Inflight entertainment
A flight bound for Miami was delayed after a passenger allegedly undressed mid-flight and began engaging in “indecent” acts in full view of other travelers. The American Airlines aircraft had departed Baltimore/Washington International Airport at 8:46 p.m., according to flight-tracking website Flightaware, and landed at Miami International just after 11:30 p.m. on Friday — more than 90 minutes after its scheduled arrival time. Flight attendants alerted the cockpit crew of a disturbance involving a passenger near the front of the cabin, who had undressed completely and went on to engage in explicit acts. Data logs shared by aviation site AirLive detailed the lead flight attendant’s report that a female passenger in seat 9D “has taken off all her clothes and was seen by other passengers” and was apparently touching herself and behaving “in indecent manner.”
The message, according to the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS), stated that the incident was required to be reported to American Airlines’ Integrated Operations Center and that law enforcement should be requested. The flight managed to get to Miami without diverting and officers met the Airbus A319 at the gate, boarded the aircraft and took the unruly passenger into custody. It is unclear what measures cabin crew took during the flight to manage the disturbance or what prompted the passenger to allegedly strip down and behave in such a manner. Local authorities in Miami dressed the woman and were investigating the incident.
Meanwhile over the Atlantic
A British Airways flight attendant was caught with his pants down — literally — after he was reported missing mid-flight, then discovered naked and dancing in a business class bathroom. The frolicking flight attendant appeared to have vanished by the time meals were served on a flight from San Francisco to London, the U.K. Sun reported. His colleagues searched for him on the double-decker Airbus A380 — which had 470 passengers and crew on board — until one crew member discovered him in the Club World Cabin bathroom completely naked and dancing up a storm. The man, who his co-workers described as on a drug-fuelled bender, was given a spare pair of pajamas reserved for first-class passengers, then taken to the first-class cabin where he remained for the rest of the flight, according to the publication. (No duct tape was mentioned.)
London’s Metropolitan Police were waiting for the flight and the 41-year-old male employee was arrested upon landing in response to calls from cabin crew about the welfare of a man on board, He also received medical attention and was taken from the plane in a wheelchair. His irate co-worker colleagues complained that they were forced to work and feed the entire 470 passenger flight without breaks due to being a man down. “It was a long time before he was located and he was completely out of it,” one co-worker told the publication. “We think the guy popped pills when he was meant to be working,” they continued. “The plane was cruising at 37,000 feet over the Atlantic, but this bloke seemed to be higher than anyone else.” The steward was reportedly suspended from duties during the ongoing investigation, the Sun reported. British Airways had no additional details, with a spokesperson saying, “This is a matter for the police.”
Airline entertainment
Soon commercial airlines will be AI flights with only 1 man and a dog on the flight deck.
The man is there to feed the dog.
The dog is there to make sure the Man doesn’t touch anything.
Mick and Paddy on an airliner.
Mick and Paddy were on an airplane, and halfway through the flight, Mick spoke:
“Paddy, if this plane would turn upside down, do you think we’d fall out?”
And Paddy replied, “Nah, we’d still be mates.”
Rushing up to the Southwest Airlines ticket counter…
a man gasped, “Ma’am, please help me. I have to get to Los Angeles in the worst way!” The clerk calmly pointed to her right and said, “Sir, that would be Frontier.”
What did the football player say to the flight attendant?
Put me in coach.
September 16th Birthdays
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