---
title: "Watch This Man Reach Peak Relaxation and Light Up a Cigarette During a Spirit Airlines Flight"
description: "He appeared to have enjoyed quite a few brewskies, too."
date: "2019-05-24"
modified: "2019-05-24"
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  - name: "Chris Teague"
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url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/28200/watch-this-man-reach-peak-relaxation-and-light-up-a-cigarette-during-a-spirit-airlines-flight"
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  - "Aviation"
---

# Watch This Man Reach Peak Relaxation and Light Up a Cigarette During a Spirit Airlines Flight

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A woman in a Spirit Airlines flight headed to Minneapolis International Airport on May 21 shows a man making himself at home and lighting a cigarette mid-flight. It's unknown what caused the bearded man to forget about the federal laws prohibiting this, but as the [video](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_Q16K3gfeA>) shows, he was quickly reminded of them when a nearby passenger flagged down an attendant.

The woman filming claimed on the video's description that the man [looked inebriated when he boarded the plane](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27804/airplane-passenger-with-horrific-pus-oozing-leg-wound-is-what-travel-nightmares-are-made-of>) and made several loud outbursts throughout the flight. We're not exactly sure what "loud outbursts" means, but we'll take a guess and say it was farting. Shortly before the plane began its descent, the man sat up and pulled out a cigarette, having forgotten that he's on a flight (or anywhere on earth, for that matter), sparking a smoke as he lounges back without a care in the world.

Understandably so, another passenger becomes alarmed and calls over a flight attendant, who puts out the smoke. Apart from, you know, smoking on an airplane in mid-flight, the man didn’t cause any other issues and was removed from the plane by airport police upon arrival.

https://youtube.com/embed/b_Q16K3gfeA

This is far from the only [newsworthy story](<https://www.foxnews.com/travel/most-bizarre-airline-incidents-of-2018>) from the friendly skies. Late last year the rapper Lil Pump was arrested for disorderly conduct [after TSA smelled marijuana](<https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/8490301/lil-pump-removed-flight-arrested-disorderly-conduct>) in his bags. Another incident involved a man peeing on the seat in front of him, and another with a woman having her toddler use a portable potty on a flight. To be fair to American passengers, several of these issues occurred on international flights, but we contribute our fair share of airborne oddities as well, including [pus-oozing legs](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/27804/airplane-passenger-with-horrific-pus-oozing-leg-wound-is-what-travel-nightmares-are-made-of>).

While we don’t know what the cigarette-smoking man’s fate will be, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) isn’t having any of this nonsense. The maximum fine for smoking on a plane is $25,000, and even though incidents like these are exceedingly rare, some people have been smacked with massive fines for acting up mid-flight.

*h/t:* [*Autoevolution*](<https://www.autoevolution.com/news/confused-dude-lights-a-cigarette-on-spirit-airlines-flight-134690.html>)

## Author
After working in the technology and software industry for several years, Chris Teague began writing as a way to help people outside of that world understand the sometimes very technical work that goes on behind the scenes. With a lifelong love of all things automotive, he turned his attention to writing new vehicle reviews, detailing industry trends, and breaking news. Along the way, he earned an MBA with a focus on data analysis that has helped him gain a strong understanding of why the auto industry’s biggest companies make the decisions they do.

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