Saying the word “bomb” repeatedly

In April 2013, Michael Doyle—an individual who suffers from Tourette syndrome—boarded a plane, bringing with him all the proper documentation explaining his illness, lest he say something to worry other travelers. Unfortunately, that did happen. And the word was “bomb.” He said it more than 100 times during the check-in process. He was allowed to board the plane, but a JetBlue pilot had him deboarded during departure. Later, the airline determined those measures were unnecessary and offered Doyle a spot on the next flight.

Singing Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always…”

In May 2013, during a flight already in air traveling from Los Angeles to New York, the pilot made an unscheduled stop to remove a passenger who refused to stop singing Whitney Houston songs. The female traveler began her singing shortly after the plane took off and quickly became an annoyance to other passengers and flight staff. The pilot changed course and touched down in Kansas City to let officers escort the woman from the plane.

Saying “Bye, Bye Plane”

In July of 2007, Atlanta resident Kate Penland and her 19-month-old son, Garren, were waiting on the tarmac to take off for Oklahoma on a Continental Express flight. Suddenly Garren began saying, “Bye, Bye plane” repeatedly. The flight attendant asked Kate to medicate her son with Benadryl to silence him, which Kate refused to do. At that point the attendant announced that the plane was returning to the gate to deboard Kate and Garren.

Having a bad odor

In February of 2010, passengers waiting for take off on an Air Canada Jazz flight from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, to Montreal, began reporting an unpleasant odor coming from one particular traveler. More and more complaints came in describing the smell as “brutal,” and the staff finally asked the offending passenger to deboard the plane.

Wearing baggy clothing

In June of 2012, one airline deemed a young man’s baggy pants in violation of its dress code, which forbids “indecent or inappropriate exposure.” The traveler, 20-year-old Deshon Marman—a football player at University of New Mexico—was wearing jeans that fell below his buttocks, revealing his boxer shorts. He was first simply asked to pull up his pants, but when he refused, he was kicked off the plane.

Using profane language

In June of 2011, 37-year-old Brooklyn resident Robert Sayegh was removed from a plane for using the “f-word” twice. After a 45-minute delay in Detroit, Robert reportedly vented to his seatmate, “What’s taking so f***ing long to close the overhead compartments? What the f*** is going on?” A staff member who heard him requested that the pilot return the plane to the gate where police officers escorted the man off the flight.

Crying about a father’s heart attack, plus flight anxiety

In July of 2011, Ricci Wheatley and her sister were traveling to visit their father who had recently suffered a heart attack. Wheatley began to sob because she has flight anxiety, and she tried to order a glass of wine to calm her nerves. At this point the flight attendant said Wheatley had “had enough,” even though Wheatley had not to that point ordered any alcohol. The ensuing argument resulted in the sisters being kicked off the plane. However, Southwest did pay for a hotel room and a meal for the women, as well as rebookeingd them on a flight the next day.

Being too tall

In March of 2011, on a flight from Portland, Oregon to Ontario, a 6-foot, 9-inch-tall passenger was reportedly too tall to fit in his seat, and was asked to exit the plane. The passenger reports that he had asked to be seated in an exit row seat for the extra legroom, but none were available. Once on the plane, a flight attendant tripped over his legs and asked him to pull them entirely into his seat area. The passenger explained his legs would not fit there, that he’d called the airline in advance and asked for a different seat, but the phone operator had said it would be “the flight attendant’s problem.” Eventually, two more staff members spoke to the passenger, asking him to leave the plane.

Coughing

In March of 2007, 16-year-old Rachel Collier, a resident of Hawaii, was trying to go home after a school trip in New York. Rachel was sick at the time, and uncontrollably coughing. Flight attendants gave her water, but after the coughing persisted, the pilot returned the plane to the gate and dropped the girl off, along with one of her teachers. The pilot felt he was protecting the health of the other passengers. Both passengers had their tickets reimbursed.

Snapping a picture of a rude flight attendant

In July of 2011, photographer Sandy DeWitt was getting on a flight from Miami to Philadelphia when she overheard a flight attendant being rude to some passengers. She decided to take a photo of the event, but this did not go over well with the offending flight attendant. Once Sandy took a seat, crew member Tonialla G. confronted her and demanded she delete the photo. The flight attendant also told the pilot that she believed Sandy to be a security risk, which is what got the photographer escorted from the plane.