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Why are airline passengers so mad?

Outdated mask rules and an oversize airline bailout have left air travelers feeling cranky

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Christopher Elliott
Jun 06, 2021
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Dustin Elliott, “Pandemic Air Rage” (2021) Oil on canvas. For more information, https://www.instagram.com/stillstabbin/

It happened again on Friday. An angry passenger screaming "STOP THE PLANE!" tried to break into the cockpit on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville. The crew restrained him, and the flight diverted to Albuquerque.

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