A 16-year-old high school student was ejected from a Continental Airlines flight because she was coughing. Rachel Collier's mother, who was eagerly awaiting her daughter's return in Hawaii, was infuriated when she got a call from one of the trip supervisors telling her that Rachel was not allowed to travel from New York because she was coughing. Stephanie Collier, Rachel's mom thought that it was some kind of joke as April Fools Day is round the corner, but was shocked to discover the truth. Rachel, who was returning home to Honolulu after a class trip to Washington, D. C. , and New York boarded the nonstop flight to Hawaii with 40 classmates and two teachers.

A SkyWest Airlines passenger, who wasn't allowed to use the restroom during a one-hour flight, ended up relieving himself in an airsickness bag. James Whipple, who said he had two "really big beers" before boarding his Salt Lake City - bound flight on March 7, said he had no other choice after the captain did not permit him to use the restroom. SkyWest Airlines has apologized to Whipple for the inconvenience caused, as the cabin restroom was declared off-limits after the light stopped working there. Though Whipple used the cabin restroom before the plane departed but had to go again.

A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight from Tokyo was forced to make an emergency landing in Honolulu after its pilots heard some noise in the cockpit; which later turned out to be a squirrel. Airline spokesman John Hotard told The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, the pilot made the decision to land midway as he feared that the animal could have chewed through wiring or caused other problems.

Authorities at Madrid International Airport, one of Europe's busiest air hubs, were trying their best to nab an elusive dog for the past eleven days, finally succeeding on Sunday by calling a team of animal rights activists. Snowy the terrier became lost at the airport on Jan. 31 after arriving on an Iberia cargo plane from Britain. His owners were traveling on a separate plane to vacation in Spain. According to Jaime Perez Guerra, a spokesman for Iberia airlines, the brown-and-white pooch spent 11 days in a sensitive outdoor area of the airport where planes fly over at very low altitude. That made it a tough job for the security people to capture him who were concerned about Snowy running onto a runway.

On January 10, 2007, the FBI hosted its first workshop, "FBI - Crime Essential for Writers" at the Federal Building in Westwood. Betsy Glick, FBI public affairs specialist, is one of the creators of the workshop. According to her, the FBI has aided in the content in over 659 projects in film, books, and television.