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Air rage is aggressive or violent behavior on the part of passengers and crew of aircraft, especially during flight. [1] [2] Air rage generally covers both behavior of a passenger or crew member that is likely caused by physiological or psychological stresses associated with air travel, [3] and when a passenger or crew member becomes unruly, angry, or violent on an aircraft during a flight. [4]
On December 23, 1964, 22-year-old musician Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys was to accompany his bandmates on a two-week U.S. concert tour, but while on a flight from Los Angeles to Houston, suffered his first nervous breakdown. Five minutes after the plane had taken off, Wilson placed a pillow over his face and began crying and shouting.
A family on a Delta Air Lines flight was removed from an aircraft and threatened with jail time and the loss of custody of their children for not surrendering a seat that they had originally purchased for their teenage son, who was not on the flight, but instead used for their 2-year-old child. After a video recording of the incident went viral ...
A new analysis from the International Air Transport Assn. showed that unruly-passenger incidents occurred on 1 in 568 flights in 2022. Physical abuse incidents, while rare, increased 61% year over ...
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Research estimates that over half of child sexual abuse offenses in the United States are committed by perpetrators under the age of 18. [12] However, child-on-child sexual abuse frequently goes unreported because it is not widely known about by the public, [2] and often occurs outside of adults' supervision.
December 8, 2005 (): Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, a 737-700, skidded off a runway upon landing at Chicago Midway International Airport in heavy snow conditions. A six-year-old boy died in a car struck by the airliner after it skidded into a street. People on board the aircraft and on the ground reported several minor injuries.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg weighs in on unruly passengers taking flights.