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Always loving you - In 2013, a flight to New York was diverted to Kansas City because an unruly passenger wouldn't stop singing.
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Always loving you - That's right, one passenger refused to stop singing 'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston.
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Always loving you - It wasn't the most dangerous emergency landing, but it seemed like the cabin crew had no choice but to turn around.
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Smelly poo above Dubai - In 2015, a plane headed to Dubai from Heathrow was turned around, because of a "smelly poo."
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Smelly poo above Dubai - "Insane. Our BA flight to Dubai returned back to Heathrow because of a smelly poo in the toilet," tweeted passenger Abhishek Sachdev.
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Smelly poo above Dubai - The flight was in the sky was around 30 minutes, before it was forced to turn around.
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Gérard Depardieu pees in plane aisle - Gérard Depardieu is no stranger to controversy, and caused a great deal of that on a flight to Dublin in 2011.
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Gérard Depardieu pees in plane aisle - The actor urinated in the aisle on board the flight, this after he was refused entry to the on-flight toilets.
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Gérard Depardieu pees in plane aisle - Passengers are asked not to use the toilets before takeoff. In the end, Depardieu's pee protest saw the flight forced to turn around.
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Raising the alarm
- A flight to Chicago in 2012 was forced to return to its gate, after "inflammatory" remarks were made over the speakers.
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Raising the alarm - Passengers reportedly heard a member of the cabin crew say "hey pilot, I'm not going to be responsible for your crash."
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Raising the alarm - The comment caused a bit too much concern for things to go as planned, so the flight was forced to return to Dallas-Fort Worth.
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The worst flight ever - Passengers had the worst flight imaginable in 2017, while on board a Qantas Airlines plane.
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The worst flight ever - The plane had a whopping four turnarounds in just 48 hours, due to many disturbing reasons.
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The worst flight ever - There were reports of unusual smells, a glitchy in-flight entertainment system, and broken air-conditioning too!
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Bee mishap - In 2015, a flight bound for Frankfurt was delayed after bees were found under its right wing.
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Bee mishap - Reportedly, thousands of bees were found on the plane, but no one was stung.
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Bee mishap - A beekeeper was deployed to take care of the situation, who removed the queen and her swarm.
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Hyun-ah goes nuts - In 2014, a plane was turned around after Cho Hyun-ah, the daughter of Korean Air's chief executive, caused a great fuss.
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Hyun-ah goes nuts - Hyun-ah threw a fit after she was served macadamia nuts from a packet, instead of a plate. Flight attendants were allegedly insulted by Korean Air's head of in-flight service.
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Hyun-ah goes nuts - Cho Hyun-ah was found guilty of obstruction of aviation safety, and served five months in prison.
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Baby left behind - A flight heading for Malaysia from Saudi Arabia had to be turned around, for one of the craziest reasons ever!
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Baby left behind - A passenger had left her baby at the terminal, and the plane simply had to return to get the child.
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Baby left behind - The conversation between the cabin crew and air traffic control has gone viral, with the air traffic operator saying "a passenger forgot her baby in the waiting area, the poor thing."
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Bird damage - A plane heading to Tennessee simply had to make an emergency landing in West Virginia, but why?
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Bird damage - Apparently a bird flew into the plane, causing the flight a great deal of problems.
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Bird damage - The windshield was cracked, forcing the team to make that emergency landing in West Virginia.
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Strong odor above Texas - Back in 2016, a flight bound for Texas had to turn around because of a "strong odor."
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Strong odor above Texas - 20 minutes after it took off from Newark airport, the crew reported an overwhelming smell in the cabin.
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Strong odour above Texas - The plane landed safely, and an investigation was launched into the cause of the smell.
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The weirdest reasons for airplane turnarounds
Airplane turns around because of Whitney Houston song
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Flying is stressful, no doubt about it. There's the competitive prices, the complications of packing, and that all-important airport sprint. When you're on the plane, you can only pray you're not stuck in front of some bratty kicking kid, or behind a rude reclining pensioner. However, none of that could equal the amount of stress in these ridiculous stories. Bees in the cargo, celebrities wetting themselves, and even a baby left behind, these are the weirdest reasons for airplane turn-arounds.
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