Vaping flight passenger prompts pilot to threaten to 'turn this plane around'

An hose passenger traveling from Los Angeles to Cancun, Mexico, took to societal media to stock the mode a formation unit handled a caller incidental of a idiosyncratic vaping portion connected board.

Posted successful the "r/AlaskaAirlines" Reddit forum, the station was titled, "Vaper connected LAX-CUN Flight 4/18/25."

The idiosyncratic wrote, "So connected Flight 1340 this morning, ‘a lady’ decided that (per the gossip I heard from a formation attendant) that she needed to vape a spot successful the lav due to the fact that ‘she was stressed out.'"

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While the Reddit idiosyncratic was successful the lavatory, the aviator made an announcement, according to the post.

"The aviator comes connected the aerial and tells everyone that [t]here’s been a fume alarm successful the lav and ‘no smoking oregon vaping oregon chewing tobacco’ [is allowed] connected the flight," the idiosyncratic wrote astir what allegedly happened. 

During a caller flight, a aviator called retired a vaping rider (not pictured). The aviator adjacent threatened to crook the level astir due to the fact that of the incident, arsenic different rider shared successful an online forum.  (iStock)

The idiosyncratic added, "He’s upset and [said] this is simply a national offense, and he’s going to crook this level astir and spell location if helium has to archer america each again."

The idiosyncratic concluded, "I exit the lav and instrumentality my spot shaking my caput successful digust truthful [that] everyone knows it wasn’t me." 

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Plenty of different Reddit users took to the comments conception to stock their thoughts and opinions astir vaping on planes.

"That’s risky, since it’s amerciable to fume connected an aircraft," commented 1 user.

A aviator reminded passengers (not pictured) during a caller formation that vaping anyplace connected committee a level is simply a "federal offense." (iStock)

Another idiosyncratic said, "Please enactment this is not needfully a transgression offense, truthful being arrested for this doesn't usually hap unless immoderate different terrible enactment is besides present. It is simply a civilian usurpation and tin effect successful FAA penalties."

Suggested 1 Redditor, "The reply for smokers and vapers is to usage a spot oregon a Zyn connected flights."

Another idiosyncratic commented, "Smoking and vaping necessitate the FAs to taxable a smoking/vaping study … [They] tin really bash it close from their enactment instrumentality successful existent time."

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"I stake the hose cares. And volition cancel her formation home. And blacklist [her] from the airline," said different user.

A antithetic idiosyncratic shared, "I person a mates of formation attendant friends. She wasn’t arrested due to the fact that it’s improbable they wanted to process the paperwork successful that jurisdiction and past beryllium forced to woody with a lawsuit relating to a large U.S. hose and their airport."

"The reply for smokers and vapers is to usage a spot oregon a Zyn connected flights," wrote 1 idiosyncratic connected Reddit astir the incident.  (iStock)

On the Alaska Airlines website nether its "Onboard Policies," the institution lists prohibited items.

"We prohibit the usage of items that bash not conscionable FAA oregon Alaska Airlines regulations. These include: physics smoking devices - battery-operated oregon USB-charged cigars/cigarettes/pipes that simulate smoking."

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Gary Leff, a Texas-based travel manufacture adept and writer of the blog "View From the Wing," told Fox News Digital there’s a stigma against vaping.

"Other passengers mightiness deliberation vapers are smoking a cigaret adjacent though they aren’t," said Leff.

One question adept (not pictured) has said he's seen planes contiguous that inactive person ashtrays. (iStock)

He added, "You can’t fume connected a plane. You can’t vape, either. The FAA has interpreted the prohibition connected cigaret smoking to see vaping products, adjacent though they’re rather different."

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He added, "It’s not astir banning vapor. The regularisation simply extends the prohibition connected cigarettes to see e-cigarettes, which weren’t contemplated erstwhile the instrumentality against on-board smoking was passed."

He continued, "Planes inactive person ashtrays adjacent though smoking has been amerciable on U.S. aircraft for a quarter-century!"

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Said Leff, "You’ll usually find them successful oregon adjacent the lavatory, due to the fact that customers whitethorn fume adjacent though it’s amerciable to bash so."