The Craziest S**t that Happened on Planes in 2023

Earlier this year, way back in February or March, it occurred to me the American flight experience was absolutely batshit insane. Not a week went by without some fight, some bathroom disaster, some actual psychic communion with the Netherrealm — 40,000 feet off the ground (or, more often than not, just before takeoff) — went viral.