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(intense music)

- Onboard tonight's fasten your seatbelt.

(bell dings)

A passenger is going to get tased, but it may not work.

- Get the (beep) out of here.

And someone's been flying a bit too close to the jet stream.

- [captain] we just passed a guy on a jet pack.

- [robert] then, this guy doesn't have a ticket

So he's winging it.

- [passenger 1] there he goes! - [passenger 2] what happened?

- [robert] and the consequences of his rampage

Led to this.

(moaning)

- [robert] modern air travel.

Now, more than ever before,

People are acting up and acting out while traveling.

- [woman] if there's not flight just say there's no flight!

- [robert] it's a melting pot of stress and anxiety.

- [woman] I would like the manager of the airport here.

- [robert] whether it's strangeness in the air

Or strangers on the ground,

This jet stream of raw emotion is all caught on camera.

- [captain] enough, you do notput your hands

On my flight attendant.

- I'm robert hayes.

I played the reluctant pilot of a doomed flight

In the classic film, airplane.

But in real life air travel is just as hairy.

(screaming)

So buckle up.

We're about to take off.

(jet engine whirrs)

- The faa has reported that the cases of unruly passengers

Onboard airplanes have been steadily rising.

The most recent report listed an unprecedented number,

More than 1,300 incidents

And authorities have begun levying tens

Of thousands of dollars in fines to passengers

Who create trouble.

Here are a couple of notable incidents of the kind

Of bad behavior that airlines have been reporting.

Upon landing in san diego,

A passenger and a flight attendant get

Into a serious altercation over a seatbelt.

(yelling)

- [male passenger] hey, hey!

- [female passenger] hey!

- [male passenger] hey! (passengers yelling)

- [robert] the passenger's fists connect firmly

With the flight attendant's face.

(passenger yelling)

- [passenger] she came at her first.

She came at her first.

- [robert] passengers say the woman became angry

When told she had to put her mask on,

Fasten her seatbelt and put up her tray table

During taxing,

A common faa requirement.

- [passenger] she came at her first.

- [robert] the flight attendant's face

Was gruesomely battered and bloodied.

Reportedly, two of her teeth were knocked out.

- [passenger] a child too.

- [robert] police remove the assailant from the airplane.

The flight attendant would be wheeled off the plane

By paramedics and taken to a hospital where she was treated

And recovered from her injuries.

And in another case,

In the plague of unruly passengers...

- [robert] a fully boarded miami to chicago flight remains

At the gate because a heated altercation

Between passengers broke out inside the cabin.

- [robert] witnesses say a man was insulting another man

And woman and then put his hands on the woman.

Law enforcement has identified the main offender.

- What? What is the?

No.

- [robert] and the entire airplane is getting angry.

(yelling) - [female passenger] come on!

Get him out!

- [passengers] get him out! Get him out!

Get him out! Get him out!

Get him out! Get him out!

- Listen, what is the reason?

(yelling)

- [robert] when they can't physically subdue him,

The officers try a different tactic.

- [woman] I don't want to get hit because you wont stand up!

- Do not fight. Do not fight, do you understand that?

- No, no, you listen!

- Do you understand that?

- I'm asking you right now

Because you have to answer.

- What are you, no, tase me?

- You will get, you will get, no.

(passengers clap)

- [officer] watch out. Watch out.

Johnson, watch out.

- [female passenger] watch out johnson!

- Get the (beep) out of here!

-[woman] oh my god!

(yelling) (taser clicking)

- [robert] reports say the officer tased

The belligerent passenger 10 times for 50 seconds.

Yet he seemed unaffected by the tens of thousands of volts.

(dramatic music)

- [robert] other passengers re-boarded the plane

After a one hour delay.

The man was arrested.

He was later found not guilty of assault

And other charges were dropped.

(crowd cheering)

- [passenger 1] bye!

- [passenger 2] you deserve it!

(jet engine whirrs)

(upbeat music)

When you're on board and settling in for your flight,

There are some things you don't want to see.

And this is one of them.

It's mccarran international airport in las vegas,

Where a man breached a security fence

And is spotted wandering the runway.

And then the unimaginable happened.

He's now on the wing of an alaskan airline plane.

- [passenger 1] what is going on? (gasps)

(intense music)

Did he open the door? How'd he get up there?

- [passenger 2] he came up from down on the ground.

- [passenger 1] he got up there from the ground?

[passenger 1] he was running around out there.

- [robert] he rants at the astonished passengers

Who can hardly hear him.

But still, it's a chilling sight.

I thought like...

- [paassenger 1] he's foaming at the mouth.

Oh yeah. What is he doing?

- [robert] passenger erin evans had a front row seat.

- He was acting erratic and looking straight at us

In through the window and like, talking to us

But we couldn't hear what he saying.

- [flight attendant] please remain seated in your seats.

The air marshals are onboard the flight

So we ask you to please remain in your seats at this time.

- [robert] the pilot kills the engines.

Law enforcement arrives in a hurry.

- [erin] there are lots of cops.

So we're just going to watch and see what happens.

- [robert] it's unclear why the man

Would try this dangerous stunt.

- [man] tryng to get him off the wing.

- [passenger] where?

- [erin] right there.

- [passenger] oh crap.

Five or six police officers came in through the front door

Of the plane at that point.

Storm down the aisle and then went out the emergency exit.

You could tell by looking at it,

That was not going to end well.

- [passenger] where does he? It's amazing.

Oh (beep).

There he goes!

(yelling)

- [robert] the man takes a 20 foot fall

To the concrete tarmac,

Where first responders rushed to his assistance.

- [male passenger] yup. - [female passenger] yeah.

He wasn't coming down and he was going to jump.

He's still conscious.

He just has a little cut on the, on his cheek.

- [robert] he's taken to the hospital

And treated for surprisingly minor injuries.

- [erin] never had anything like that happen

On a plane before.

I mean, she said

She'd been an attendant for 30 years

And has never seen anything like this.

- [robert] he was arrested and booked into clark county jail

And was later found guilty of trespassing.

(jet engine whirrs)

- [robert] traveling with a baby and a stroller.

That's a two headed nightmare for a parent.

Sometimes airline crews are helpful

And sometimes there are issues.

A flight from san francisco to dallas has just boarded

And a mom cries hysterically with baby in her arms.

- [robert] the woman was trying to pack away her stroller

When it was violently yanked from her by a flight attendant,

Striking her in the process.

- [robert] one passenger saw what happened and has her back.

- [robert] when the offending flight attendant re-boards

The plane to talk to the captain, he's called out.

You stay out of this!

(indistinct)

- [robert] that happened.

The footage went viral.

National news picked it up and american quickly apologized

To the mom

And the flight attendant was suspended.

- Back in the day,

The thought of a man flying through the air was akin

To something out of the jetsons.

And if you're too young to recognize that reference

Google is at your fingertips.

In late summer 2020, sightings of a man wearing a jet pack

Were making headlines across la.

- Both the fbi and the faa started an investigation

Into this airspace intruder.

- [robert] multiple airlines reported the incident.

- [robert] flying in illegal airspace,

The jet pack is a new found danger,

Close to one of the busiest airports in america.

- [robert] flying through the air at roughly 3000 feet,

This close encounter is less than seven miles from lax.

- [robert] jet packs can only fly about 10 minutes,

But reportedly have reached altitudes of up to 6,000 feet.

Although the flier remains a mystery,

Jet packs are an emerging technology

And continue to flourish around the world.

The question remains, will the world ever meet

This real life ironman?

(intense music)

- If there's a screaming baby aboard your plane,

You got to give them a break if they're new to the world.

Some infants are literally air born.

- [woman] baby has been delivered on our flight

From fort lauderdale.

- [robert] a passenger traveling from fort lauderdale

To dallas with her two pre-teen daughters suddenly

Went into labor at 36 weeks with her third child.

- [woman] oh my goodness!

Look! Aw!

- [robert] according to medical professionals,

Commercial air travel before week 36 of pregnancy

Is considered safe.

The 35-year-old mother reported her contractions

Began 10 to 15 minutes after takeoff.

By a lucky coincidence,

A pediatrician and a nurse were on the flight

To assist with the delivery right there at her seat,

As the plane was diverted to new orleans.

- [robert] an excited passenger captures

And narrates baby's first moments.

- [doctor] so this is very special.

Do you have a name for him?

- [mother] christophe?

- [women] christophe!

- [robert] baby christophe surprised mom

And his two older sisters by making

His arrival four weeks before his due date.

The seven pound baby will be racking up

Those flight miles soon enough.

Spirit airlines gifted the newborn with free flights

For the next 21 years.

- [woman] born on an airplane.

Wow.

- [robert] across the globe,

Another miracle is born in the sky.

About six hours into a 19 hour flight from taiwan

To los angeles, a china airways flight crew sprang

Into action when a passenger started labor.

(passengers clapping)

- [robert] the taiwanese woman identified only

As sian, told the crew she was 32 weeks pregnant

When the little one began her entry over the pacific ocean.

(speaking chinese)

- [robert] the plane quickly diverted to alaska.

Another bit of luck, dr. Angelica zen was coming home

From her honeymoon and worked with flight attendants

Delivering the baby.

The baby girl arrived 30 minutes before the plane landed

In anchorage.

Sian and baby were brought immediately to the hospital

For postpartum care, without any health complications.

(passengers clapping)

- How do you maintain order

When a passenger is uncontrollable at 37,000 feet?

You do whatever's necessary as this next clip shows.

A flight from reykjavik to new york became

An airborne nightmare

When one drunk passenger got way out of control

In mid-flight.

The end result is seen in this cell phone video.

The crew and other passengers restrained the man in his seat

With zip ties and duct tape.

- (beep) just got real.

(muffled yelling)

- [robert] after downing a bottle of duty-free booze

He brought aboard,

He began cursing and spitting at other passengers,

Even hitting them.

The man reportedly attempted to choke the person next

To him too screaming, "the plane is going to crash."

Iceland air said they keep duct tape and zip ties

On board all their flights,

Precisely for incidents such as this.

In the us, tough cuff restraints are standard.

(muffled yelling)

After the drunk raging man is secured,

Flight attendants monitor his safety throughout the flight.

- [robert] upon arrival in new york,

He's met by authorities and taken to a hospital

For evaluation.

The airline did not press charges.

(jet engine whirrs)

(intense music)

- [robert] trying to navigate through an airport

Can get a little confusing sometimes.

The multiple terminals, gates and security checks

Can be overwhelming.

For some travelers,

Their confusion can go to the next level.

In 2019 surveillance footage from dagestan airport in russia

Shows a reportedly first time flyer

Approaching a security checkpoint.

Apparently, he's unsure how the screening process works.

So the most logical thing to do is, yup,

The confused traveler climbs inside the baggage scanner

With his bag.

The security agent points out his newbie mistake.

At least he got a good laugh out of it.

A long-awaited well-planned family vacation can be one

Of the most exciting moments imaginable,

Especially for a young child.

- [mother] we've been lying to you.

You need to open up those bags.

- [robert] at England's gatwick airport,

A mom and dad are about to give their daughters

The ultimate surprise trip: Disney world in florida.

But mum and dad are in for a surprise of their own.

The girl's reaction is not what they expected.

- [robert] the triangle is the bermuda triangle.

The family had just seen a documentary

About the notorious area of the atlantic.

- [mother] we're going to florida.

(laughing)

- [robert] the overjoyed older daughter

Tries to talk sense into her sister.

- [mother] no! You're going to florida.

Where you've always wanted to go.

- Oh!

- [mother] yes!

- That's all for this episode.

But before our departure,

It's time for the short flight of the week.

With a new leash on life,

Lou sky barker here is living his best life,

Chilling in the passenger seat of this private plane

While his master takes it for a spin.

Just don't jump out until you're barked in the hanger.

Who's a good boy?

(groovy music)

(jet engine whirrs)

(bell dings)