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December Fools??
Steph Curry says he got you all GOOD … ‘cause the Warriors superstar says he never actually thought the United States didn’t land on the moon — tellin’ ESPN he was just kiddin’ around!!!
“Obviously I was joking when I was...
Steph Curry On Moon Landing ... I Was Kidding!!!
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Thursday, December 13, 2018
Steph Curry On Moon Landing ... I Was Kidding!!!
Steph Curry On Moon Landing ... I Was Kidding!!!
Breaking News
December Fools??
Steph Curry says he got you all GOOD … ‘cause the Warriors superstar says he never actually thought the United States didn’t land on the moon — tellin’ ESPN he was just kiddin’ around!!!
“Obviously I was joking when I was...
Steph Curry On Moon Landing ... I Was Kidding!!!
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
NASA to Steph Curry Moon Landing Really Happened ... Check Out Our Rocks!!
Breaking News
Steph Curry thinks the moon landing was a big hoax … and now NASA wants to turn the NBA superstar into a believer … giving him a personal invite to tour all the evidence that proves it all happened.
The Warriors All-Star and his teammates revealed their skepticism on...
NASA to Steph Curry Moon Landing Really Happened ... Check Out Our Rocks!!
NASA to Steph Curry Moon Landing Really Happened ... Check Out Our Rocks!!
Breaking News
Steph Curry thinks the moon landing was a big hoax … and now NASA wants to turn the NBA superstar into a believer … giving him a personal invite to tour all the evidence that proves it all happened.
The Warriors All-Star and his teammates revealed their skepticism on...
NASA to Steph Curry Moon Landing Really Happened ... Check Out Our Rocks!!
Friday, November 9, 2018
Kim Kardashian West Flies Over Wildfires, Evacuates Right After Landing
Kim Kardashian West and her family are fleeing California’s latest devastating wildfires — but she got an overhead view of the massive inferno before she left. Kim’s flight back to L.A. Thursday night went right over the Woolsey fire which is…
Monday, October 22, 2018
Southwest Flight Makes Emergency Landing Due to Non-Consensual Footsie
One of the many stresses of flying is that you don’t know if you’ll be seated beside a normal person, a talker, or maybe some creep masturbating on a Southwest flight.
We hate to refer to this airline incident as non-consensual footsie, but we’re at a loss as to what else to call this creepy assault.
After a man started rubbing his feet upon his neighbor’s and refused to stop, things escalated — and the plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
Justin Brafford is a 29-year-old man from Texas.
He is now facing charges for simple assault and for intimidating a flight crew on his Southwest flight from Los Angeles to Dallas.
This began with, as we mentioned, non-consensual footsie as he allegedly rubbed his feet against those of the woman beside him.
Unfortunately, this peak horror scenario was only the beginning of the nightmare that forced a Southwest flight to make an emergency landing.
Not satisfied by merely using his feet to make her life a living hell, he also began verbal harassment.
It sounds like she tried to weather this assault — and let’s be clear, rubbing your foot against someone without their permission is assault.
But when he allegedly warned her “don’t f–k with me,” she was able to persuade a flight attendant to allow her to change seats.
That should have been the end of her story of the worst flight of her life, right?
Well, Brafford then got up and confronted her at her new seat, apparently offended that he didn’t appreciate his unwanted attention.
Flight attendants tried to intervene and persuade him to return to his seat.
They were unsuccessful.
Brafford is said to have then launched into an expletive-laden rant aimed primarily at the woman who had fled from his assault.
Apparently whatever he was saying was not only foul, but alarming.
(And, to be fair, his erratic behavior — far beyond what you’d expect from a run-of-the-mill creep who thought he could exploit social norms to cop a feel — was also alarming)
The flight crew alerted the pilot, and the plane was forced to divert and make an emergency landing in Albuquerque.
Brafford was then escorted from the plane.
That whole incident sounds deeply harrowing and seems beyond explanation.
But police say that they know why it happened.
Authorities say that Brafford was high on methamphetamines.
We don’t mean that he was a little wired — reports say that he believed that he was hearing “calls” from God while on the illicit substances.
He had taken the methamphetamines the day before the flight, and he had apparently overdosed on heroin over the weekend.
If you’d planned on pairing that combo of drug experiences before boarding a flight, we’d advise against it.
Brafford is, of course, super in jail.
Our legal system may not make it easy for women to get justice when they are assaulted, but misbehavior on airplanes in a post-9/11 world does not go over well.
He could face as much as 20 years behind bars for his prolonged outburst.
He could also face a fine of as much as $ 250,000.
Messing with a flight crew is, after all, a federal offense.
We’re not normally in the business of feeling sorry for major, oligopolistic corporations. Or of airlines, for that matter.
But we kind of feel for Southwest here. It sounds to us like they responded in the best way possible, but their name is still all over this story.
Officials at Southwest have affirmed for the bajillionth time that their first priority is the safety and comfort of their passengers.
The flight was then able to continue to Dallas without incident.
Monday, October 8, 2018
Elon Musk"s SpaceX Launches Rocket And Sticks The Landing in Major Milestone
Another milestone for Elon Musk, as the SpaceX CEO launched a satellite into space and successfully landed the rocket booster on solid ground at its California launch site in a visually stunning mission carried out over Los Angeles. The…
Monday, August 27, 2018
Ray J and Princess Love"s Private Plane Makes Emergency Landing
If Ray J had one wish, it might be for a private plane that actually works. Another week, another emergency landing for a private jet carrying celebs … this time, Ray J and Princess Love had their travel plans grounded. Ray J, Princess and…
Ray J and Princess Love"s Private Plane Makes Emergency Landing
If Ray J had one wish, it might be for a private plane that actually works. Another week, another emergency landing for a private jet carrying celebs … this time, Ray J and Princess Love had their travel plans grounded. Ray J, Princess and…
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Post Malone"s Thankful, Happy and in Party Mode After Emergency Plane Landing
Post Malone’s on cloud nine and beyond appreciative of the people who kept him safe during a frightening flight … and now he’s ready to party. We got the rapper shortly after his plane made an emergency landing at the Stewart International…
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Post Malone"s Private Plane Circling for Emergency Landing After Tires Blow
Post Malone is currently onboard a plane that’s set to perform an emergency landing after two of the plane’s tires allegedly blew out after takeoff. Malone and his team left from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey Tuesday headed to London. A law…
Friday, June 1, 2018
Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Man"s Body Odor Sickens Passengers
Flying in an airplane is rarely fun. But sometimes, it can be downright unbearable.
While most people would consider sitting near a bad-smelling passenger to be bad enough, unpleasant body odor isn’t usually enough to land a plane.
But that is just what happened here, as one person’s foul odor was enough to sicken others and force the plane to land.
Transavia may sound like the name of an all-naturla sugar substitute, but it is a Dutch budget airline.
Unfortunately, one Transavia flight from the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, a fairly common vacation destination in Europe, was besieged by a foul odor.
Reportedly, passengers complained of an “unbearable” smell, which they blamed upon an “unwashed” man onboard.
The alleged olfactory assault was so severe that some passengers reportedly became ill.
Once the flight took off from the Las Palmas airport, some people’s reactions were so severe that they were fainting or vomiting.
Gross.
One Belgian passenger named Piet van Haut reported that:
“It was a huge stench.”
It certainly sounds like it.
“The man was sitting on the last row of the plane.”
Nonetheless, it sounds like many passengers were impacted.
“And it smelled like he hadn’t washed for weeks.”
Horrific. Unimaginable.
Apparently, after several passengers grew ill from the relentless assault upon their senses, airline staff asked the man to confine himself to the bathroom.
That was not enough to mitigate the damage, unfortunately.
The plane was headed for Amsterdam in the Netherlands, but had to make an emergency stop in Portugal, at Faro Airport.
It was then that the man was ushered off of the plane.
He was then placed on a bus by medical personnel.
In a statement from Transavia, it was said that the emergency stop was made for “medical” reasons.
Many people immediately wondered if perhaps the odor arose from something other than poor hygiene. Perhaps this poor man was suffering an illness that created a powerful and noxious body odor.
Diabetes, thyroid issues, and dysfunction in the kidneys or liver can lead to different and unpleasant body odor that can be difficult to mask.
There is another medical possibility: a mutation known as trimethylaminuria.
Trimethylamine is the chemical compound responsible for giving fish their “fishy odor.”
People with trimethylaminuria, which is extremely rare, are unable to break down that compound. This causes it to build up in their systems.
We don’t know what kind of bad smell drove these passengers to their limits. If what they were smelling was similar to fish emulsion, this could be the answer.
But obviously, we don’t know.
Sometimes, people don’t smell too bad even when they smell a little “ripe.” But please, no matter your personal opinion, tell someone if they are about to go fly somewhere and their body odor is in any way detectable.
We feel so sorry for this poor man and for his fellow passengers.
None of them asked for this to happen.
And honestly? We feel sorry for Transavia. A lot of airlines get bad press, but it sounds like Transavia did all of the right things, here.
There are so many ways to ruin someone’s flight. Let’s all try to avoid being at fault.
Friday, May 4, 2018
Kevin Hart"s Private Jet Tire Exploded During Landing, "We"re Okay"
Kevin Hart had a very serious scare while landing in Boston for the 76ers game — when the tire on his private jet blew out as the plane touched down on the runway. Miraculously, the pilot was able to safely land the plane despite the tire…
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Southwest Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Window Breaks Mid-Flight
Southwest Airlines had to make another emergency landing when a window tore open during a flight from Chicago to Newark — but this time the plane got down without any fatalities. Flight 957 was diverted Wednesday to Cleveland after the window…
Southwest Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Window Breaks Mid-Flight
Southwest Airlines had to make another emergency landing when a window tore open during a flight from Chicago to Newark — but this time the plane got down without any fatalities. Flight 957 was diverted Wednesday to Cleveland after the window…
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Southwest Flight Makes Emergency Landing, Passenger Tweets CRAZY Details
WARNING TO ALL READERS:
You may not want to read the rest of this post if you ever want to fly in an airplane ever again…
On Tuesday afternoon, a Southwest Airlines flight en route from LaGuardia Airport in New York to Dallas made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after one of the engines blew and a passenger got nearly sucked out of a window as a result.
As confirmed by a map via FlightAware, Southwest Flight 1380 was headed west/southwest when it took a sharp turn east, back towards Philadelphia.
Accounts from passengers on board have confirmed that an engine on the left side of the plane exploded mid-flight, causing shrapnel to fly across the aisle.
Incredibly, only one person was injured from the blast and he/she was tended to by medical personnel aboard the aircraft.
“We are aware that Southwest flight #1380 from New York La Guardia (LGA) to Dallas Love Field (DAL) has diverted to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL),” said Southwest in a statement, adding:
“We are in the process of transporting Customers and Crew into the terminal. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, has 143 Customers and five Crewmembers onboard.
“We are in the process of gathering more information.
“Safety is always our top priority at Southwest Airlines, and we are working diligently to support our Customers and Crews at this time.”
As news continues to break regarding exactly what happened, passengers have started to share photos from the plane on social media.
For example, Kristopher Johnson snapped the picture below and shared it to Twitter, thanking the Southwest crew “for a great job getting us to the ground safely after losing in engine.”
Marty Martinez, meanwhile, shared a Facebook live video that depicts him with an oxygen mask on.
“Something is wrong with our plane! It appears we are going down! Emergency landing!!” he says in the footage.
Martinez later talked to CBS News after the plane had landed in Philadelphia, explaining something went wrong about a half hour into the trip.
“All of a sudden, we heard an explosion and I come to find out that the engine exploded on the left side of the plane,” he said.
“That explosion caused one of the windows to explode in row 17 of the plane, which was just two aisles over from me.”
Added Martinez:
“I thought I was cataloging the last moments of my existence. It was absolutely terrifying.”
Then there was Todd Baur, the father of one passenger onboard, who told NBC Philadelphia that a woman was nearly sucked out of the broken window.
She “was partially … was drawn out towards the out of the plane” and “was pulled back in by other passengers,” Baur said, adding that she was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Philadelphia Airport has Tweeted that passengers should expect delays following an order (since lifted) from the Federal Aviation Administration that had been preventing flights en route to Philadelphia from taking off.
Crazy, right?
While this near-catastrophe might scare some folks away some flying, it may actually encourage others to feel even safer in the sky.
After all… an engine actually blew up and the plane was still able to land safely, with no fatalities.
Pretty amazing, no?
UPDATE: The FAA has issued its statement on what happened to Southwest flight 1380.
It reads as follows:
Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 landed at Philadelphia International Airport this morning after the crew reported damage to one of the aircraft’s engines, as well as the fuselage and at least one window.
The aircraft, which departed from New York LaGuardia Airport, diverted to Philadelphia, where it landed at 11:20 a.m. Eastern.
Passengers exited the aircraft using air stairs. Please contact local emergency response officials for information on the condition of the passengers.
The FAA is investigating the incident and the National Transportation Safety Board has been notified. The NTSB will be in charge of the investigation.
Monday, February 19, 2018
Flight Makes Emergency Landing Due to Passenger Who Won"t Stop Farting
Passenger 57?
More like Flatulence 57, folks!
Don’t worry. This genius joke will make a lot more sense in just a few moments…
According to multiple news outlets (who apparently lacked a lot of hard news to report on over the weekend), a Transavia Airlines pilot was forced to make an emergency landing on a flight from Dubai to Amsterdam Schiphol several days ago.
The reason for said emergency landing?
Two female passengers on board the plane continually asked another passenger to please stop passing gas.
When this third passenger refused to do so, a loud argument broke out and gave the pilot no choice but to quell the smelly chaos by cutting the trip short.
Following a warning from crew members that did not to prevent the farting or the subsequent fighting, the plane was diverted to Vienna Airport.
Police boarded the plane after it landed and removed two women and two men that the pilot reported as “passengers on the rampage,” Metro reports.
This publication adds that the two women were sisters and that authorities brought a dog on board as well, presumably because canines have an especially great senses of smell.
And we guess such an ability would come in handy during this sort of situation.
“We had no idea who these boys were, we just had the bad luck to be in the same row and we didn’t do anything,” said Nora Lacchab, one of the women.
She added:
“All I will say is that the crew were really provocative and stirred things up.”
She and her sibling are thinking about filing a lawsuit against the airline.
All four passengers were released from police custody without being charged.
However, all have been banned from flying Transavia Airlines ever again.
Said the company in a statement:
“Our crew must ensure a safe flight. When passengers pose risks, they immediately intervene. Our people are trained for that.
“They know very well where the boundaries are. Transavia is therefore square behind the cabin crew and the pilots.”
Makes sense to us.
The thing is, we still don’t know the name of the person who actually dealt the farts.
In our experience, however, it was likely the same person who smelt them.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Alex Rodriguez"s Private Jet Makes Emergency Landing
Alex Rodriguez’s private jet just made an emergency landing only minutes after leaving a runway in New Jersey. The multi-million dollar Gulfstream IV took off from Teterboro Airport Thursday morning, and the pilot declared an emergency shortly…
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Les Moonves Has Zero Interest in Landing the First O.J. Simpson Interview
Les Moonves has as much interest in landing the first O.J. Simpson interview as he does in having his tongue nailed to a table — ZERO. The CBS honcho was leaving Craig’s Tuesday night when we asked if he’s gunning for that first…
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Water Slide Guy Sticks Landing by Gliding Over Water! (VIDEO)
Call him the Usain Bolt of water parks — a guy in Jamaica stuck the most amazing water slide landing … in fact, it’s almost unbelievable! If you thought gliding over water went out of style about 2000 years ago, you gotta see what this guy…
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