A 12-year-old girl with a peanut allergy was thrown off the plane with her family at Gatwick Airport after the captain refused to ask passengers not to eat nuts for her safety. Speaking to The Telegraph, Nick Sollom, 48, said he, his wife and two children were kicked off a SunExpress flight after he asked… Read More »
Cabin crew are specially trained to deal with unruly passengers on board – Getty In-cab fights seem to be in the newspapers almost every week. In February 2024 alone, two well-publicized fights broke out on Ryanair flights between Edinburgh and Tenerife. Air rage is officially on the rise: the number of unruly passenger incidents on… Read More »
Modern aircraft manufacturers comply with strict safety standards that help make evacuations as safe and fast as possible – Alamy Many of us flying home from Christmas break this week will likely be paying more attention to the safety video following the textbook evacuation of the Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900, which caught fire while landing… Read More »
Research shows the long-term health of cabin crew may be affected by exposure to polluted air on commercial flights – Getty In the early 2000s, Tristan Loraine was a fitness-obsessed airline captain with a penchant for marathons. However, as his health deteriorated, he began to ask questions about the career he loved so much. “I… Read More »