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A United flight diverted after a passenger's medical issue caused a 'biohazard' that made the crew vomit
United Airlines said the Boeing 737 was deep-cleaned after diverting. It eventually landed at its d…
Pete Syme
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American Airlines flight to Madrid diverted after bathroom overflows
American Airlines flight 36 was en route from Dallas Fort Worth Airport to Madrid on Wednesday nigh…
Tom Carter
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A flight from Cancún to Chicago diverted to Memphis after severe turbulence left several passengers injured
A United Airlines Boeing 737 diverted to Memphis after some passengers were injured by severe turbu…
Pete Syme
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United Airlines flight with 157 passengers got diverted to Ireland after a laptop became stuck in a business-class seat
A United Airlines Boeing 767 turned around over the Atlantic Ocean after a laptop got wedged in a b…
Pete Syme
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A United flight had to divert because a dog pooped in the aisle, and staff spent 2 hours cleaning it up
A Reddit user said the ground crew spent over two hours trying to clean the carpet with paper towel…
Pete Syme
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A United flight was diverted after passengers spotted that parts of the plane wing were chipped
"I was just going to pray that we made it to the other side of the turbulence," Kevin Clarke, a pas…
Marielle Descalsota
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A United Airlines flight from Denver to London diverted to Chicago after a crack was discovered in the Boeing 787's windshield
This is the latest in a series of safety issues that have seen United Airlines come under increased…
Pete Syme
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7 taken to hospital after 'severe turbulence' on Newark-bound United Airlines flight
The aircraft was diverted to New York Stewart International Airport after it was buffeted by high w…
Nathan Rennolds
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A United Airlines flight was diverted to San Francisco after a passenger made a bomb threat, official says
SFO's duty manager said someone on the flight from LA to Vancouver made some sort of bomb threat, A…
Polly Thompson
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A United Airlines flight had to turn around after one of the toilets started leaking into the cabin, report says
Passengers on the transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to San Francisco said the toilet's contents l…
Pete Syme
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See inside American Airlines' massive flight operations center, where it dispatches 6,000 flights every day
American's 149,000-square-foot operations center is responsible for moving nearly 6,000 flights and…
Taylor Rains
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United Airlines temporarily barred a woman from flying after she forced a flight to divert to Arizona, and videos show her arguing with flight attendants and passengers
The flight was diverted as the woman "refused to follow the flight attendant's instructions to retu…
Marielle Descalsota
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A flight bound for Florida was diverted after an adult diaper was mistaken for a bomb in the plane bathroom
"The Special Forces units activated the emergency protocol, and verified it turned out to be a disp…
Marielle Descalsota
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A first officer fainted during a flight to Lisbon. It's a reminder why commercial airplanes should always have 2 pilots.
An easyJet pilot fainted during a flight from London to Lisbon on Saturday. The incident shows why …
Mikhaila Friel
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A flight from England to Spain's Canary Islands had to be diverted for police to meet disruptive passengers, easyJet said
EasyJet told Insider in a statement that the September 29 flight was diverted "due to passengers be…
Natalie Musumeci
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A business-class passenger on a United flight threw a tantrum after finding out his meal choice was unavailable, forcing the airline to divert to Chicago
"Law enforcement met the aircraft at the gate and escorted the passenger off the plane," United Air…
Marielle Descalsota
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A Delta Air Lines flight had to turn around when 24 people needed medical attention after eating spoiled food
As a result, thousands of Delta Air Lines passengers were only offered a vegetarian meal on other i…
Pete Syme
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United's string of scary safety events likely has nothing to do with Boeing
While the 737 Max fallout has led to heightened scrutiny of Boeing planes, recent safety events at …
Taylor Rains
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A Delta Air Lines plane was forced to U-turn because of a passenger's diarrhea. Here are 6 other unusual reasons that can delay or divert a flight.
In 2016, one British Airways flight turned around simply because passengers thought they were smell…
Matthew Loh
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Passengers say they were stuck in a 'boiling' hot plane for over 2 hours after their flight didn't have room to land and got diverted 300 miles away
Jet2 passenger Michael Webster told Manchester Evening News the "boiling" hot plane was "awful" and…