Horrible things passengers have done while flying

Some passengers have confused emergency exit door handles for handrails. 
Others have been filmed slapping gate agents or calling other passengers names. 
One man was photographed removing his pants, shoes, and socks on a flight. 

Getting lost,  navigating language barriers, and  spending too much of a foreign currency are part of the experience of  being a tourist. But making a major mistake while flying can have consequences for everyone on board. 

First-time flyers, superstitious travelers, and passengers who have  simply reached the end of their rope have caused everything from flight delays to cancellations. 

An Air France passenger took to Twitter after she said that a man on her flight removed his pants and socks while mid-air.

According to tweets from Air France passenger, a man on a flight from Paris to Los Angeles allegedly  removed his pants in a bathroom before takeoff, and later removed his shoes and socks. That the passenger was sitting in the seat across from her and spent the remainder of the flight in his boxers. 

According to her tweets, she eventually alerted a flight attendant about the pants-less man, and the employee offered to move her seat. She said that she didn't want to lose the bulkhead legroom she had, and therefore asked the attendant if he could ask the man to put his pants back on. According to the flight attendant "just shrugged." 

"Air France regrets the customer's feelings and confirms that the passenger boarded in shorts and sandals," a representative for Air France told INSIDER. 

The representative also said that its crew handled the alleged situation according to protocol. 

"The company reminds us that it is not the responsibility of cabin crew to require customers to wear acceptable clothing, except of course in the event of indecent dress," the Air France representative said. "Having solicited the crew whose role is to ensure the comfort and well-being of the passengers, the customer was offered another seat of the same type and with the same comfort that she refused." 

A woman was reportedly kicked off a United Airlines flight after complaining about sitting between "two big pigs."

A video filmed by passenger Norma Rodgers appears to show a woman ranting about her seat on a flight from Las Vegas, Nevada, to Newark, New Jersey, and calling the passengers on either side of her "two big pigs." 

"I don't know how I'm going to do this for the next four hours," the woman said to someone on the phone, sitting between Rodgers and another man. "This is just impossible, they're squishing me, it's unbelievable." 

She then said "At least they'll keep me warm." 

Rodgers then called a flight attendant to ask them to reseat the woman, saying she would not be "verbally abused by anybody." 

When a flight attendant told the woman to wait in the back of the plane for another available seat, she said "Thank goodness, because I eat salad, okay?" 

Another passenger can be heard in the video telling her that the way she was acting was "terrible." 

I'm not going to be politically correct. Why don't you sit between those two big pigs?" she said. 

United Airlines staff  eventually escorted the woman off the plane. 

"United flight attendants care about the safety and well being of all of our customers which is why they acted quickly to find a different seat for the disruptive customer," a United spokesman told The Independent. "When it became clear that this passenger's behavior was likely to be problematic on this flight, she was provided alternate travel arrangements first thing the next morning." 

A passenger tried to open an emergency exit on an American Airlines flight while it was mid-air, but a celebrity came to the rescue.

Actor Michael Rapaport was on a flight from Houston to Los Angeles when he said he  saw a man with both hands on the lever of the emergency exit door, trying to open it. 

The flight attendants were gathered at the back of the plane, so Rapaport ran to the man and pinned him against a seat until the crew could restrain him.

When interviewed by authorities when the plane landed, the man said he  thought it was the bathroom door, the man was "really confused and made an honest mistake."