Sick, stranded whale to be put out of misery with explosives
Thu, 2/09/10 – 1:10 | One Comment

A whale that is stranded and sick is set to leave this world a bang… of explosives that is.
The Western Australia Department of Environment and Conservation have decided that the unusual step is necessary because …

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Changi Airport adds giant corkscrew slide
Wednesday, 1 Sep, 2010 – 17:29 | No Comment
Changi Airport adds giant corkscrew slide

Singapore’s Changi Airport just got a whole lot more fun (and expensive) with an exciting new addition. The Slide@T3, which is located in Terminal 3 is a 12-meter-high corkscrew-like contraption that rockets passengers down its …

Your 747 may or may not be about to crash into the sea
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010 – 6:58 | No Comment
Your 747 may or may not be about to crash into the sea

It was reported recently that an emergency message was mistakenly activated on-board a British Airways 747, instructing passengers flying from London to Hong Kong to brace for a possible crash into the sea. It was …

Frustrated flight attendant makes dramatic emergency exit
Tuesday, 10 Aug, 2010 – 18:06 | One Comment
Frustrated flight attendant makes dramatic emergency exit

A bad day at work definitely cost a 39-year-old flight attendant his job and may cost him his freedom.
As a JetBlue flight from Pittsburgh to New York landed, Steven Slater did what flight attendants always …

Brazilian authorities detain self-pantsing United pilot
Monday, 28 Jun, 2010 – 23:56 | One Comment
Brazilian authorities detain self-pantsing United pilot

A 49-year-old United Airlines pilot was detained by authorities after he dropped his pants during a routine security screening at Rio de Janeiro Airport.
It has been alleged that when asked to remove his belt and …

Airlines lose over 25 million bags a year
Friday, 18 Jun, 2010 – 5:58 | 2 Comments
Airlines lose over 25 million bags a year

Travel agents, Flight Centre, announced recently that over 25 million items of luggage go missing at major airports every year. Their advice? Make sure you have the right travel insurance.
After analysing the latest figures in the 2010 Air Transport Industry Baggage Report, it …

Nun Massage Service Offers Therapeutic Water Torture
Sunday, 30 May, 2010 – 7:42 | 3 Comments
Nun Massage Service Offers Therapeutic Water Torture

When a group of nuns based at the Marienkron Abbey in Monchhof, Austria found that their chicken breeding service wasn’t paying the bills, they came up with an unlikely, luxurious alternative.
They converted the abbey into …

TSA Worker Broke Out Baton Over Body-scanner-related Genital Jibes
Thursday, 6 May, 2010 – 20:27 | One Comment
TSA Worker Broke Out Baton Over Body-scanner-related Genital Jibes

A member of the Miami International Airport security team is on administrative leave after he used a baton to beat a colleague who made light of the size of his package after he walked through …

Flight Turns Around After Family Fight
Sunday, 2 May, 2010 – 22:08 | One Comment
Flight Turns Around After Family Fight

A U.S. Airways flight from Orlando to Pheonix had to turn around while in flight due to a 16-year-old boy and his parents arguing on board and becaming too disruptive.
The captain decided to turn around for safety reasons. The …

Suspicious Bag That Closed Roadway Contained Laptop and Lots of Porn
Tuesday, 27 Apr, 2010 – 20:26 | One Comment
Suspicious Bag That Closed Roadway Contained Laptop and Lots of Porn

An abandoned backpack that shut down a major airport roadway was revealed to hold a laptop computer and a large amount of pornographic material.
The backpack, which was found near the entrance to Philadelphia International Airport’s …

Passenger Threatened Aircraft With Psychokinetic Destruction
Tuesday, 6 Apr, 2010 – 1:18 | One Comment
Passenger Threatened Aircraft With Psychokinetic Destruction

A passenger aboard a Qantas flight from Sydney to Singapore has some explaining to do after he allegedly threatened to bring down the plane with the power of his mind.
The Age reports that the, who …

Airport Employee May Have Used Body Scanner To Peep Beneath Female Co-workers Clothes
Friday, 26 Mar, 2010 – 4:08 | 5 Comments
Airport Employee May Have Used Body Scanner To Peep Beneath Female Co-workers Clothes

This article has been removed from We Interrupt after it was found that the initial comments attributed to Ms. Margetson by The Sun, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and other publications were untrue.

Lady Gaga Stripped For Own Safety
Wednesday, 10 Mar, 2010 – 22:47 | 6 Comments
Lady Gaga Stripped For Own Safety

Lady Gaga was forced to change into normal clothes on a flight from London to the United States when one of her outfits caused her to develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
When the flight attendants saw …

Demand Up For Designer Kidnappings
Tuesday, 23 Feb, 2010 – 0:16 | No Comment
Demand Up For Designer Kidnappings

Paris, France: A company in France offers a service that can only be described as unique, they kidnap thrill-seeking clients.
The Straits Times reports that Ultime Réalité (Ultimate Reality) charge 900 Euros for their basic kidnap …

Airline Accused Of Discriminating Against Same-sex Couples
Saturday, 31 Oct, 2009 – 12:12 | One Comment
Airline Accused Of Discriminating Against Same-sex Couples

SkyWest Airlines has a policy of giving free air fares to spouses of employees, but it would seem that the same rules are not applied equally to all spouses; one passenger claiming that his …

Bulgarian Drivers Playing “Russian Road Roulette”
Saturday, 31 Oct, 2009 – 11:06 | One Comment
Bulgarian Drivers Playing “Russian Road Roulette”

Drivers in Sofia, Bulgaria are playing a deadly game that has been dubbed “Russian road roulette”, in which they race through red lights at busy intersections.
Both participants and onlookers place bets of up to …

Pilots Who Missed Runway Were Using Laptops
Monday, 26 Oct, 2009 – 21:24 | One Comment
Pilots Who Missed Runway Were Using Laptops

The two pilots of a Northwest Airlines jet were using laptops when they flew 240km past their destination.
The pilots said that they were involved in a heated discussion about crew scheduling and that the discussion …