2009

I was flying US Air, going home to Seattle from Atlanta for Thanksgiving. First of all I’m already mad that I have to pay $15 to check my bag. Now I am playing video games on my Cell Phone which has the option to shut the phone and wireless off and just use the computer portion […]

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Backdoor Explosion

October 19, 2009

in Odor Stories

I was on a quick flight from BWI to DTW. We boarded the plane as usual and a man in the row behind me got up to use the lavatory at the rear of the plane. However, I guess he didn’t quite make it onto the toilet. Apparently he covered much of the room with […]

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[Mature content] I was on a connected flight from DFW to Austin to San Jacinto with my fiance and our then 8 month old daughter. I wanted to take the late flight in hopes that the baby would go to sleep easily and not make a lot of noise (the sleeping didn’t happen, luckily she’s […]

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The flight has been going pretty well so far. Wheels up, we’re in the air for a while, no major problems. Looks like life is going to be good. And then, I smelled something… no… couldn’t be… has someone soiled themselves? I look around and to my left across the aisle a mother is changing […]

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(#1) On an airbus from Dallas to Los Angeles (after flying to Dallas from London) I was seated one seat from the aisle. The man who sat down next to me was not only giant, buy very hairy and he smelled funny, like body odor and old food. He physically spilled over onto my seat […]

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I was leaving on an early 7:30 a.m. Southwest flight from Oakland to St. Louis with a plane change in Denver, I got a window seat near the rear; later a fellow took the aisle seat no problem, plane is now getting very full. We are about to depart and from what I could see […]

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In 2006 my now-husband and I were flying from Dallas to Vegas. Since my “spare plane out back” adventure in 2002 I have become increasingly afraid of flying, to the point where now I’m nearly crippled with fear. But I’m on this full plane to Vegas going over the mountains on approach. The turbulence is […]

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In 2002 I was traveling post-winter holidays from Maryland to Austin, with a layover in Chicago. I arrived at O’Hare around 11:20AM, to leave at 3PM. Delay with the crew arriving, then mechanical issues, then finally the flight was overbooked. I should have volunteered my seat and taken the red eye the next day. Ultimately […]

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I was flying back to Fargo from Boston after a spring break. In the six months prior to this flight, I had passed 15+ kidney stones. The very week prior to this flight, I had surgery to remove a rather large stone. After that surgery, I was given an antibiotic to help avoid an infection. […]

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Boarding a flight from Austin to Denver, I mistakenly did something to irritate the flight attendant. It had something to do with my carry-on, which was of appropriate size and in nobodies way, but I can’t remember what. Whatever I did wrong, it pissed her off horribly. She stopped process and yelled at me until […]

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My best friend and I departed San Francisco International Airport on an international flight bound for Germany. We were going to travel throughout Europe. The flight to Germany was hell. It couldn’t get any worse than this folks. We boarded the plane and I sat in my assigned seat. Three young French women trapped me in […]

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I was flying from Las Vegas to Oakland on a late morning flight. My 3 year old son was flying with me and I was 2 months pregnant and was experiencing extreme morning sickness. My son sat down next to the window and I sat in the center seat. A large man sat next to […]

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