Qantas flight bound for US turns back after mid-air medical emergency

Qantas flight bound for US turns back after mid-air medical emergency

A Qantas plane bound for the US has been forced to turned back mid-flight after a medical emergency on-board. Flight QF7, en route to Dallas, Texas, had been in the air for approximately four hours when it diverted over the North Fiji Basin, before beginning its journey back to Sydney Airport. Australian Olympic diver Sam … Read more

Terrified passengers ‘flew out of their seats’ during dramatic Southwest nosedive to avoid mid-air crash

Terrified passengers ‘flew out of their seats’ during dramatic Southwest nosedive to avoid mid-air crash

Passengers aboard Southwest flight 1496 from Burbank, California to Las Vegas, Nevada, experienced a frightening few seconds when the aircraft took a sudden nosedive to avoid a midair collision shortly after takeoff. The dramatic maneuver caused passengers to fly up out of their seats and into the ceiling as children and adults screamed, fearing the worst. Two … Read more

Katy Perry left dangling midair after stage malfunction during show

Katy Perry left dangling midair after stage malfunction during show

Katy Perry’s over-the-top performance took a scary turn on Friday night.  During her concert in San Francisco, video taken by a fan showed the pop superstar flying over the audience on a massive butterfly prop when it malfunctioned mid-performance.  The prop dropped suddenly, jerking Perry and causing her to cling onto it as it continued moving above the … Read more

Passengers forced to ‘hold the plane together’ after mid-air malfunction: ‘It was crazy’

Passengers forced to ‘hold the plane together’ after mid-air malfunction: ‘It was crazy’

These vacationers really raised the roof — but, no, they weren’t partying.  Freaked-out air travelers were forced to hold up the roof of a plane after its interior suddenly caved in during a recent trip from Atlanta to Chicago on April 14. “My homie was on a Delta flight and the ceiling collapsed,” claimed content creator Lucas … Read more

Dwayne Johnson’s $65M private jet suffers mid-air ‘mechanical issue’

Dwayne Johnson’s M private jet suffers mid-air ‘mechanical issue’

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s private jet suffered a serious mechanical issue that forced him to make an emergency landing and pull the plug on his trip. The Hollywood actor, 52, was on a flight from Hawaii to Houston, Texas, for the opening of the United Football League’s second season when his $65 million Gulfstream G650 … Read more

Passengers clash over reclined seat in mid-air rumble aboard flight

Passengers clash over reclined seat in mid-air rumble aboard flight

Fight or flight? Footage captured the dramatic moment that two male passengers clashed during a wild inflight rumble over a reclined seat. The mid-air kerfuffle kicked off Saturday during a Jetstar Airways flight from Bali, Indonesia to Melbourne, Australia, Jam Press reported. A man in a baseball cap (pictured) attempts to grab the other. Jam … Read more

Passengers panic as American Airlines flight ‘floods’ in midair: ‘New fear unlocked’

Passengers panic as American Airlines flight ‘floods’ in midair: ‘New fear unlocked’

Freaked-out flyers feared they’d “drown” 30,000 feet above the ground.  Cruising the friendly skies was just as wet as sailing the high seas for passengers on an American Airlines flight from Dallas, Texas, to Minneapolis, Minnesota on Dec. 7. as water began flooding the cabin midair. American Airlines did not immediately respond to The Post’s request … Read more

Shirtless man accused of pinning United flight attendant against ‘aircraft exit door’ in midair rampage

Shirtless man accused of pinning United flight attendant against ‘aircraft exit door’ in midair rampage

A Washington, D.C., man’s alleged bare-chested attack on a flight attendant led to passengers intervening in a midair assault, federal officials said. Kedus Yacob Damtew, 38, was aboard a United Airlines flight on June 12, 2024, from Houston to Newark, New Jersey, when he allegedly threatened and assaulted a flight attendant, according to a news … Read more

Boeing 737 passengers panic as oxygen masks accidentally deploy midair

Boeing 737 passengers panic as oxygen masks accidentally deploy midair

It took their breath away. As if Boeing planes weren’t plagued by enough problems of late: Passengers flew into a panic after oxygen masks deployed in their faces aboard a Boeing 737, as seen in a dramatic clip taking off online. The air scare occurred on Sunday, Aug. 2,5 onboard Air Algerie flight AH 1460 … Read more

Air travel is safer than ever — and ‘continues to get better’ — despite recent midair fiascos: MIT study

Air travel is safer than ever — and ‘continues to get better’ — despite recent midair fiascos: MIT study

Aviation researchers have reassured passengers that the likelihood of a deadly plane crash is just a blip on the radar. Despite some very visible and terrifying moments in the skies this year — most notably, a Boeing door plug blowing off an Air Alaska flight — commercial flying has never been safer, a new Massachusetts … Read more

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

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

Is the terror in the skies a bit overblown? The seemingly myriad of mid-air mishaps recently have made flying seem like playing Russian Roulette at 30,000 feet. Infamous recent examples have included the Alaska Airlines door disaster in March and Southwest Airlines’ near crash-landing just last week. However, experts have mixed opinions regarding whether it’s … Read more

Flight attendant reveals the mid-air sound you never want to hear

Flight attendant reveals the mid-air sound you never want to hear

Ding. Creak. Rattle. Whirr. There are a range of very normal noises passengers hear while flying, and now a flight attendant is attempting to demystify some of them. American cabin crew member Tommy Cimato posted on TikTok about the meaning behind different chime sounds passengers hear on-board planes in a video that’s been viewed more than 12 million times. … Read more