2023: A Year of Air Travel Chaos and Record-breaking Complaints

The year 2023 witnessed several shocking incidents on airplanes, including a passenger's mid-flight meltdown over a crying baby, a flight diversion due to a severe case of diarrhea, a passenger opening the emergency exit and climbing onto the plane wing, a journalist discovering blood-soaked floor under his seat, a passenger facing federal charges for grabbing flight attendants and demanding a kiss, a woman being kicked off a flight for petting her newly adopted dog, a plane dropping 15,000 feet in three minutes due to a pressurization issue, and seven passengers being hospitalized after experiencing severe turbulence.