A 2013 study in the New England Journal of Medicin e found that for every 604 flights, one in-flight medical emergency occurred. Of 10,914 affected passengers, 0.3% died, totaling 36 deaths over three years, with 30 occurring during the flight.

Court records say a passenger on a small regional flight to Miami attacked a flight attendant and swallowed rosary beads as pilots returned to the airport in Savannah, Georgia.