Flights From Hell flies you into the crazy skies with stories about the adventures and anxieties of airplane travel.

Commercial airline travel takes us far, far out of our comfort zone. We're herded into cylinders that zip hundreds of miles per hour at 30,000 feet, subjected to security screenings, confronted with delays and lost luggage, rushed to catch connecting flights, constrained to small seats, scrunched up with strangers, and surrounded by pathogens. Is it any wonder we end up becoming a bundle of raw nerves by journey's end?

Childbirth On A Plane

May 6, 2010 Baby & Kid Stories

A while back I was one a first class flight from Haiti to New York a row behind the front and in the middle. It was a relatively empty flight (about 1/2 to 3/4 full), everything was going smooth enough and I was just getting set to snooze. Pretty soon I watched a FA ask […]

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Boisterous Football Fans Affect Flights

May 5, 2010 Passenger Stories

I was traveling with two of my buddies from JFK to Buffalo for our annual Bills/Jets game on a Saturday night. Being the young males that we are we waited for our flight in one of the terminal sports bars, drinking and watching college football. As we sat there we befriended two guys drinking next […]

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Frozen With Fear

May 5, 2010 Weather Stories

I would say that I used to be a regular flier. I would fly about once a month. Turbulence and thunderstorms never really scared me, until this flight. I was flying from Sioux Falls, SD to Chicago a few days after Christmas. The flight was horribly delayed because of the massive snow storm that was surrounding […]

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Play Pen Flight

May 4, 2010 Baby & Kid Stories

I was in an aisle seat flying from Washington DC to San Jose, California, but unexpectedly found myself in a toddler playpen for 5 hours. This flight had a large number of toddlers and young parents. Soon after take off, toddlers started wandering up and down the aisles (with Moms), discovering and visiting all their […]

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Ex-Wife’s Fear Of Flying

May 3, 2010 Couples Stories

I wanted to plan a trip to Cancun where I had vacationed a few times before. I was single at the time and the all-inclusives were based on double occupancy, so for a few hundred more it was worth bringing a travel mate. My ex-wife, yes ex, and I got along well, so I asked […]

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Travel Ideas For Demon Spawn

May 2, 2010 Baby & Kid Stories

To the “parents” of the screaming infant aboard Northwest 20 from Tokyo to Minneapolis on Sunday September 7, 2009: On behalf of the other 390 people aboard the flight, we thank you for bringing your demon spawn on board with us. Why the hell would any adult, in their right mind, want to subject an […]

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Freeway Accident Leads To Missed Flight

May 2, 2010 Airport Stories

I was traveling from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Ontario, California, to visit my family. United Airlines had the best bang for the buck at the time, but it meant a stop-over in San Francisco. I was OK with that. Usually I give myself a good hour or more to get to the airport and […]

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Airport Angst & A Chatty Ex-Con

April 30, 2010 Odds & Ends Stories

Where do I start with this little adventure? There’re two things here… PART 1: Keep in mind: My mom is disabled and walks with the assistance of a cane. I have a messed up back. We arrive at the airport early. The flight status is ON TIME. The first sign of trouble: We get to […]

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Passenger P.O.’d Over Seat Replacement

April 29, 2010 Passenger Stories

A very rude and obnoxious passenger was on my flight and he made it hell. My girlfriend and I were returning back to NYC from Singapore going through Heathrow a total of 20+hours, 13hours from Singapore to London. My girlfriend broke her foot while visiting my family over here, and was placed in the bulkhead […]

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Profane Turbulence

April 29, 2010 Airplane Stories

On occasion I will take trips with my wife, her for business, me just playing the role of a kept man. I personally do not care for flying though she flies about 4 times a month, so she’s a pro. On a recent trip back from California descending into Charlotte at night, we were going […]

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Water System Inoperable On Plane

April 28, 2010 Airplane Stories

We flew on United flight 862 from SGN/HKG/SFO on July 15, 2009 in FC. Upon re-boarding in HKG, the Captain announced pre-takeoff that the mechanical water system was not working and there would be no water available in the potable water taps or toilet water system. Therefore, the Captain stated the Flight Attendants had placed […]

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Not Enough Barf Bags

April 28, 2010 Illness/Medical Stories

It was April 16, 2007–Marathon Monday in Boston–and a very bad storm had blown into town. Unfortunately that was also the day we were flying with our children and my husband’s parents to celebrate my mother-in-law’s birthday at Colonial Williamsburg. Our flight to Newport News, Va was one of the few to get out on […]

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