If there's one place where you can encounter a bunch of different situations - it's an airplane. From that annoying passenger sticking their feet in your space to the weird woman with an extra seat for her stuffed animal to "just a little turbulence" - the situations can be funny, awkward, and even scary! Luckily, people like to post their experiences online, and then we here at Bored Panda pick out the best ones for you! So keep on scrolling to take a look at Bored Panda's list of posts that anyone who has been on an airplane can relate to, and don't forget to vote for your favorites. (h/t)
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Of course he does, he is cuter and less demanding than most of us ;)
Load More Replies...It looks more like a stuffed animal than anything, so I decided to take the initiative: http://www.snopes.com/panda-on-a-plane/
No s**t captain hindsight, who the f**k pays for an economy seat for an endangered species!?
Load More Replies...I've read it about it before. It's not real. But it's a great pic, nonetheless :-D
It would be my personal mission to convince that dog to come over to my lap during the flight ;)
Load More Replies...I would love having a puppy next to me on a plane! If the owner's nice enough, I wuould have something to play with during the flight :)
This photo could have been any older two people... and i would have still found it touching.
I think it's just their traditional outfits make the picture. It's lovely.
Load More Replies...Did Bored Panda change the title of this post? Cuz it doesn't say anything about "worst flights" that I can see.
Load More Replies...I'm happy to see that this person took the better way out and played back with the baby, thus making EVERYBODY happy. A lot of people would have ignored the child, and then been the first to complain about a screaming baby.
I love babies no matter where they're encountered. It's pure magic. Make silly faces at them when they cry...it srsly helps..both ppl :)
This would make flying so much better for me. bonus playtime with any baby is great.
And the parents probably were asleep. Happened to me on a 10 hour flight. Time schedule. 0:00-0:30: parents awake, baby calm. 0:30-9:30: parents asleep, baby screaming like a siren. 09:30-10:00: parents awake again, baby calm. Horrible flight for everyone (including especially the baby), perfect experience for the parents.
i have offered to hold babies on long flights, and boy that can really help.
Load More Replies...I thought he was body shaming then realized it was the guy from lost
The person at the window is or looks like one of the tv characters of the tv serie Lost. And lost begins with a airplane crash...
Load More Replies...Money well spent. The Wi-Fi not the seat. Hopefully it was just empty.
Isn't that one of those fun cat beds? Is there a cat inside that?! lol
Oh you should see me and my narwhal stuffie, whenever the seat next to me is free, that's where my narwhal sits, I even put the TV on for him and put the tray table down. One extra nice flight attendant gave him some pretzels once
I can't STAND people who do that. I have big, long, frizzy/curly hair, which is quite common where I live, and would never think to intrude on other people's personal space with it just to be comfortable. But I find myself and my backpack being used as a shelf in public transportation all the time. So rude :/
That's when you use your hair as a defense mechanism and drape it over your backpack;)
Load More Replies...That's why I always want to take scissors to the plane. But they never let me...
Drop your tray and "accidentally" pull half her hair out. She won't do that again.
that's why scissors are no longer allowed on planes... too many bad haircuts and complains
I remember when they made me dump HALF of my jar of cactus jelly. I have to wonder just who figured out that it was the full jars of jelly that did all the damage, whereas half a jar was not much of a threat.
Yep, I can take my 10 inch aluminum needles on-board, which I could easily stab someone with. Yay, crafting!
Load More Replies...Security theather for the win! Let us just feel saver and give up freedom, while paving the way for those who mean real harm. (Sorry: sarcasm. A lot of.)
my Daughter had a jar of mango chutney taken off her from france to UK. I'm hoping the customs enjoyed it.
They said I couldn't bring Fluffy on the plane. Who's Fluffy? None other than my pet dragon! Sure he lights things on fire and maybe burned down a house or two, but we'll be fine. He's still a little baby. But the TSA said I couldn't bring him. They said they could hold my flight, but I was too salty to want anything.
Is Fluffy a little red dragon from Rick Cook's "Wiz" series, by any chance?
Load More Replies...He drank an entire bottle of some duty free alcohol. Then he tried grabbing the women who were sitting next him screaming that we're going to crash. Finally he started chocking a guy next to him and that's when a huge crowd restrained him and tied him up. This was 2 hours into a 6 hour flight. Did I mention that he was spitting on random people on the plane!
And the man next to you was going to stab him with a pen should he have escaped!
This is why I don't understand why it's allowed to drink on (or before) flights... Yes most people will know not to drink too much, but you hear enough stories of planes having to land because people got too drunk and started fighting on the plane etc...
I think I would have started laughing out loud.... glad this person got a photo of it!
"I am sick of these m***********g d***s on this m***********g plane!" #SnakesOnAPlane
how they get the penis there??????!!!?!?!?!?!?!? thats not aloud. Airplane security : ( )() () (
That one got me laughing :D Were I on that plane, I'd keep giggling all the time xD
Pilot - should we inform the pilot? Co-pilot - you are the pilot! Pilot - oh...
Was this the same flight we saw Hurley on earlier in this BoredPanda thread? ;)
Too clever! The next best thing would be if his traveling companion were named "Flight Attendant"
Never seen chat. I've played virtual checkers with passengers before, though. :-)
I played the trivia game and cleaned house. Only like 2 other passengers were playing though.
Load More Replies...It was only after reading your comment, that I figured it out! Thanks I.P.
Load More Replies...wtf kinds of movies are they playing on flights. Doesn't look very family friendly to me.
Appalling! Should definitely be allowed hahahahahahaha! Love this so much!
Your children are your responsibility and you shouldn't make someone else suffer because you just don't want to
Load More Replies...It’s a bird it’s a plane it’s a bird on a plane
Load More Replies...No they are not. Some turkeys are mean. Some dogs are mean. Some people are mean. Maybe people who don't want someone too have a therapy pet are mean. All generalities are false. (including this one).
It's therapy for people who have night terrors, so they can switch from their normal night time torture to dreaming of this scary bastard.
Who in God's name has a therapy turkey?! Or is it the human that's the therapy pet for the turkey? LoL
Dutch) and I feed the cheeps goats chickens and ducks. There is also a turkey. He is really noisy and is eyes look likes he want to attack you.so I don't like turkeys anymore
Load More Replies...Considering that the feet's owner is not aware of them, you should have decorated them a bit.
Haha, could've gotten away with that on snapchat ;) as you wouldn't be physically touching them.
Load More Replies...Did you ever think of testing their resistance to tickling ? I so would have...
Some magic-marker would do a miracle. And when she see your "art" you play dead. Or deaf.
Thank god this guy had a sense of humor. I would have poked them til she got the clue and moved her feet.
This little piggy went to the market. This little piggy stayed home. This little piggy had roast beef, and this little piggy had none. But this little piggy went weee weee weee weee, literally, and should've stayed home if they don't want hot water dumped on them.
Okay. That's mean. Perhaps I would just place a mint on the feet.
Load More Replies...You need to study airports. :) Bottle of water on the way between two gates: 10$. On the corner ofthe way between two gates: 8$. In the food area: 6$. At the duty free shop: 4$. At the corner of the ugliest shop: 2$. And water from the tap only reachable after running arround for minutes: free.
Once I got stuck in an airport (problems of flying standby) and I went to the same store so many times for food and drinks that the lady just gave me the stuff for free the next time I walked in
Is it 10$ or $10? What's with this thing I've been noticing more lately with the "$" sign after the number?
Just don't get water on them or feed them after midnight and you're good.
Load More Replies...But I wanted to play with my 20-year-old-but-still-working GameBoy. Damnit.
I tnhink gameboys are the most likely thing still to encouter. They seems to be indestructible, and they are still quite fun.
Load More Replies...Darn! I really wanted to use my boom box, Game Boy, Disc Man, and huge brick phone on the flight. :-(
Is the thing on the far right beside the Walkman and video camera a calculator? You couldn't use calculators?
No calculators when taking off or landing. They used to make the plane crash. Just like cell phones used to, but now they're okay.
Load More Replies...And the movie's title? Probably "The 10 worst plane crashed of the 20th century" or "The history of aviation hijacking".
Hans, I'm getting the feeling you fly waaaaay too much?
Load More Replies...On a long intl flight I was on in the early 90s the inflight movie had a commercial plane getting hijacked. Can't say that was reassuring.
Probably, but in order to have a pet duck in most states you have to get the wings clipped or let them migrate. This duck has never flew.
Load More Replies...hes migrating and sticking his tongue out to fellow ducks who actually have to flap.
Ummm no one. No one says ducks can't fly. I mean... they fly.
Load More Replies...This happens ALL the time! Believe me I work @Ted Stevens International Airport. I have chased bags to find either someone's phone or purse.
I don't even understand this kind of flight is allow to leave (economically and environmentally speaking)...suppose there was no other solution, yet plain stupid
That reminds me when I was a kid my mom signed me up for public swimming lessons, I was the only one there so I got private lessons.
No matey - should have been tears and lots of praying. “Dear God please help ‘?.? Airlines’. I’m the Only Passenger today and their Airline is losing a lot of money on this flight. Please help them, I feel embarrased and bow my head in shame. Cockpit staff announce to no one but me, ETA, Weather and Flight Height. Cabin Staff offer me refreshment and blankets without respite, meanwhile my jovial mood turns to self doubt mixed with anxiety as I find myself attempting to accept something from everyone - their happiness becoming my raison detre. Please God help them fill their seats - I fly back home next week & pray you act swiftly. Amen”. That is How Ya Shoulda felt!
I had an entire Boeing 757 all to myself once. I was told they had to have the plane at the destination, so the flight had to go anyway.
I'm surprised they wouldn't just cancel the flight and make you take another one!
Planes get scheduled out from their next destination, so a cancellation would mean no tail for what could be a full flight out of the next location. We’ve had rescue flights with one guest, I had to hussle him past the security line, and everyone was mad at me :(
Load More Replies...Wow...this really needed no words. I cannot possible think of any more frightening sight on a plane start...
How about being on a small, twin engine, 6-seater in flight for ten minutes (of a 30 minute flight) when the plane makes an unscheduled landing, the pilot gets out, goes to the luggage bay behind an engine nacelle, opens it, closes it, bangs on it with a fist and latches it, comes back in and takes off. Find out a year later the airline was shut down for not making required maintenance on planes. And people wonder why I don't fly.
Load More Replies..."Let's losely tape a piece of paper to the side of the engine and watch people freak out over it at take-off"
Geez people, it's only one part, not like there isn't a million more parts that are not falling off.
LOL aiming to win the Nobelprizes for optimism and sarcasm at the same time? :'-)
Load More Replies...This is your Captain speaking ,for reaching the desired altitude, we needed to shed some weight...and also no desserts today
Looks worse than it is. Someone forgot to put the screws back in the cover. Won't affect the aircraft much unless they bang into something on the way. You'd be amazed how many planes turn up at their destinations with less bits than when they started.
”good evening, this is the captain and I need one passenger from the left side of the plane to move to a seat on the right side. Thank you."
At least this one is wearing socks.... But man, the invasion of personal space! Why do people think this is okay?
People are pigs. What this guy think?! My feet aren't visible? He just doesn't care. Yay.
Please keep all feet in the FAR F*****G AWAY FROM ME position during the flight.
if i were that little girl i would have tickled the foot to make them get a hint to move it
I've wondered this myself, but apparently it's very expensive and heavy :/
I never clap. I just don't get it. It's like "Yay! The pilot did their job and didn't kill us all!" *clap*
Exactly. How many other professions get aplause for just doing their job?
Load More Replies...I always clap. I'm terrified of flying and the relief just bursts out when we land :D
Well depends on how harrowing the descent was. I’ve clapped after one landing. When the tarmac is so close you can taste it and the plane is still going full speed whilst the pilot’s brake is fully on and all the on board parachutes have been released in an attempt to slow plane down before we all die; as moments later the plane bites into the bitumen and subsequently every living and inanimate thing within the cabin feels both relief and terror as we ricochet forward - the seatbelt and secure overhead compartment now the Real Heroes of the Flight. So yeah! Too Right it’s OK to clap!
I've only experienced an applause once and that's when we were stuck in a foreign country for days while it's volcano interrupted, 3 flights cancelled and this one almost cancelled. We were all tired and stressed but happy to finally be back home, the whole plane erupted in an applause.
She obviously believes that airport security controls actually increase security...
No, she's saying that we seem to have abandoned any sense of controlling potential dangers, so why not end the effing TSA nonsense too.
Load More Replies...As someone who is very tall, I will partially defend this man by saying that the gap between seats is never big enough to put your legs straight forward if you are anything over 5'8". I'm 6'9" so anything other than diagonal is not an option. But he should be pointing both legs towards the aisle, if he's in the aisle seat. If he's in the middle seat of 3, people on both sides of him are out of luck and someone needs to swap with him!
I'm glad you posted. When I first looked I thought the guy was being a total jerk. But after reading your post it is now clear that he really cannot fit his leg in there in a straight position. If I were him I would explain the problem to my seat mates and see what we could work out to accommodate everybody.
Load More Replies...I took the bus once and I went to sit next to a large man who didn't move a bit. I called my husband and asked him if his stomache was ok. We were at a party earlier and half of the guests are having digestion problems. I was feeling a bit sick too, I said. The man tried to be as tiny as he could and didn't touch me once after that.. 😎
(Before i start this mini rant please be aware I am a woman) this while "manspreading" c**p needs to stop. Whatever your gender or sex is just be aware of ohers and their personal space. On another note, men have these things called testicles, and they are fragile and easily hurt. Men need to keep their legs open a bit so they don't hurt themselves. I'm grateful my ovaries are inside me where I don't have to worry about them. Lol.
No, it's really about being impolite. The only other explanation is that some men have ludicrous testicles. Mine do fine when not sitting with my legs spread. I even sit cross-legged on occasion and have witnessed many other men doing the same.
Load More Replies...Thats the most annoying situation that you can live in a airplanr, bus, subway or train...
Nope, nope nope! I would do the same back, pushing his knee back over to his lane.
Seriously doubt accidentally brushing up against an unrelated women is breaking Jewish law. To me this is just another form of fanaticism. They come in all religions.
Some ultra-religious Jews do this when the plane is designated to pass over certain areas that are perceived as unclean. We see it in Israel a lot. People here find it unbelievable, too. He might be doing this because he's seated next to a woman, though, and don't get me started on that. In Israeli airlines we are sometimes asked by the crew to actually move to another seat for the "comfort" of men like him.
It doesn't look like he's sitting next to a woman though. He's in an aisle seat with a man on his right side.
Load More Replies...Just so you know, he did this bacause they flew over a jewish cemetery and he is a Cohen rooted family, They're not allowed to be in cemeteries so his Rabbi told him to be covered in a plastic bag when they fly over the cemetery. Pretty much stupid in my opinion but each person in his faith will live.
It is because he is a Cohen (suppose to be from a holy family. They are not allowed to go to the cemetery) and they are flying over a cemetery. It is a stupid rule.
They already in there. And they will eat him to the bones.
Load More Replies...... drifting through the wind, wanting to start again? Do you ever feel like a house of cards, one move from caving in?
What the hell is that stuff that it's expensive?
Load More Replies...At least it's not "Call Me Maybe". If there was a Hell, that would play 24/7 forever.
I get the funny, but when you're airborne, it's mostly clouds. Only views on takeoff and landing.
Not everyone gets to sit next to the window. Also, sometimes you travel at night.
Let's go on a long drive with the kids and hand them iPads and tablets to keep them occupied instead of encouraging them to enjoy the view. I miss the old days when my parents actually talked to us during those drives and we actually enjoyed the views!
As someone who has frequently been on road trips, all trees look the same. Yes, you may see an animal. But Bored Panda has been my savior.
Load More Replies...Unfortunately sometimes the sun reflects off the clouds and it's to bright too look outside:(
On a night flight to China with only Chinese magazines (I'm Danish and didn't bring a book..) TV is very nice to have.
I do not get this one...the trolling yes, but what about the vegan part of it?
There's a stigma that people with different eating choices seem to have to tell everyone about it, whether it has to do with the current conversation or not.
Load More Replies...How is this person even comfortable, sitting like that? I can feel a back pain coming on!
HAHAHA This is the freaking best! I would have added some vodka in that wine ;)
I don't think it's mean at all, it's hilarious. The woman wouldn't shut up, everybody was freaked out.
Load More Replies...When the answers are either yes or no, why do they use inappropriate words?
I'm so happy, it "looks like" I'm gonna sing out loud, and dance till the end of time. Then, I'm gonna take off my shoes, soked in cheese, and stick them in front of someone privat space. I hope I have some nail polish or something.
The good news is that it literally was all about her. entertainment/gossip/elan-gale-airplane-feud-hoax-article-1.1535999
I don't think accepting Christ at that moment will stop you from dying. Better results later perhaps....
Lol maybe the missionaries should board turbulent flights
Load More Replies...As always. Because we don't have plain crashes.
Load More Replies...Oh god, imagine the farts coming out of them two! YUK but funny. Farts are always funny, regardless of how old a person is HAHA!
Load More Replies...Hans, people start hating your cheese-joke's. :p
Load More Replies...I highly recommend trains when only traveling over land. The seating is absolute luxury compared to this brutality and there's no TSA BS.
Load More Replies...Why was it even designed that way? So that if by chance there's nobody in the aisle behind you, you can lie down like that?
You are in the lucky minority. Good job, DancingToMyself
Load More Replies...What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. That's probably why they're all silent, to not discuss Vegas
Even though it's gross, I think I would take it back out and walk down the aisles asking every parent with a baby who did it. Just to see the facial expressions.
There's literally a trash can right beside it!! How can they not seen it
maybe they just put it there to finish dressing the baby and then forgot it there?
You don't forget to wipd your own a*s and flush the toilet when you're done either, right?
Load More Replies...Gross, yes, but it's better than changing a nappy on the food tray, right?
Reminds me of a time when I passed through security, and I then was struck down in a fever. My parents had to look for medicine.
Too bad it wasn't followed with a tuna sandwich and something with parmesan cheese
Why people put up with this kind of stuff? You just ask politely his parents if he can STOP BANGING at your seat. And then, if they don't do anything, then the stage is yours. :)
Seriously. Why do people put up with this stuff? This is when I would turn around and talk to the kid myself, and to the parents. If it continued, I would call the flight attendents and have these folks moved.
Ay Be Cee Dee E eF Gee, Age I Jay Kay L M N Oh Pee Cue Are S T yoU V Double"U" Exe Why Zee
yeah like really, no sense of education whatsoever
Load More Replies...When I was younger, I was with my younger brother and we were waiting by a bus stop, some gross old douchebag was picking his nose walking down the street, which was gross enough, but when he walked past my brother he rubbed his hand in my brother's hair, basically using his hair to wash snot off his finger. I still hope one day I get to speak to that filthy man. Rubbing snot in a 6 year old's hair, wow.
BOGO deal on phobia treatments!*. (*must complete both programs at the same time)
He is containing the spider so it doesn't unleash on the plane and bite someone
Load More Replies...Aww, and he/she got the blanket under itself. Safety overrated. :)
Load More Replies...Let's be honest, everyone was probably just glad the crying/screaming stopped
Until I saw the caption I thought this was just a passenger with dirty socks
She's ready for in=flight turbulence. Hope that doesn't hurt/kill her child.
I have twins and one would always end up sleeping on the floor. Yes it's comfy since they are horizontal
Uuuugh, so disgusting... Seriously, nobody wants to see your fat, just hide it if you don't want people to vomit on you.
Looks photoshopped. Especially visible in the area of the child's bottom.
why don't you just drink an entire bottle of soda, point your a*s at him and damn fart one in his face ?! bet he'll stop
Gaserosis of the blowhole is definitely less pleasant third party
If you have peripheral vision I'm sure it's not hard to see what's going on. But you must really like Lost if you're able to tell what's happening out of the corner of you eye.
Load More Replies...I think the main reason is because you are not the centre of the universe.
If you have no clue about humor you better stop making Panda posts. Seriously.
Having flown between ATL and Las Vegas on Spirit's shuttle flight... They had to hire an off duty American Airlines pilot because theirs were all on strike...
I don't mind Polo Cologne, but too much of it is definitely overpowering! In fact, too much of anything, is overpowering. Especially, for a person who gets constant migraines (me).
I'm more concerned about the "notes" on his steering column!! Please tell me those aren't instructions!!!
They'll be the pre flight checks. As there are so many, they read them out to be sure they don't miss any
Load More Replies...Pilots tend to have things like callsign, take off/landing weight, and planned en route fuel on their yoke.
Judging by the khaki pants in the jump seat, that’s a standby employee. Seems rude to take that pic and post it online...
Needs to have the rudeness of the situation pointed it by those of us who aren't such utterly self centred, selfish shits...then chucked out
I never had problems flying, my whole life. I started getting motion sick a couple years ago, I think it was from a medication. I didn't realize how bad flying could be. I had to grab the vomit bag. I didn't vomit, but kept apologizing profusely to the girls next to me. Add horrible as I felt, I felt horrible for then too
Oh heck, If you've seen one South Asian you've seen all Middle Easterners, eh?
Load More Replies...Racist people call all muslims or anyone from the middle east a terrorist. I'm glad to see that you see them as innocent human beings.
Load More Replies...I wish I were there. I would have talked to him. I felt a kinship with that comment.
Never go to a beach honey, you would see people wearing no t-shirt, you would probably die.
I absolutely agree that there have to be some limits/standard for dressing on planes.
Load More Replies...I think a study found the trays to be the most gem-infected part of a plane...
I wouldn't complain about a tray with lots of gems on it. They needn't be diamonds. :-P Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Load More Replies...This is why I always bring cleansing wipes and fully wipe down my seat/buckle/tray etc. as well as bring hand sanitizer! Ew!
hmm..think l will be carrying germ wipes the next time l fly..give those trays a really good cleaning...
If you put feet up there, the jacket will not only hide them , but keep them warm. Be sure to thank her.
And then you hear all of the dings and pings from phones getting turned off of airplane mode:)
It's actually surprisingly easy (not that I've actually flown a plane but I've done it in a sim.) So long as you know how to turn on the autopilot you're fine. (there's usually a button labelled AP for autopilot and A/THR for autothrottle)
I hate everything about the take off so refuse to look, gripping my hands together and chewing mints to distract myself. Strangely, I love watching the landings as we plummet towards the ground at hundreds of miles per hour!
Could be worse. He could judge people on their attire without knowing anything about them!
Pretty sure the poster is saying that the person has acted like a d**k in-fight and the hat is coincidental.
Load More Replies...Unfortunately you can't, ever since someone hijacked a plane with scissors.
Load More Replies...Twitter text limit. Makes for some really hideous messages.
Load More Replies...You must have flown on an Airbus. If it was a Boeing it would have bounced on landing.
Arunas: NOT a large child, maybe at the transitional stage; ALSO: I have a 70 LB. special needs kid in diapers who is longer (taller) than 4 ft! they don't MAKE changing tables for kids like her, no matter where i go it seems.. WHAT is someone supposed to DO?? I always try to find a private & unobtrusive spot, more for my OWN privacy & my daughter's, but sometimes the situation just SUCKS. you deal & MOVE ON.
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Knock on wood. I've flown nearly 1.8M miles and have not encountered these nut jobs. I would not mind seeing a panda though!!
The people taking the photos seem as annoying as the people doing dumb s**t on a plane.
I remember my experience on Kenya Airways. When I asked for my food because they skipped me they told me they did not have any food left. I had to wait until they served breakfast.
Knock on wood. I've flown nearly 1.8M miles and have not encountered these nut jobs. I would not mind seeing a panda though!!
The people taking the photos seem as annoying as the people doing dumb s**t on a plane.
I remember my experience on Kenya Airways. When I asked for my food because they skipped me they told me they did not have any food left. I had to wait until they served breakfast.
