane #aviation https://t.co/BoDemzjEBO pic.twitter.com/Takc9QPWSC
—FL360aero (@fl360aero) September 5, 2023
A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Barcelona had to turn around due to a passenger’s illness. Carrying 336 passengers, the plane departed on time but returned over central Virginia. The pilot cited a “biohazard issue” caused by a passenger with diarrhea. The Airbus 350 landed back in Atlanta two hours after takeoff. The flight suffered a total delay of about eight hours, but finally arrived in Barcelona without further problems on Saturday. Delta apologized to its customers for the inconvenience.
3. A Turkish Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing after a drunk passenger bit an attendant’s finger.
Pesawat Turkish Airlines route Istanbul-Jakarta harus dialihkan ke Medan gegara penumpang ngamuk dan serang kru. Pnp tsb akhirnya dihajar pnp lain dan kru sebelum diikat. Blm jelas akar permasalahannya apa sampai ybs menyerang kru pic.twitter.com/KrTrko6mTM
– KabarPenumpang (@kabarpenumpang) October 12, 2022
A Turkish Airlines flight heading from Istanbul to Jakarta had to make an emergency landing when a drunk passenger bit a flight attendant’s finger. The cabin crew warned the man, identified as Muhammad John Jaiz Boudewijn, to calm down, but this only escalated the situation. A viral video captured the passenger throwing punches at one flight attendant and attempting to board another while other passengers looked on in shock. Boudewijn, a pilot for the Indonesian airline Batik Air, caused a disruptive incident on the flight.
4. Passengers using overhead bins to do pull-ups force flights to divert and make emergency landings.
An American Airlines flight was diverted from its scheduled route when an “unruly” passenger engaged in disruptive behavior, including doing pull-ups in the overhead bin. The flight, AA2763, originally departed Phoenix en route to Boston. The disruptive drunk passenger, carrying 147 passengers and six crew members, caused the plane to divert to Kansas City.
The situation worsened when the passenger abused a flight attendant. Despite being removed from the flight, no charges were filed against the individual.
5. A Sudanese plane had to make an emergency landing after a cat hijacked the cabin
In a bizarre incident, a Sudanese flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Khartoum International Airport when an agitated cat attacked the pilot in the cockpit. Shortly after takeoff from Khartoum International Airport, the feline intruder entered the cockpit and attacked the pilots. All passengers disembarked safely after landing. However, how the cat got onto the plane is still unclear. Speculation suggests he may have entered the previous night while the plane was parked in a hangar at Khartoum airport.
6. Transavia plane makes emergency landing after “one passenger’s body odor caused others to vomit and faint”
In May 2018, a flight to the Spanish resort island of Gran Canaria took an unexpected detour after passengers reportedly became distressed by the stench of the “dirty” man. It smelled so bad that other passengers began to faint and vomit after the flight took off from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Belgian broadcaster VRT reports.
Staff on board the Transavia plane reportedly attempted to quarantine him in a bathroom before the pilot diverted the flight. The Boeing 737 is said to have landed in Faro, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, so the smelly man could be taken off the flight.
7. In 2015, sheep farts forced a Malaysia-bound flight to make an emergency landing
A rather unusual event occurred in 2015 when a plane carrying 2,186 goats landed unexpectedly. The Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 cargo plane was en route from Adelaide, Australia, to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when an urgent announcement prompted its diversion to Bali Denpasar on October 26, 2015.
This extraordinary incident occurred due to the flatulence of goats in the cargo hold, which set off smoke alarms. Upon landing, emergency services investigated the situation but found no evidence of fire, heat or smoke, leaving everyone somewhat bewildered by the peculiar turn of events.
8. Pilot makes an emergency landing after a fight breaks out over the passenger’s continued flatulence
In 2018, a Transavia Airlines flight traveling from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol made an emergency landing due to a fight that broke out when two passengers asked a fellow passenger to stop his persistent flatulence, according to multiple reports. The two individuals claimed they were ignored after asking the passenger to stop. A dispute ensued when they asked the flight crew for help and did not receive the desired response. Despite the pilot’s warnings, the situation persisted and eventually led to the decision to make an emergency landing at Vienna airport, as reported by the New York Post and the British newspaper Metro.
9. A hungry passenger creates a stir and boards the food cart.
A passenger’s disruptive behavior forced the plane to make an emergency landing. The individual in question reportedly climbed onto the food cart in the hallway. The passenger, seated next to his brother during the IndiGo flight from Dubai to Kozhikode, India, remained perched on the tram until the flight staff intervened and asked him to disembark.
This action further incited his agitation, leading to an altercation with his brother. An airline spokesperson revealed that he jumped into the cart and took refuge among the snacks and merchandise just before the plane landed. The bizarre incident prompted the pilot to divert the plane to Mumbai, where law enforcement officers escorted the individual off the plane.
10. Woman singing Whitney Houston songs forces an American Airlines flight to make an emergency landing
In 2013, American Airlines Flight 4, en route from Los Angeles to New York’s JFK Airport, landed unexpectedly in Kansas City due to a disruptive female passenger. She had persistently sung Whitney Houston songs, which caused the deviation. Local television station KCTV captured the moment when at least two uniformed officers escorted her off the plane, as she continued singing “I Will Always Love You.” As airport spokesman Joe McBride confirmed, the disruption resulted in her being detained by a federal air marshal.
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Source: vtt.edu.vn