Stunning outfits that got people thrown off flights in 2021

From flashy crop tops to plunging necklines, what people wear at 38,000 feet has caused more than a little turbulence during the pandemic.

For most Australians, flying anywhere was off the cards for most of the year.

With Covid-19 showing 2021 how to destroy plans in one fell swoop — many of us were confined to our own state as borders closed and airlines were forced to ground their fleet in response.

But around the world, travel returned to some form of normality.

While many planes remained firmly on the tarmac, there have still been plenty of incidents in the air to keep flight staff busy — and even forced to boot passengers off planes.

In July, a Turkish bodybuilder was prevented from boarding a plane after airline staff questioned her choice of outfit.

Deniz Saypinar, 26, was attempting to board a plane to Miami from Texas, but was stopped by airline staff who questioned the influencer’s outfit by deeming it offensive.

The staff expressed concerns that her choice of outfit would “disturb other families”, and banned her from the flight.

These are the outfits that got some women kicked off planes.

Ms Saypinar, a social media personality who was the first woman in Turkey to be given status by the International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, claims she was told by staff she looked “naked” and the exchange left her in tears.

“You will never believe what happened to me at Texas Airport,” Ms Saypinar told her one million followers on Instagram in July.

“I am not naked.”

To prove her point, the bodybuilder posted photos to her social media account to show her fans the outfit in question, which included a brown top, denim shorts and trainers, as well as a white blouse tied around her waist.

“I like to wear feminine clothes that reveal my femininity, but I never dress in a way that will offend anyone,” she said.

“I’m mature and civilised enough to know what I can and cannot wear.

“I don’t deserve to be treated like the worst person in the world for wearing denim shorts. What separates us from animals if humans can’t control even their most primitive impulses.

“I feel insulted. They wouldn’t let me on the plane because I wore these shorts in the United States.”

These are the outfits that got some women kicked off planes.

But it’s not the first time this year that an outfit has caused turmoil before takeoff.

Two months later on an Alaska Airlines flight, a musician went viral on TikTok after she was allegedly escorted off a flight for wearing an “inappropriate” outfit.

In a video that has been viewed more than 1.5 million times, Ray Lin Howard claims she was “harassed” by a flight attendant before being removed from her flight by police.

In the footage, Ms Howard can be seen getting escorted off of a flight by police officers in the TikTok video who proceed to question her about the incident.

She alleges that it all started when Alaska Airlines staff “harassed” her about her attire, which consisted of a midriff-baring top and biker shorts.

This outfit, on the right, is what got one women kicked off a plane.

“I was harassed about my outfit — I put my shirt back on,” Howard is heard explaining in the video.

“They asked me to put my shirt back on. [So] I put my shirt back on, and then they approached me again, saying that I can’t wear this, my stomach is showing — and it’s inappropriate.”

Closer to home in February, budget airline Jetstar was forced to apologise to a woman after she was left humiliated for being told to “cover up” on-board a flight from the Gold Coast to Melbourne.

Instagram and OnlyFans model Isabelle Eleanore was wearing a black crop top and jeans when she was stopped as she boarded by a flight attendant, who believed her clothes were inappropriate for flying.

“She looked at the ticket and then looked up and said, ‘Oh, do you have a jumper you can wear?’ And then here’s me thinking she must be concerned I’m going to get cold on the flight, it’s going to be cold in Melbourne or something,” Ms Eleanore told Nine News.

“She kept going and she was like, ‘Well, you can’t fly with what you’re wearing, you can’t wear a bikini.’ And I’m like, ‘Look – it’s not a bikini, it’s a top.’”

The outfit worn Ms Eleanore on a Jetstar flight that got her in trouble.

Ms Eleanore said at the time she felt “victimised and degraded” when the flight attendant called for backup from other staff to find more clothing for the woman.

The attendant also asked the woman’s husband, Jeremy Szwarcbord, if he had any spare clothes he could give his wife. In the end, the woman was forced to wear a high-viz vest for the duration of the flight.

“She made us stand aside while she called the rest of the flight deck and the captains at the front looking for something to cover me up with so that I could fly,” she said.

“I was in shock at the time,” she said, noting that she had spoken to eight staff members prior to boarding and none had raised issue about her outfit.

“I didn’t know how to deal with it and I didn’t want to get kicked off the flight so I was like I’m just going to do what she says.”

In 2020 this woman got booted off at Easyjet flight for wearing this top.

These are the outfits that got some women kicked off planes.

Following the ordeal, a Jetstar spokesperson said they apologised to the woman in the days after the incident.

“We’ve contacted Isabelle about her recent experience and have apologised for the way the situation was handled,” they said.

“There was a misunderstanding of what our policy was, and we have reminded our crew of our dress requirements.”