Airline (public relations) Disasters
Yes, you will have to be more “svelte” since “we are not relaxing our standards”. Oh, and another thing. The company will soon be out of cash and unable to pay staff. Welcome back! Below story from www.adelaidenow.com.au Air India…
Pilot of crashed plane was asleep for more than half the flight The pilot at the controls of an Indian jet that crashed earlier this year, killing 158 passengers, had slept for more than half the flight and only drowsily…
Ryanair passengers stage four hour plane sit in after flight is diverted Over 100 angry passengers refused to leave a Ryanair flight for four hours after it was diverted from France to Belgium leading aircrew to switch off the lights…
London Express reports that rocker Alice Cooper arrived in London but may need a transfusion and limbs replaced, thanks to British Airways losing luggage. Alice Cooper is aghast after his fake blood was misplaced on route to the UK. As the…
You cannot make this stuff up. Below from actual court documents………. SMITH v. AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. KERSAUNDRA SMITH, Plaintiff,v.AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC., Defendant. Case No. 3:09-cv-582-J-32TEM. United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Jacksonville Division. October 12, 2010. ORDER TIMOTHY J. CORRIGAN,…
Farmer forced to burn £8,000 worth of crops after ‘aeroplane scatters human waste across 25 acres of land’ The Daily Mail Recorder UK A farmer was ordered to burn £8,000 worth of crops after human waste was found strewn across…
Passengers Forced to Stand During 5 Hour Flight Airline Says The Flight Was Overbooked KTLA News 5:25 PM PDT, September 30, 2010 MOSCOW — Six passengers on a crowded jet had to stand for most of a five-hour flight According…
Pilot sentenced for marketing drug-masking product By Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A former commercial airline pilot was sentenced to nine months in prison this morning for selling a product online designed to mask drugs in a person’s urine to…
Be sure to click the link at the very bottom for an earlier story about how the kids were cared for by good Samaritan vacationers and hotel staff. Jessie (14) and brother Dan Molitor (17) were on vacation in Hawaii…
We’re about to crash, jet passengers told in error ‘They said the pilot hit the wrong button’ LONDON — British Airways apologized on Friday after a crew member mistakenly played an emergency message warning Hong Kong-bound passengers that the plane…
Ex-Delta Flight Attendant Wants Job Back By George Franco, MyFoxAtlanta.com ATLANTA – A former Delta flight attendant was busted in Indianapolis with a gun in a carry-on bag. Amber Robillard talked about her ordeal Thursday and said she hopes to…
New Express Seats on American Airlines. Pay a fee for the early ‘board’ special! American Airlines new ‘Express Seats’ are similar to United’s ‘Economy Plus’, only without the ‘plus’. But you still pay a fee. Yes, even without the plus.…