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(tense music)

- Onboard tonight's "fasten your seatbelt".

A toddlers joy ride nearly takes a terrible turn.

A single article of clothing causes a big fuss.

- You can take it off, or you can leave the airplane.

(yelling)

- [robert] an outrageous tirade stuns them in coach class.

- Bitch, you gon' (beep) off.

Bitch.

- [robert] and an intoxicated

Pilot on his way to the cockpit.

Modern air travel.

Now, more than ever before,

People are acting up and acting out while traveling.

- If there's no flight, just say there's no flight!

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

- I want 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.

- Enough, you don't put yur hands on my flight attendant!

- I'm robert hays.

I played the reluctant pilot of the doomed

Flight in the classic film 'airplane'.

But in real life, air travel is just as hair-raising.

- [man] oh! (woman screaming)

- [robert] so buckle up.

We're about to take off.

(plane engine roaring)

- Usually when you're out somewhere

And unsatisfied with your service,

You can ask for the manager to sort things out.

But if you're causing a ruckus while traveling,

Asking for the airport manager is a pointless request.

At dallas fort worth international,

A woman who tried to board her flight

Without permission goes on a curse filled rant.

- [young man] I saw you run through

The door when you weren't supposed to--

- [robert] she claims she was choked to the ground,

But reports from passengers and airport staff say otherwise.

- [young man] boo hoo.

Boo hoo.

- [policeman] not helping, not helping.

- [robert] reportedly,

The woman caused a commotion at the boarding gate

And was denied access to her flight.

That's when she made a run for the plane

And was knocked to the ground.

- [robert] police attempt to calm her down,

But finally arrest her.

(jet engine roars)

- [robert] you might be in four airports a day,

Everyday for the next 10 years,

And never witness anything like

What we have in our next story.

- That's my seat, you don't like it?

I don't care, that's my seat.

Call the police on me, I'll call the police on you.

- [robert] as passengers board a flight from dallas to la,

A man has switched to a better seat, claiming it as his own.

- [robert] the rightful seat owner has nowhere to go

As a flight attendant tries to rectify the situation.

- This is my seat--

- [flight attendant] I know, we are.

- [passenger] good.

(indistinct conversation)

- [robert] as flight attendants get the authorities,

The man comes increasingly agitated.

- You call the police on me.

I'll call the police on you if you call the police on me.

That's my seat, you don't like it?

I don't care, that's my seat.

Call the police on me, I'll call the police on you.

I don't give a (beep). - Please calm down.

I don't give a (beep), that's my seat.

- [flight attendant] you need to calm down.

- You take something from me, I take what is mine.

- [flight attendant] I'll say it one more time calm down.

- I take what is mine, shut up.

- [robert] passengers seem to have had enough

Of the man's incessant ranting.

- You don't, your ass is lost in federal.

Take it.

- All right, but it sure better be in that seat.

Police coming right now and I'm staying in that seat.

You take me off this plane,

Your ass is going to federal court.

- All right, we're going to have to deplane.

Everybody, deplane.

- [agitated passenger] everybody off the plane--

- [flight attendant] (over speaker) ladies and gentlemen,

Unfortunately everyone must deplane the plane at this time.

Make sure you have your bag,

All belongings, and boarding pass.

We'll be reboarding in just a few moments.

Sorry, and thank you.

(indistince ranting)

- [robert] passengers need to deplane

So authorities can safely handle the situation.

- [passenger] I'm going to miss my connection.

- [robert] as passengers deplane,

Police arrive with a wheelchair as backup.

(laughs quickly)

- [robert] the man is handcuffed

And escorted off in a wheelchair,

As the plane was delayed for 45 minutes.

However, the man was not arrested.

- We trust airline pilots with our lives.

Every time we fly,

We put our faith in the hands of complete strangers,

Which makes this next story all the more disturbing.

In July, 2019,

This pilot walked into

Minneapolis st. Paul international,

Ready to commandeer his commercial flight to san diego.

After making it through a standard checkpoint,

He realizes a random secondary

Check has been set up that day.

Telling the tsa officer he isn't ready to go through yet,

He strolls away.

The officer is suspicious of the pilot's behavior

And calls dispatch to track him.

Footage shows the pilot ducking into

This men's room for just 27 seconds.

Before the searching officers can locate the pilot,

He reappears back at the checkpoint to get screened.

He reportedly tells an air marshal he'd gone

To the crew room to retrieve a forgotten ipad.

The pilot continues to the next checkpoint,

And gets on the plane.

Officials quickly review surveillance footage

From at least 15 different cameras,

And see that the pilot didn't

Enter the crew room like he said.

An air marshal discovers a bottle of vodka

He believes the pilot dropped in the restroom trash.

Police board the aircraft believing

That the pilot may be intoxicated,

And they promptly remove him from the first officer's chair.

(tense music)

The pilot was arrested after forensics

Determined his blood alcohol level was likely

Between 0.04 and 0.08 while seated in the cockpit.

Experts say even a 0.05 is enough to seriously

Impair a person's driving capabilities.

He was also required to complete alcohol treatment,

Submit to random testing,

And attend return to work meetings with his employer.

(plane engine roaring)

(tense music)

- [robert] when you buy your plane ticket,

You become partners with the airline.

You follow their rules,

And they'll get you where you want to go.

But you should know those rules

Before you get on the aircraft.

After boarding her delta flight,

One passenger was asked to remove her hat,

Which displayed the f-word.

She refused, and the flight's captain

Came to rectify the situation.

- [female passenger] I am.

- [female passenger] which one?

- [female passenger] okay.

- [robert] delta's contract of carriage reserves the right

To remove a passenger who's attire creates an unreasonable

Risk of offense or annoyance to other passengers.

- [robert] after the captain leaves,

A fellow passenger, an off duty officer,

Steps in to mediate.

- [robert] the officer offers to hang

Onto the hat for the rest of the flight,

But once she stopped recording,

It's unclear whether the woman was

Allowed to fly to her destination.

- Baggage carousels are just another pit stop

On the way from point a to point b.

But to a kid, those things look like a hell of a ride.

What fun hides behind those mysterious black flaps?

At atlanta's hartsfield jackson international airport,

This two year old ambles past

A spirit airlines check in counter.

Employees fail to see the little trespasser

As he climbs onto their moving conveyor belt.

(tense music)

His mother shows staffers where her child was

When he got swept away by the machine.

The toddler desperately tries to

Crawl back out of a ct scanner,

But the oncoming luggage is too much for him to tackle.

(tense music)

All the moving parts and heavy luggage

Make this an extremely dangerous place for a child.

One of the scanners picks up the child as an anomaly,

And sends him to a tsa room

Where bags are manually searched.

(tense music)

In the baggage room,

Employees spot the little one and rush to his rescue.

The boy is whisked away to a holding room,

And to the safety of an officer with a body cam.

- [officer] the mother just arrived, she's here.

- [officer] yeah, have a seat right here.

(child crying)

- [officer] have a seat.

- [officer] what happened?

- [officer] what happened?

(child crying loudly)

- [robert] atlanta fire responders arrive soon after,

And treat the boy's hand immediately.

Those responders and all the airport heroes

Behind the scenes prevented a tragedy that day.

(plane engine roaring)

- [robert] dance like nobody's watching.

Or dance like everyone's watching!

It doesn't matter if it's a flight

Delay or a long awaited reunion,

If you're in the airport,

Just dance, dance, dance.

If you're part of a dance crew on your way

To a major televised dance competition,

But your flight is delayed for six hours,

What do you do?

Well, if you're the funky wunks dance crew from orlando,

Then you bust a move.

(dance music)

Perfect 10.

(passengers cheering)

In new zealand,

It's a maori tradition to welcome loved ones home

At the airport with a ceremonial dance known as the haka.

(passengers chanting)

This powerful dance ritual is usually performed in a group,

And represents a display of a tribe's pride,

Strength, and unity.

(passengers chanting)

So the next time you're at the airport,

And if you feel inspired,

Get fired up and dance your heart out,

No matter the reason.

(dance music)

Seasoned travelers are used to putting up

With just about any given scenario on their flight.

But what you're about to see would put off any passenger.

- Say what (beep)! You all (beep) all night, bitch!

- [robert] right after passengers board

This flight to michigan,

An outburst from one woman gets everybody's attention.

- (beep) all night, bitch.

Bitch, you gon' (beep) all night.

Bitch!

- [robert] this woman's obscene tirade

Doesn't seem to be directed at anyone in particular.

- Ow, bitch!

Bitch!

- [robert] she is unresponsive to the flight

Attendant trying to help her.

This unfortunate meltdown shocked

The public when it hit social media,

Causing it to go viral in 2020.

Several passengers moved to gently usher her off the plane.

And even though she appears to be calm at first,

She starts screaming again.

It's unclear what prompted the woman's outburst,

And additional details are unavailable.

(woman screaming)

(plane engine roaring)

(tense music)

- Before gender reveal parties,

Before all those instagram and tiktok challenges,

The king of viral videos was the airport reunion.

Inside detroit wayne county airport,

Emma trabou is anxiously waiting for her boyfriend,

John greko.

He's returning from air force basic training.

- [emma's mom] wow!

- [emma's mom] emma, what is going on?

- I don't know.

- Oh my gosh, why is he taking forever?

- [eemma's mom] emma, this is killing me.

- This is killing me.

(laughs quickly)

- [eemma's mom] here he comes!

(cheering quickly)

- [friend] hey john!

(cheering and clapping)

- [eemma's mom] hey john!

- [robert] what emma didn't know is that her mother

And john had secretly planned something very special.

(cheering and clapping)

- So when he got down on one knee and proposed to me,

He did say, will you marry me?

And I said, well,

Yes, of course!

I was kind of in shock though, as he was doing it,

Because we had talked about just

Buying an engagement ring somewhere.

So I wasn't expecting to have that at all,

You know, that day.

- Pa announcement] keep the aisleways clear.

- [robert] the happy couple tied the knot

10 days after their airport reunion.

- And it was just a really surreal moment.

(cheering and clapping)

And my husband and I,

We kind of look back at that moment.

We're like, oh,

We went viral!

When I watch this video today, it still makes me,

Like, well up actually.

'cause I just know how much my husband loves me,

And cares about me.

He makes me feel like the most

Special person in the whole world.

He's really such, he is such a wonderful man.

(plane engine roaring)

- That's all for this episode.

But before we leave the gate,

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

As they speed down the runway,

A dad starts recording his son's first flight.

- [robert] the awesome miracle of soaring

Through the sky is not lost on this youngster.

- [robert] sometimes it's the little things in life.

- It's flying!

(plane engine roaring)

(bell rings)