40 articles
News
1 dead, 71 injured as Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence
A Singapore Airlines passenger has died and 71 others were injured after the plane encountered extreme turbulence during a flight from Londo...
Michelle De Pacina
Business
Chinese American passenger sues United Airlines for $100K over lunchbox dispute
A Chinese American passenger is suing United Airlines, claiming he was discriminated against by a flight attendant. A passenger’s legal dema...
Ryan General
Author gets kicked off WestJet flight due to excessive bathroom use
Author Joanna Chiu expressed frustration online after being removed from a WestJet flight from Mexico to Vancouver due to excessive bathroom...
Japan
Japan Airlines named the world’s best airline, pushing Singapore Airlines to 2nd place
Japan Airlines has been named the best airline in the world. About the index: Earlier this month, luggage storage company Bounce published i...
Isa Peralta
Entertainment
‘All aboard the Mugen plane’: ‘Demon Slayer’-themed planes take off in Japan
A travel website recently showed what it was like to board All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) special “Demon Slayer”-themed airplanes. See for yourse...
Bryan Ke
Asia
Remembering Asiana Airlines Flight 214: The 1st fatal crash of a Boeing 777 10 years later
Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of the fatal crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214, an accident that killed three people and left almost...
Woman filmed screaming at Chinese flight attendants for not speaking Japanese
A Japanese woman has received online criticism after a video of her screaming at China Airlines flight attendants went viral. About the inc...
Iris Jung
Crime
Video captures terror as Asiana Airlines flight passenger opens plane door mid-air
A man in his 30s was arrested for opening an airplane’s emergency door in mid-air on an Asiana flight in South Korea. On Friday, Asiana Air...
Social Media
Southwest flight delayed as attendant loses it over ‘some kind of Asian fried rice’
A Southwest Airlines flight from Atlanta to Houston was purportedly delayed for an hour due to spilled rice. On April 15, flight attendants ...
Student arrested after urinating on fellow passenger mid-flight from NYC to India
The Indian police have started filing a case against the college student who allegedly peed on another passenger during an American Airlines...
Man surprises his mom with luxurious Singapore Airlines Suites cabin upgrade in viral TikTok
An Indonesian man went viral this month for upgrading his mother’s business class seat to a Singapore Airlines Suites cabin. On Jan. 5, TikT...
Videos show aftermath of Hawaiian Airlines flight turbulence that injured 36
En route from Phoenix to Honolulu, a Hawaiian Airlines flight encountered extreme turbulence that injured 36 passengers. The event occurre...
‘They treated me like I was a f*cking terrorist’: Pewdiepie says his worst flight experience happened in Malaysia
Swedish YouTuber Pewdiepie recently revealed in a CinnamonToastKen video that his worst flight experience happened in Malaysia. The clip, wh...
Corgis fly business class from SF to Singapore
Corgis Mindy and Peanut had the trip of a lifetime aboard a Singapore Airlines business class flight from San Francisco to Singapore. Thei...
Price of plane tickets to China have gone up as much as 1,000% since pre-pandemic, report reveals
Travelers interested in visiting China may have to spend thousands of dollars on economy-class plane tickets, according to a new report pub...
Editorial Staff
An Air India flight attendant is winning hearts for how he handled a crying baby mid-flight
Air India flight attendant Neil Malkam earned online praise for consoling a crying toddler mid-flight. The child’s father, Jeevan Venkates...
China
Chinese rescue teams struggle to find flight MU-5735’s second black box, which recorded flight data
Since China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 crashed on Monday, rescuers have found no survivors among the 132 people on board. The search par...
Video of China plane carrying 132 passengers shows nosedive before mountain crash
A China Eastern Airlines jet crashed into a mountain in southern China on Monday afternoon. The aircraft reportedly carried 132 people, in...
Carl Samson
Viral
‘Don’t Accept the Voucher’: Former Flight Attendant Becomes TikTok Star With Useful Travel Tips
A former flight attendant is gaining a huge following on TikTok for sharing amusing content that sheds light on her previous occupation. @je...
Mom Gives Birth to Baby Boy on Flight in India With Help From Passenger and Flight Crew
A woman received a warm welcome and a small celebration after she successfully gave birth to her son while aboard a Delhi-Bengaluru IndiGo f...
Politics
Andrew Yang Flies Coach Like the Rest of Us Normal People
Andrew Yang just proved to the world that even though he is running for president in 2020, he is still like each and every one of us when tr...
This Airplane Could Take You From L.A. to Tokyo in 2 Hours
Scientists and engineers are now developing hypersonic airliners that could drastically decrease the time of long international flights. Wi...
Leanna Chan
Instagram
China Airlines Ad Goes Viral With Controversial Themes
A new ad from China Airlines has become a hit for featuring some uncanny relatable experiences for travelers. Centered on the theme #WhatTr...
Two Teens Flying Alone Reportedly Kicked Off a Delta Flight Because of Their Peanut Allergy
Two unaccompanied 15 and 16-year-old teen boys were recently kicked off a Delta flight after the eldest of the two told attendants that he h...
Air India Orders Crew to Shout ‘Hail India’ After Every Announcement
Air India, the country’s flag carrier, has demanded all crew members to shout “Hail India” after every in-flight announcement. The directive...
Fan Discovers She’s Sitting Next to Timothée Chalamet on Flight and Reports Everything to Twitter
A Twitter user had an eventful flight after she realized that the passenger next to her was French-American actor Timothée Chalamet. About 3...
American Passenger Orders Taiwanese Flight Attendants to Wipe His Butt After Defecating
A female chief purser and her crew of flight attendants at Taiwanese international airline EVA Air were reportedly left traumatized after an...
Travel
Cathay Pacific Mistakenly Offers $16,000 First Class Tickets for $1,600, Will Still Honor Prices
Cathay Pacific Airways has made another human error in some of their first-class tickets and offered one-tenth of the price for its flight f...
Woman Gets Entire Flight to Herself on Philippine Airlines
This is the rare moment a passenger found herself flying solo on a commercial plane in the Philippines. Louisa Erispe was expecting an ordin...
Plane Passengers in India Bleed From the Ears, Nose After Crew Forgets About Cabin Pressure
Thirty passengers on a Jet Airways flight had a bloodbath of a trip after crew members forgot to maintain pressure inside the aircraft. The ...
Sichuan Airlines Co-pilot Sucked Halfway Out of Cockpit After Windshield Shatters During Flight
A co-pilot of Sichuan Airlines was sucked halfway out of an aircraft’s cockpit after its right windshield was blown off at an altitude of 30...
Chinese Plane Passenger Opens Emergency Door Because He ‘Wanted Fresh Air’
A plane passenger from China got himself arrested after opening the plane’s emergency door before take-off because he allegedly wanted to ge...
Chinese Company Purchases Two Boeing 747s Off Taobao for Just $48 Million
Popular Chinese online shopping site Taobao has some strange items on sale such as portable flame throwers, but now they can add airbuses to...
Kyle Encina
Woman Detained For 3 Days For Using Phone During Flight in China
Another passenger was detained on October 2 for using her phone on a flight to Hangzhou on its way to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport...
Civil Rights
United Will Not Be Punished For the Dragging of David Dao Off Plane, Federal Officials Say
Federal officials have announced that they will not be punishing United Airlines for the dragging incident involving Dr. David Dao, accordin...
Heather Johnson Yu
Men Jailed for 2 Years For Assaulting Staff After Refusing to Leave First-Class on Flight in China
Two Chinese men have found themselves behind bars a year after starting a brawl in a Hainan Airlines plane’s first class cabin. The incident...
Don’t miss out on the latest news by signing up for Sharkbites.