*Pilot video showing just how close planes really fly is freaking out some travelers*
For those outside of aviation, the sky can feel like a wide expanse in which one has endless space to move, maneuver or even do tricks. The reality is actually that the altitude at which planes fly is a fairly narrow space through which thousands of planes move at any given time — data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that at peak hours there are over 5,400 planes over 5 million square miles of U.S. airspace. Prior to the summer of 2023, the FAA prepared for the busy travel period by reworking certain routes to fly higher than usual to "redistribute volume across all available airspace."Related: Many Airlines Will Be Flying Higher to Avoid In-Air Traffic To demonstrate just how close planes can get to each other on an average day, the pilot behind TikTok's @flyhigh738 account filmed a video from the cockpit showing another plane cruising past at high speed. @flyhigh738 #sky #pilot #pov #pilotpov #plane #fly #traffic #aviation #aircraft #airline #like #love ♬ Notice Me - Guchi & Loud Behaviour 'Beautiful, isn't it?' pilot says in viral video "When you travel by plane and think the sky is so big that you're alone up there but you're actually almost always flying so, so close to other planes..." the pilot of a commercial airline who posts videos from inside the plane to the anonymous account, says in the video. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane She specifies that the visible plane is approximately 1,000 feet or 300 meters from hers — this is the minimum vertical limit that planes must maintain from each other but, according to the pilot in the TikTok, are a very common occurrence in a crowded airspace. "As we're most of the time following standard airways [which are a] kind of motorways in the sky, we're only distant 1,000 feet or 300 meters from each other," the pilot says. "Beautiful, isn't it?"Pilots often turn to TikTok to dispel common myths about aviation The video clearly resonated with travelers who might not have realized or visualized just how close planes can really get to each other — it was viewed over a million times and received nearly 48,000 upvotes. "Been flying all of my life but the older I get, the more unnatural I think it is to fly through the air at 35,000 [feet] in a tube," one commenter named Tyler wrote. "Weird, I know." With the rise of TikTok, there has also been an explosion of pilots who dispel common flying fears and explain different aspects of aviation in layperson terms. Earlier this year, commercial pilot Kyle (many of them often keep their last name private in order to not associate their content with their employer) started posting short TikTok videos explaining common travel fears. After seeing a few take off, Kyle launched a "Dial A Pilot" program in which those with flying questions can pay $50 to spend 15 minutes chatting with a pilot. Traveler have been turning to it both to ask technical questions like "what causes turbulence?" and more psychological ones such as "how do I not fear flying?" The pilots who participate, in turn, use it to supplement their income and feel a closer connection to passengers that is not always possible when one is in the cockpit until the last passenger has left the plane.
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For those outside of aviation, the sky can feel like a wide expanse in which one has endless space to move, maneuver or even do tricks. The reality is actually that the altitude at which planes fly is a fairly narrow space through which thousands of planes move at any given time — data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that at peak hours there are over 5,400 planes over 5 million square miles of U.S. airspace. Prior to the summer of 2023, the FAA prepared for the busy travel period by reworking certain routes to fly higher than usual to "redistribute volume across all available airspace."Related: Many Airlines Will Be Flying Higher to Avoid In-Air Traffic To demonstrate just how close planes can get to each other on an average day, the pilot behind TikTok's @flyhigh738 account filmed a video from the cockpit showing another plane cruising past at high speed. @flyhigh738 #sky #pilot #pov #pilotpov #plane #fly #traffic #aviation #aircraft #airline #like #love ♬ Notice Me - Guchi & Loud Behaviour 'Beautiful, isn't it?' pilot says in viral video "When you travel by plane and think the sky is so big that you're alone up there but you're actually almost always flying so, so close to other planes..." the pilot of a commercial airline who posts videos from inside the plane to the anonymous account, says in the video. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane She specifies that the visible plane is approximately 1,000 feet or 300 meters from hers — this is the minimum vertical limit that planes must maintain from each other but, according to the pilot in the TikTok, are a very common occurrence in a crowded airspace. "As we're most of the time following standard airways [which are a] kind of motorways in the sky, we're only distant 1,000 feet or 300 meters from each other," the pilot says. "Beautiful, isn't it?"Pilots often turn to TikTok to dispel common myths about aviation The video clearly resonated with travelers who might not have realized or visualized just how close planes can really get to each other — it was viewed over a million times and received nearly 48,000 upvotes. "Been flying all of my life but the older I get, the more unnatural I think it is to fly through the air at 35,000 [feet] in a tube," one commenter named Tyler wrote. "Weird, I know." With the rise of TikTok, there has also been an explosion of pilots who dispel common flying fears and explain different aspects of aviation in layperson terms. Earlier this year, commercial pilot Kyle (many of them often keep their last name private in order to not associate their content with their employer) started posting short TikTok videos explaining common travel fears. After seeing a few take off, Kyle launched a "Dial A Pilot" program in which those with flying questions can pay $50 to spend 15 minutes chatting with a pilot. Traveler have been turning to it both to ask technical questions like "what causes turbulence?" and more psychological ones such as "how do I not fear flying?" The pilots who participate, in turn, use it to supplement their income and feel a closer connection to passengers that is not always possible when one is in the cockpit until the last passenger has left the plane.
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Pilot video showing just how close planes really fly is freaking out some travelers
The pilot behind TikTok's @flyhigh738 account posted a viral video from inside the cockpit.
Pilot video showing just how close planes really fly is freaking out some travelers
For those outside of aviation, the sky can feel like a wide expanse in which one has endless space to move, maneuver or even do tricks. The reality is actually that the altitude at which planes fly is a fairly narrow space through which thousands of planes move at any given time — data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that at peak hours there are over 5,400 planes over 5 million square miles of U.S. airspace. Prior to the summer of 2023, the FAA prepared for the busy travel period by reworking certain routes to fly higher than usual to "redistribute volume across all available airspace."Related: Many Airlines Will Be Flying Higher to Avoid In-Air Traffic To demonstrate just how close planes can get to each other on an average day, the pilot behind TikTok's @flyhigh738 account filmed a video from the cockpit showing another plane cruising past at high speed. @flyhigh738 #sky #pilot #pov #pilotpov #plane #fly #traffic #aviation #aircraft #airline #like #love ♬ Notice Me - Guchi & Loud Behaviour 'Beautiful, isn't it?' pilot says in viral video "When you travel by plane and think the sky is so big that you're alone up there but you're actually almost always flying so, so close to other planes..." the pilot of a commercial airline who posts videos from inside the plane to the anonymous account, says in the video. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane She specifies that the visible plane is approximately 1,000 feet or 300 meters from hers — this is the minimum vertical limit that planes must maintain from each other but, according to the pilot in the TikTok, are a very common occurrence in a crowded airspace. "As we're most of the time following standard airways which are a kind of motorways in the sky, we're only distant 1,000 feet or 300 meters from each other," the pilot says. "Beautiful, isn't it?"Pilots often turn to TikTok to dispel common myths about aviation The video clearly resonated with travelers who might not have realized or visualized just how close planes can really get to each other — it was viewed over a million times and received nearly 48,000 upvotes. "Been flying all of my life but the older I get, the more unnatural I think it is to fly through the air at 35,000 feet in a tube," one commenter named Tyler wrote. "Weird, I know." With the rise of TikTok, there has also been an explosion of pilots who dispel common flying fears and explain different aspects of aviation in layperson terms. Earlier this year, commercial pilot Kyle (many of them often keep their last name private in order to not associate their content with their employer) started posting short TikTok videos explaining common travel fears. After seeing a few take off, Kyle launched a "Dial A Pilot" program in which those with flying questions can pay $50 to spend 15 minutes chatting with a pilot. Traveler have been turning to it both to ask technical questions like "what causes turbulence?" and more psychological ones such as "how do I not fear flying?" The pilots who participate, in turn, use it to supplement their income and feel a closer connection to passengers that is not always possible when one is in the cockpit until the last passenger has left the plane.
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For those outside of aviation, the sky can feel like a wide expanse in which one has endless space to move, maneuver or even do tricks. The reality is actually that the altitude at which planes fly is a fairly narrow space through which thousands of planes move at any given time — data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) shows that at peak hours there are over 5,400 planes over 5 million square miles of U.S. airspace. Prior to the summer of 2023, the FAA prepared for the busy travel period by reworking certain routes to fly higher than usual to "redistribute volume across all available airspace."Related: Many Airlines Will Be Flying Higher to Avoid In-Air Traffic To demonstrate just how close planes can get to each other on an average day, the pilot behind TikTok's @flyhigh738 account filmed a video from the cockpit showing another plane cruising past at high speed. @flyhigh738 #sky #pilot #pov #pilotpov #plane #fly #traffic #aviation #aircraft #airline #like #love ♬ Notice Me - Guchi & Loud Behaviour 'Beautiful, isn't it?' pilot says in viral video "When you travel by plane and think the sky is so big that you're alone up there but you're actually almost always flying so, so close to other planes..." the pilot of a commercial airline who posts videos from inside the plane to the anonymous account, says in the video. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane She specifies that the visible plane is approximately 1,000 feet or 300 meters from hers — this is the minimum vertical limit that planes must maintain from each other but, according to the pilot in the TikTok, are a very common occurrence in a crowded airspace. "As we're most of the time following standard airways which are a kind of motorways in the sky, we're only distant 1,000 feet or 300 meters from each other," the pilot says. "Beautiful, isn't it?"Pilots often turn to TikTok to dispel common myths about aviation The video clearly resonated with travelers who might not have realized or visualized just how close planes can really get to each other — it was viewed over a million times and received nearly 48,000 upvotes. "Been flying all of my life but the older I get, the more unnatural I think it is to fly through the air at 35,000 feet in a tube," one commenter named Tyler wrote. "Weird, I know." With the rise of TikTok, there has also been an explosion of pilots who dispel common flying fears and explain different aspects of aviation in layperson terms. Earlier this year, commercial pilot Kyle (many of them often keep their last name private in order to not associate their content with their employer) started posting short TikTok videos explaining common travel fears. After seeing a few take off, Kyle launched a "Dial A Pilot" program in which those with flying questions can pay $50 to spend 15 minutes chatting with a pilot. Traveler have been turning to it both to ask technical questions like "what causes turbulence?" and more psychological ones such as "how do I not fear flying?" The pilots who participate, in turn, use it to supplement their income and feel a closer connection to passengers that is not always possible when one is in the cockpit until the last passenger has left the plane.
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Pilot video showing just how close planes really fly is freaking out some travelers
The pilot behind TikTok's @flyhigh738 account posted a viral video from inside the cockpit.
*Watch: Travelers cheer after woman gives birth in plane*
While someone rushing up to deliver a baby on a plane often serves as film plot inspiration, the situation is quite rare in the real world as almost all airlines have rules prohibiting travel in the last weeks of pregnancy and will ban those who look visibly close to due date from boarding the flight. For U.S.-based airlines, the cut-off point is usually 36 weeks for domestic flights and 32 weeks for international ones (a typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks) while those with a doctor's note may fly while up to 38 weeks pregnant. Related: Pilot video showing just how close planes really fly is freaking out some travelers But at the start of this week, an emergency labor did take place on a flight from Turkey to France's Marseille on European low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines. The flight had not yet taken off from Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen International Airport when a woman started moaning. @stuartlondon1 How on earth was the mother allowed to fly when she knows her due date, however it's great to see she give birth on the flight safely #flight #istanbul #mother #givebirth #plane #emergency #landing #share #shareyoucare ♬ original sound - stuartlondon1 Customers cheer, bring up baby clothes as paramedics help woman give birth Footage captured by one of the other passengers on the plane shows other travelers talking and turning around to look as paramedics carry a newborn baby out of the plane; according to early reports from the scene, flight attendants moved the woman to the back of the plane and called off takeoff as she went into labor. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane While emergency personnel arrived on the scene with the goal of moving her to a nearby hospital, the labor was moving too quickly and the baby was born inside the plane. Another video from the plane shows passengers cheering and one man getting up to bring baby clothing to the mother as a gift. Many of the other passengers were getting up or turning their necks around to catch a glimpse of the mother or the newborn. "How on earth was the mother allowed to fly when she knows the due date?" the TikToker behind the @Stuartlondon1 account wrote on the social media platform. Pegasus had not been responding to requests for comment on the health of the mother and the baby or whether the flight took off after the labor.This is what happens when you go into labor mid-flight A similar situation took place on the Chicago-based United Airlines (UAL) - Get Free Report flight from San Francisco to Hawaii just a few weeks ago after a pregnant woman went into labor halfway through the flight, the pilot turned the plane around and arrived back at San Francisco International Airport before the woman gave birth. While the woman aboard the Pegasus Airlines flight fortunately went into labor prior to the flight's departure, airlines make serious efforts to avoid such a situation due to its dangers (while flight attendants receiving training on how to help deliver a baby in an emergency, the lack of experts and medical facilities creates an inherently risky situation) and ability to disrupt the flight. Depending on the airspace in which the birth occurs and a given country's immigration rules, giving birth on an international flight can also create complications around the new child's citizenship. "The pilots also declare an emergency and request air traffic control to give priority to land in an airport that is close to the destination and divert the aircraft there," former pilot and University of Nevada aviation history professor Dan Bubb once told The Thrillist. "The goal is to land safely and immediately find professional medical care for the passenger."
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While someone rushing up to deliver a baby on a plane often serves as film plot inspiration, the situation is quite rare in the real world as almost all airlines have rules prohibiting travel in the last weeks of pregnancy and will ban those who look visibly close to due date from boarding the flight. For U.S.-based airlines, the cut-off point is usually 36 weeks for domestic flights and 32 weeks for international ones (a typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks) while those with a doctor's note may fly while up to 38 weeks pregnant. Related: Pilot video showing just how close planes really fly is freaking out some travelers But at the start of this week, an emergency labor did take place on a flight from Turkey to France's Marseille on European low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines. The flight had not yet taken off from Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen International Airport when a woman started moaning. @stuartlondon1 How on earth was the mother allowed to fly when she knows her due date, however it's great to see she give birth on the flight safely #flight #istanbul #mother #givebirth #plane #emergency #landing #share #shareyoucare ♬ original sound - stuartlondon1 Customers cheer, bring up baby clothes as paramedics help woman give birth Footage captured by one of the other passengers on the plane shows other travelers talking and turning around to look as paramedics carry a newborn baby out of the plane; according to early reports from the scene, flight attendants moved the woman to the back of the plane and called off takeoff as she went into labor. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane While emergency personnel arrived on the scene with the goal of moving her to a nearby hospital, the labor was moving too quickly and the baby was born inside the plane. Another video from the plane shows passengers cheering and one man getting up to bring baby clothing to the mother as a gift. Many of the other passengers were getting up or turning their necks around to catch a glimpse of the mother or the newborn. "How on earth was the mother allowed to fly when she knows the due date?" the TikToker behind the @Stuartlondon1 account wrote on the social media platform. Pegasus had not been responding to requests for comment on the health of the mother and the baby or whether the flight took off after the labor.This is what happens when you go into labor mid-flight A similar situation took place on the Chicago-based United Airlines (UAL) - Get Free Report flight from San Francisco to Hawaii just a few weeks ago after a pregnant woman went into labor halfway through the flight, the pilot turned the plane around and arrived back at San Francisco International Airport before the woman gave birth. While the woman aboard the Pegasus Airlines flight fortunately went into labor prior to the flight's departure, airlines make serious efforts to avoid such a situation due to its dangers (while flight attendants receiving training on how to help deliver a baby in an emergency, the lack of experts and medical facilities creates an inherently risky situation) and ability to disrupt the flight. Depending on the airspace in which the birth occurs and a given country's immigration rules, giving birth on an international flight can also create complications around the new child's citizenship. "The pilots also declare an emergency and request air traffic control to give priority to land in an airport that is close to the destination and divert the aircraft there," former pilot and University of Nevada aviation history professor Dan Bubb once told The Thrillist. "The goal is to land safely and immediately find professional medical care for the passenger."
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Watch: Travelers cheer after woman gives birth in plane
A Pegasus Airlines flight from Istanbul to Marseille failed to take off after one of the passengers went into labor.
Watch: Travelers cheer after woman gives birth in plane
While someone rushing up to deliver a baby on a plane often serves as film plot inspiration, the situation is quite rare in the real world as almost all airlines have rules prohibiting travel in the last weeks of pregnancy and will ban those who look visibly close to due date from boarding the flight. For U.S.-based airlines, the cut-off point is usually 36 weeks for domestic flights and 32 weeks for international ones (a typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks) while those with a doctor's note may fly while up to 38 weeks pregnant. Related: Pilot video showing just how close planes really fly is freaking out some travelers But at the start of this week, an emergency labor did take place on a flight from Turkey to France's Marseille on European low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines. The flight had not yet taken off from Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen International Airport when a woman started moaning. @stuartlondon1 How on earth was the mother allowed to fly when she knows her due date, however it's great to see she give birth on the flight safely #flight #istanbul #mother #givebirth #plane #emergency #landing #share #shareyoucare ♬ original sound - stuartlondon1 Customers cheer, bring up baby clothes as paramedics help woman give birth Footage captured by one of the other passengers on the plane shows other travelers talking and turning around to look as paramedics carry a newborn baby out of the plane; according to early reports from the scene, flight attendants moved the woman to the back of the plane and called off takeoff as she went into labor. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane While emergency personnel arrived on the scene with the goal of moving her to a nearby hospital, the labor was moving too quickly and the baby was born inside the plane. Another video from the plane shows passengers cheering and one man getting up to bring baby clothing to the mother as a gift. Many of the other passengers were getting up or turning their necks around to catch a glimpse of the mother or the newborn. "How on earth was the mother allowed to fly when she knows the due date?" the TikToker behind the @Stuartlondon1 account wrote on the social media platform. Pegasus had not been responding to requests for comment on the health of the mother and the baby or whether the flight took off after the labor.This is what happens when you go into labor mid-flight A similar situation took place on the Chicago-based United Airlines (UAL) - Get Free Report flight from San Francisco to Hawaii just a few weeks ago after a pregnant woman went into labor halfway through the flight, the pilot turned the plane around and arrived back at San Francisco International Airport before the woman gave birth. While the woman aboard the Pegasus Airlines flight fortunately went into labor prior to the flight's departure, airlines make serious efforts to avoid such a situation due to its dangers (while flight attendants receiving training on how to help deliver a baby in an emergency, the lack of experts and medical facilities creates an inherently risky situation) and ability to disrupt the flight. Depending on the airspace in which the birth occurs and a given country's immigration rules, giving birth on an international flight can also create complications around the new child's citizenship. "The pilots also declare an emergency and request air traffic control to give priority to land in an airport that is close to the destination and divert the aircraft there," former pilot and University of Nevada aviation history professor Dan Bubb once told The Thrillist. "The goal is to land safely and immediately find professional medical care for the passenger."
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While someone rushing up to deliver a baby on a plane often serves as film plot inspiration, the situation is quite rare in the real world as almost all airlines have rules prohibiting travel in the last weeks of pregnancy and will ban those who look visibly close to due date from boarding the flight. For U.S.-based airlines, the cut-off point is usually 36 weeks for domestic flights and 32 weeks for international ones (a typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks) while those with a doctor's note may fly while up to 38 weeks pregnant. Related: Pilot video showing just how close planes really fly is freaking out some travelers But at the start of this week, an emergency labor did take place on a flight from Turkey to France's Marseille on European low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines. The flight had not yet taken off from Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçen International Airport when a woman started moaning. @stuartlondon1 How on earth was the mother allowed to fly when she knows her due date, however it's great to see she give birth on the flight safely #flight #istanbul #mother #givebirth #plane #emergency #landing #share #shareyoucare ♬ original sound - stuartlondon1 Customers cheer, bring up baby clothes as paramedics help woman give birth Footage captured by one of the other passengers on the plane shows other travelers talking and turning around to look as paramedics carry a newborn baby out of the plane; according to early reports from the scene, flight attendants moved the woman to the back of the plane and called off takeoff as she went into labor. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane While emergency personnel arrived on the scene with the goal of moving her to a nearby hospital, the labor was moving too quickly and the baby was born inside the plane. Another video from the plane shows passengers cheering and one man getting up to bring baby clothing to the mother as a gift. Many of the other passengers were getting up or turning their necks around to catch a glimpse of the mother or the newborn. "How on earth was the mother allowed to fly when she knows the due date?" the TikToker behind the @Stuartlondon1 account wrote on the social media platform. Pegasus had not been responding to requests for comment on the health of the mother and the baby or whether the flight took off after the labor.This is what happens when you go into labor mid-flight A similar situation took place on the Chicago-based United Airlines (UAL) - Get Free Report flight from San Francisco to Hawaii just a few weeks ago after a pregnant woman went into labor halfway through the flight, the pilot turned the plane around and arrived back at San Francisco International Airport before the woman gave birth. While the woman aboard the Pegasus Airlines flight fortunately went into labor prior to the flight's departure, airlines make serious efforts to avoid such a situation due to its dangers (while flight attendants receiving training on how to help deliver a baby in an emergency, the lack of experts and medical facilities creates an inherently risky situation) and ability to disrupt the flight. Depending on the airspace in which the birth occurs and a given country's immigration rules, giving birth on an international flight can also create complications around the new child's citizenship. "The pilots also declare an emergency and request air traffic control to give priority to land in an airport that is close to the destination and divert the aircraft there," former pilot and University of Nevada aviation history professor Dan Bubb once told The Thrillist. "The goal is to land safely and immediately find professional medical care for the passenger."
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Watch: Travelers cheer after woman gives birth in plane
A Pegasus Airlines flight from Istanbul to Marseille failed to take off after one of the passengers went into labor.
*A tech founder is calling out Southwest for disgusting in-flight situation*
While many disgusting moments on different airlines have gone viral over the years, new ones never fail to tap into the internet's salacious and can't-look-away instincts. The latest travel post to gather over four million views on TikTok occurred when an artificial intelligence startup founder posted an eight-second video of "unidentified liquid drips" over her seat in the back of a Southwest (LUV) - Get Free Report plane.Related: Delta flight forced to make emergency turnaround for a very smelly reason "POV: unidentified liquid drips from someone else's bag on you the entire flight because the flight attendant said she can't move you or the bag," 24-year-old Sophie Shaw wrote overtop the footage of water dripping from the overhead compartment above her flight. @pocketmouse35 Im filing a claim dw #southwest #flightattendant #flighthorrorstories #flying #travel #traveltiktok #plane ♬ Lifehack - Itsyourboymrkebs 'Filing a claim, don't worry,' traveler tells TikTok followers of experience The entrepreneur, founder of AI company Azuryne, was using the airline to travel between San Jose, Calif. and Santa Ana, Calif. In the caption to the video, Shaw also told her followers that she was "filing a claim dw [don't worry]." The eight-second footage is also accompanied by dramatic Halloween-style music culminating in a honking tun-tun-tun. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane The video had initially only been seen by Shaw's friends but started gathering steam on the internet in January a few weeks after the incident. It has now been viewed nearly 4.5 million times and received over 136,000 upvotes. In an interview with news outlet Kennedy News, Shaw explained that she was not able to move the bag herself due to being 5'2 and too short to reach it in the back of the overhead compartment while a Southwest flight attendant reportedly told her that she could neither move the bag nor put her in a different seat. "It was the worst experience on a plane I've ever had," Shaw described to the news outlet while also comparing it to "Chinese water torture" in reference to a fifteenth-century torture method in which water is dripped onto someone's forehead slowly but consistently over a long period of time.Commenters weigh in: 'The flight attendant couldn't just make an announcement?' The San Francisco native also said that she had gone to sleep while waiting for the flight to take off but woke up when she felt her legs and seat "completely soaked" and discovered a "big drip coming from the ceiling." While Southwest has not been reaching out with responses to questions on how it handled Shaw's situation, TikTok users quickly jumped in to express outrage on her behalf and criticize the airline's actions even though the drip was most likely caused by a fellow passenger. "I would’ve said so loudly 'WHOSE BAG IS THIS!!!!'" one commenter wrote in a post that was upvoted more than 56,000 times. "The flight attendant couldn't just make the announcement asking who's [sic] bag that was," wrote another. Shaw, in turn, later clarified that the flight attendants tried to fix it by putting some paper towels into the overhead compartment. "They put some paper towels in the locker so I guess they had tried to fix something but couldn't," Shaw told Kennedy News. Southwest has not been reaching out to talk about its clean-up efforts or what caused the leakage.
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While many disgusting moments on different airlines have gone viral over the years, new ones never fail to tap into the internet's salacious and can't-look-away instincts. The latest travel post to gather over four million views on TikTok occurred when an artificial intelligence startup founder posted an eight-second video of "unidentified liquid drips" over her seat in the back of a Southwest (LUV) - Get Free Report plane.Related: Delta flight forced to make emergency turnaround for a very smelly reason "POV: unidentified liquid drips from someone else's bag on you the entire flight because the flight attendant said she can't move you or the bag," 24-year-old Sophie Shaw wrote overtop the footage of water dripping from the overhead compartment above her flight. @pocketmouse35 Im filing a claim dw #southwest #flightattendant #flighthorrorstories #flying #travel #traveltiktok #plane ♬ Lifehack - Itsyourboymrkebs 'Filing a claim, don't worry,' traveler tells TikTok followers of experience The entrepreneur, founder of AI company Azuryne, was using the airline to travel between San Jose, Calif. and Santa Ana, Calif. In the caption to the video, Shaw also told her followers that she was "filing a claim dw [don't worry]." The eight-second footage is also accompanied by dramatic Halloween-style music culminating in a honking tun-tun-tun. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane The video had initially only been seen by Shaw's friends but started gathering steam on the internet in January a few weeks after the incident. It has now been viewed nearly 4.5 million times and received over 136,000 upvotes. In an interview with news outlet Kennedy News, Shaw explained that she was not able to move the bag herself due to being 5'2 and too short to reach it in the back of the overhead compartment while a Southwest flight attendant reportedly told her that she could neither move the bag nor put her in a different seat. "It was the worst experience on a plane I've ever had," Shaw described to the news outlet while also comparing it to "Chinese water torture" in reference to a fifteenth-century torture method in which water is dripped onto someone's forehead slowly but consistently over a long period of time.Commenters weigh in: 'The flight attendant couldn't just make an announcement?' The San Francisco native also said that she had gone to sleep while waiting for the flight to take off but woke up when she felt her legs and seat "completely soaked" and discovered a "big drip coming from the ceiling." While Southwest has not been reaching out with responses to questions on how it handled Shaw's situation, TikTok users quickly jumped in to express outrage on her behalf and criticize the airline's actions even though the drip was most likely caused by a fellow passenger. "I would’ve said so loudly 'WHOSE BAG IS THIS!!!!'" one commenter wrote in a post that was upvoted more than 56,000 times. "The flight attendant couldn't just make the announcement asking who's [sic] bag that was," wrote another. Shaw, in turn, later clarified that the flight attendants tried to fix it by putting some paper towels into the overhead compartment. "They put some paper towels in the locker so I guess they had tried to fix something but couldn't," Shaw told Kennedy News. Southwest has not been reaching out to talk about its clean-up efforts or what caused the leakage.
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A tech founder is calling out Southwest for disgusting in-flight situation
The video of the "unidentified liquid drips" gathered more than four million TikTok views.
A tech founder is calling out Southwest for disgusting in-flight situation
While many disgusting moments on different airlines have gone viral over the years, new ones never fail to tap into the internet's salacious and can't-look-away instincts. The latest travel post to gather over four million views on TikTok occurred when an artificial intelligence startup founder posted an eight-second video of "unidentified liquid drips" over her seat in the back of a Southwest (LUV) - Get Free Report plane.Related: Delta flight forced to make emergency turnaround for a very smelly reason "POV: unidentified liquid drips from someone else's bag on you the entire flight because the flight attendant said she can't move you or the bag," 24-year-old Sophie Shaw wrote overtop the footage of water dripping from the overhead compartment above her flight. @pocketmouse35 Im filing a claim dw #southwest #flightattendant #flighthorrorstories #flying #travel #traveltiktok #plane ♬ Lifehack - Itsyourboymrkebs 'Filing a claim, don't worry,' traveler tells TikTok followers of experience The entrepreneur, founder of AI company Azuryne, was using the airline to travel between San Jose, Calif. and Santa Ana, Calif. In the caption to the video, Shaw also told her followers that she was "filing a claim dw don't worry." The eight-second footage is also accompanied by dramatic Halloween-style music culminating in a honking tun-tun-tun. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane The video had initially only been seen by Shaw's friends but started gathering steam on the internet in January a few weeks after the incident. It has now been viewed nearly 4.5 million times and received over 136,000 upvotes. In an interview with news outlet Kennedy News, Shaw explained that she was not able to move the bag herself due to being 5'2 and too short to reach it in the back of the overhead compartment while a Southwest flight attendant reportedly told her that she could neither move the bag nor put her in a different seat. "It was the worst experience on a plane I've ever had," Shaw described to the news outlet while also comparing it to "Chinese water torture" in reference to a fifteenth-century torture method in which water is dripped onto someone's forehead slowly but consistently over a long period of time.Commenters weigh in: 'The flight attendant couldn't just make an announcement?' The San Francisco native also said that she had gone to sleep while waiting for the flight to take off but woke up when she felt her legs and seat "completely soaked" and discovered a "big drip coming from the ceiling." While Southwest has not been reaching out with responses to questions on how it handled Shaw's situation, TikTok users quickly jumped in to express outrage on her behalf and criticize the airline's actions even though the drip was most likely caused by a fellow passenger. "I would’ve said so loudly 'WHOSE BAG IS THIS!!!!'" one commenter wrote in a post that was upvoted more than 56,000 times. "The flight attendant couldn't just make the announcement asking who's sic bag that was," wrote another. Shaw, in turn, later clarified that the flight attendants tried to fix it by putting some paper towels into the overhead compartment. "They put some paper towels in the locker so I guess they had tried to fix something but couldn't," Shaw told Kennedy News. Southwest has not been reaching out to talk about its clean-up efforts or what caused the leakage.
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While many disgusting moments on different airlines have gone viral over the years, new ones never fail to tap into the internet's salacious and can't-look-away instincts. The latest travel post to gather over four million views on TikTok occurred when an artificial intelligence startup founder posted an eight-second video of "unidentified liquid drips" over her seat in the back of a Southwest (LUV) - Get Free Report plane.Related: Delta flight forced to make emergency turnaround for a very smelly reason "POV: unidentified liquid drips from someone else's bag on you the entire flight because the flight attendant said she can't move you or the bag," 24-year-old Sophie Shaw wrote overtop the footage of water dripping from the overhead compartment above her flight. @pocketmouse35 Im filing a claim dw #southwest #flightattendant #flighthorrorstories #flying #travel #traveltiktok #plane ♬ Lifehack - Itsyourboymrkebs 'Filing a claim, don't worry,' traveler tells TikTok followers of experience The entrepreneur, founder of AI company Azuryne, was using the airline to travel between San Jose, Calif. and Santa Ana, Calif. In the caption to the video, Shaw also told her followers that she was "filing a claim dw don't worry." The eight-second footage is also accompanied by dramatic Halloween-style music culminating in a honking tun-tun-tun. More Travel:A new travel term is taking over the internet (and reaching airlines and hotels)The 10 best airline stocks to buy nowAirlines see a new kind of traveler at the front of the plane The video had initially only been seen by Shaw's friends but started gathering steam on the internet in January a few weeks after the incident. It has now been viewed nearly 4.5 million times and received over 136,000 upvotes. In an interview with news outlet Kennedy News, Shaw explained that she was not able to move the bag herself due to being 5'2 and too short to reach it in the back of the overhead compartment while a Southwest flight attendant reportedly told her that she could neither move the bag nor put her in a different seat. "It was the worst experience on a plane I've ever had," Shaw described to the news outlet while also comparing it to "Chinese water torture" in reference to a fifteenth-century torture method in which water is dripped onto someone's forehead slowly but consistently over a long period of time.Commenters weigh in: 'The flight attendant couldn't just make an announcement?' The San Francisco native also said that she had gone to sleep while waiting for the flight to take off but woke up when she felt her legs and seat "completely soaked" and discovered a "big drip coming from the ceiling." While Southwest has not been reaching out with responses to questions on how it handled Shaw's situation, TikTok users quickly jumped in to express outrage on her behalf and criticize the airline's actions even though the drip was most likely caused by a fellow passenger. "I would’ve said so loudly 'WHOSE BAG IS THIS!!!!'" one commenter wrote in a post that was upvoted more than 56,000 times. "The flight attendant couldn't just make the announcement asking who's sic bag that was," wrote another. Shaw, in turn, later clarified that the flight attendants tried to fix it by putting some paper towels into the overhead compartment. "They put some paper towels in the locker so I guess they had tried to fix something but couldn't," Shaw told Kennedy News. Southwest has not been reaching out to talk about its clean-up efforts or what caused the leakage.
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A tech founder is calling out Southwest for disgusting in-flight situation
The video of the "unidentified liquid drips" gathered more than four million TikTok views.