Air travel can be so stressful these days. Passengers heading from Phoenix to Washington state livened it up recently with an in-flight pillow fight. It gets serious when someone shouts, "Throw them all into first!" and incites a class war.

Flying is the worst. Unless you happen to be on the same Minneapolis-New York flight as rapper Kanye West, in which case he will perform a short a cappella version of his 2005 hit "Gold Digger." Over the flight intercom.

Qantas will keep its troubled A380 airplanes grounded for 72 hours while it figures out what caused last week's explosion.

All 68 people traveling aboard an AeroCaribbean flight in Cuba have died in a crash.

A 14-year-old kid last weekend left his orphanage in Siberia, robbed a grocery store and hid in the landing gear of a turboprop airplane. The plane took off, and he somehow survived a 50-minute flight wearing a light jacket.

A Cuba-bound jet was diverted to Baltimore due to an "odor in the cabin." No, not that kind of odor.

One of two US-bound bombs that were found on cargo planes last week also flew on passenger jets between Yemen, Qatar and Dubai, according to Qatar Airways. A notorious Saudi bomb maker is the prime suspect for counterterrorism officials.

[Friday Night Lights actress Minka Kelly was passing through LAX on Tuesday, looking rather serene on her way to the plane, where, if past behavior is any indication, she totally freaked out about her dog.]

Finally, so-called "scientists" have gotten their act together, and figured out something important: Why it is that airline food is so terrible and bland. Weirdly enough, it's your fault.

How are you spending you weekends? Gabriel Nderitu, an I.T. specialist in Kenya, has been spending his building an airplane, from scratch, in his backyard. The only question is: Will it fly?

Afraid of flying? Well, here are some figures that should make that fear a little worse: Mistakes by air traffic controllers in the past year are up 51%. Don't worry, the FAA says that's because they keep better records now.

Six passengers on a Russian airline were forced to stand in the aisles for their entire flight after the wrong airplane—one with too few seats—showed up at the airport. And no, it wasn't Southwest.

The FAA is deciding whether or not to approve a new class of flying—below your standard economy or coach class—which will sport newly designed saddles with minuscule legroom, making your already atrocious flying experience suck that much more.

A Delta pilot was arrested today after Dutch police detected alcohol in his system.

Doctors in the Philippines say a newborn baby is OK after being found inside an airplane's trash can on a Gulf Air flight from Bahrain. An airport nurse said: "After he was cleaned, he let off a soft cry." [NYDN]

Ryanair's crazy CEO wants you to keep enjoying those $6 flights to Ibiza. How? By getting rid of copilots. Sure! Not necessary at all, those backup people in case the other guy who knows how to fly the plane dies.

Former Friday Night Lights star and current Derek Jeter-dater Minka Kelly is currently on a flight from JFK to LAX and apparently had an enormous dog-related meltdown during takeoff preparations. It's the best kind of starlet story.

Last night in Dallas, the spotlight above Bombshells Gentleman's Club almost temporarily blinded the pilot of a landing plane 1000' above ground. Their "Look For The Spotlight" ads will no longer be running until the FAA provides approval.

Last April, two women were arrested after they tried to board a plane in Liverpool bound for Berlin with a dead man in a wheelchair wearing sunglasses. Charges have been dropped because authorities could not prove the time of death.

Scandinavian airline SAS is holding a contest to find the ideal same-sex couple to be wed in the friendly skies. "There will be wedding cake and dancing in the aisles," said a spokesperson. What's next, a man marrying a bird??