Babies top annoying plane list
30/06/2010
Almost a quarter of air passengers identified crying babies as their biggest annoyance in a new poll.
About 24% of the 691 people questioned for the survey said a loud infant is the most annoying aspect of a plane journey. Fellow passengers who were too loud in their conversations came in as the second biggest irritant.
People listening to blaring music, loud snoring and passengers who kick the seat in front of them made up the top five in the poll by flight comparison site Fly.com.
Some of the other things to crop up in the annoying rundown included smelly passengers, chatty people, travellers who were too big, whistling and canoodling couples.
A Fly.com spokeswoman said: "Sadly, not much can be done to stop crying babies - singled out by one in four as the greatest in-flight frustration - although family-only areas were suggested to contain noise and ease parents' embarrassment."
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