A flight attendant is peeling back the curtain in the cabin. Sille Rydell, known as Travel with SilleRydell on social media, is a flight attendant who’s worked in aviation for six years. She posts tons of flying and travel hacks across TikTok and Instagram to help passengers have a better experience. Each Tuesday, a new … Read more
An American Airlines flight departed from St. Louis Lambert International Airport on Oct. 17, bound for Philadelphia, before turning back to the airport. Gary Leff, a Texas-based aviation expert who founded the blog “View from the Wing,” told Fox News Digital that engine oil entering an aircraft’s air supply could potentially explain the odor, although … Read more
The mystery of Amelia Earhart’s long-lost aircraft may finally be solved — as researchers believe searchers spent nearly nine decades looking in the wrong place. A 17-member team from Purdue University and the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) has launched a high-stakes expedition to Nikumaroro, a remote South Pacific atoll overrun by massive, three-foot land crabs. … Read more
A major international airport is facing mounting scrutiny after investigators released preliminary findings into a series of runway incidents and near-collisions. The incidents, which involved passenger aircraft, all occurred at Sydney Airport during the past three months. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released preliminary reports on Sept. 30. The incidents began July 27, when a Qantas … Read more
Frightening footage captured the dramatic moment that passengers screamed in terror as the plane appeared to fall apart during a flight across Iran. The Sepehran Airlines flight had been slated to fly from Mashhad to Kermanshah on September 15, Jam Press reported. However, disaster struck shortly after takeoff, when the Boeing 737 suffered a mechanical … Read more
An aisle seat could get you advice about walking down the aisle. Earlier this month, Denver bride-to-be Maya Lorimer was headed to her bachelorette party on a Southwest Airlines flight. When the flight attendant began making an announcement, Lorimer assumed it was about a delay. Instead, it was about Lorimer’s imminent marriage to Colorado finance … Read more
Was it looking for carrion luggage? A Ryanair flight out of Greece was delayed after an unexpected passenger — a giant flesh-eating vulture — landed on the aircraft and refused to budge. The plane had reportedly been prepping to depart Crete on August 16, when the super-sized scavenger alighted on the tail fin, the Greek … Read more
They were on a no-airline. Ryanair passengers allegedly passed out and vomited after being trapped for over an hour aboard a scorching airplane without air conditioning. “The whole situation makes me feel extremely angry,” fly-witness Eva Gregory, 16, told Jam Press of the uncool predicament, which occurred Monday on flight FR7268 from Malta to Birmingham, … Read more
As parents, we all know that flying with kids, toddlers, and babies is not fun. The anxiety and stress parents feel while boarding is immense, regardless of the age of their children. Charlotte Heinrich Freeman recently learned that the hard way while traveling with her two children: her toddler daughter, Mimi, and her son, Freddie, … Read more
Researchers are gearing up to resume their search for Amelia Earhart’s lost plane in the Pacific Ocean after setbacks delayed the search. Purdue University officials said in a recent statement that researchers will travel to Nikumaroro Island in the Pacific to investigate the Taraia Object, a satellite-imaged anomaly believed by some to be Earhart’s lost Lockheed Electra. The expedition, … Read more
Bye-bye boarding lines. The sharing of posh private jets among travelers has soared to record heights in the US as many residents are getting wealthier and turning up their noses at commercial flying. While owning a plane is still impractical for many flyers — with prices for a new small jet starting around $14 million … Read more
She’s stretching the boundaries of airplane etiquette. A fitness influencer is getting flamed for doing yoga during her flight in the aisle while other passengers attempted to sit quietly and ignore her. Rosa.Adventures posted clips of her doing stretches, headstands, squats and front walkovers mid-flight, captioning it, “Whether I’m on land or 35,000 feet in … Read more
Look the other way. While most plane passengers usually get pissed off at snoring seatmates and crying babies, on one particular flight, flyers had a totally different bone to pick, having to do with a little pooch. In a short clip shared on X (formerly Twitter), a small dog is comfortably sitting on its owner’s … Read more
These Knicks fans are flying high — very, very high. As the New York Knicks secured the Game 4 comeback win in the NBA Finals on OG Anunoby’s miraculous put-back shot with 1.2 seconds, you may have heard distant screams from 30,000 feet. After Wednesday’s history-making victory over the San Antonio Spurs, a viral video … Read more
He took stupidity to the maxx. An Australian “looksmaxxing” influencer named Ronan Androgenic was kicked off a Jetstar flight home after flight attendants claimed he looked “ill” following surgery in Thailand. The cosmetic jet-setter detailed his jettisoning in a TikTok video with over 1 million views. “When some jesters are actively f–king with my conscious … Read more
Forget snakes on a plane — this flight came with its own haunted-house fog machine. One traveler was left spooked recently when her plane cabin filled with fog so dense it looked like a scene ripped from a slasher flick. TikTokker Giselle (@giselleinmotion) was flying from Bali’s Denpasar Airport to Melbourne, Australia, when the Jetstar … Read more
A Delta Air Lines flight passenger was removed from a plane in Miami after refusing to end a phone call before takeoff, causing a delay and enraging other travelers. The incident happened Monday on a flight from Miami to Atlanta, the airline confirmed to Fox News Digital. Crew members repeatedly told the passenger to hang up while … Read more
Shocking photos show the horrific damage a plane sustained after flying into a severe hailstorm that forced the captain to abort the flight. The Airbus A320 had departed Poland’s Katowice-Pyrzowice Airport on April 21 and was en route to an undisclosed location when the aircraft encountered a violent thunderstorm. The pilot attempted to circumvent the … Read more
Seat upgrade. In an increasingly expensive, tiresome, and joyless travel environment, the chance to spend a long flight absorbed in a movie remains an enduring treat. Now, an entertainment company promises to take the in-seat viewing experience to new heights and immersive depths. Entertainment system company RAVE Aerospace and plane seating expert Safran Seats have … Read more
They weren’t having an Easy time taking off. EasyJet crewmembers raised eyebrows after requesting that five passengers disembark a flight because the aircraft was too heavy to take off. Five passengers got off an EasyJet flight after crew members announced that the plane was too heavy to take off. AFP via Getty Images The incident … Read more