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Feb 2022
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Oh, It Gets Worse: Air Rage on United Fl...

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There are flights from hell and then there’s United Flight 976 from Buenos Aires to New York City. With all the drinking, outbursts, violence, and other unmentionable deeds in this story, flying first class never looked so horrible. 
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