Dramatic Flights News Today

A woman has described chaotic scenes at a UK airport - which saw her waiting more than four hours to get through security. 

A high-ranking member of India's police brass won over $2,000 in court because their Singapore Airlines business class seats on a flight would only manually recline and not do so automatically.

Dimming the lights during takeoff and landing on night flights might seem like a superfluous measure to facilitate passenger sleep. However, this peculiar protocol is enacted for a very important safety reason -- to help those on board see in case an emergency.

Thankfully they didn't join the mile high club. A passenger was horrified after witnessing two amorous travelers canoodle with each other for an entire airplane ride, as detailed in an X post with 21 million views.

A man who was allegedly aboard Delta flight 1192 when it was struck by lightning claimed that all hell broke loose — and that even the pilot was "white as a ghost." He detailed the alleged inflight fiasco in a post currently taking off on Reddit.

Southwest Flight 147 from Nashville to New York City flew off course on its final approach and had to be diverted to Baltimore after a close call with LaGuardia Airport's air traffic control tower.

A United Airlines flight abruptly turned around when a broken toilet sent contents of a waste tank flowing into the passenger cabin, according to a report.

Jonathan Yates had set off from Heathrow Airport in London with his longtime partner Sandra Craven, 51, for what they had hoped would be a “once in a lifetime” trip to celebrate his 50th birthday on Feb. 12.

Horndogs on a plane. For air hostess Suzanne Bucknam, there is nothing worse than travelers treating airplanes like love motels at 30,000 feet.

It was roughage landing. An alleged vegetarian passenger was left high and hangry after getting served a sandwich so skimpy that it seemingly wouldn't satisfy a grasshopper, per a post taking off on Reddit.