A Bad Case of Air Rage

Black Box Down

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Aviation, Leisure

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Chris Demarais tells Gustavo Sorola all about incidents of air rage and how it can affect a flight. Find out what happens when passengers become a hazard in this episode of Black Box Down. Sponsored by ExpressVPN (go to http://expressvpn.com/blackboxdown to get an extra 3 months free) and HelloFresh (go to http://hellofresh.com/blackboxdown65 and use code blackboxdown65 for 65% off plus free shipping) Find us on social media and buy our merch here! https://linktr.ee/BlackBoxDownPod Go to blackboxdownpod.com to support us directly! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a Rooster Teeth production.
0:08.0	October 19, 1995, United Airlines Flight 976, a flight from Buenos Aires to New York,
0:15.4	aboard passengers.
0:17.0	Gerard Finneran, a 59-year-old Wall Street investment banker, is already drunk when he
0:21.9	enters the plane.
0:23.2	Before takeoff, he loudly demands a different seat and steals the bottle of champagne from
0:27.0	the galley.
0:28.0	Later in the flight, he's caught stealing champagne again.
0:31.0	A flight attendant tells Gerard he needs a break from alcohol.
0:33.6	Gerard threatens violence but returns to his seat.
0:36.3	A little later, he stumbles through first class, climbs onto a service trolley and defecates.
0:41.6	He then claims himself up with some napkins and proceeds to stomp around in his own feces
0:46.1	and wipes them on the walls of the plane.
0:48.2	What happens when passengers become unruly on flights?
0:51.2	What recourse does the crew and airlines have?
0:53.6	How will crappy passengers like Gerard Finneran be punished?
0:56.7	And how does the airline industry respond to the massive increase in disrupted passengers
1:01.2	for the last three years?
1:02.8	Find out on this episode of Black Box Down.
1:06.7	Hello, it's Chris and Gus, but backwards.
1:12.3	This time I'm telling the story.
1:14.1	What's it like?
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