There were a few delays Monday at SFO due to a minor crash between a JetBlue jet and a towing vehicle that was helping the jet push back from a gate, and all the passengers had to deplane.

A JetBlue plane bound from SFO to Boston had a collision Monday around 4 p.m. with a pushback tractor, beside the gate from which it was departing. No passengers were injured, as NBC Bay Area reports, and the plane was able to taxi back to the gate it had just left so that everyone could get off and board a new flight.

Per KPIX, it remains unclear what kind of damage the plane sustained, if any, in the collision.

The airline issued a statement saying, "On Monday, November 6, JetBlue flight 534 was involved in an incident with a pushback tractor just after pushing back from the gate. All customers have deplaned and are being offered alternate flight options. No injuries were reported. Safety is JetBlue's first priority; we are reviewing this incident, and the aircraft has been taken out of service for inspection."

One passenger onboard a Dubai-bound flight tweeted that his flight was delayed due to the incident, and he posted video of the jet, post collision, with a mobile staircase pulled up to one of its doors.

A JetBlue flight from New York's JFK Airport to SFO had to be diverted to Minneapolis on Sunday when an unmasked, reportedly very smelly passenger onboard became unruly, harassing and annoying other passengers.

As ABC 7 reports, multiple passengers on the flight noted the man's weird outbursts and behavior, multiple trips to the lavatory, and the fact that he came onboard with a rather pungent odor.

Flight attendants worked to deal with the situation while in the air, relocating the unruly man when he became threatening to a female passenger sitting near him. He was also seen snorting a "white substance," and a flight attendant retrieved a baggy of said substance from his seat area when he was in the lavatory at one point. And the man was also apparently poking or making a stabbing motion toward at least one other passenger.

The plane landed at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on Sunday afternoon before continuing on to San Francisco. The unruly man was apparently met in Minneapolis by the FBI.

Passenger Matt Kawashima posted the video below to Twitter, featuring the captain explaining the situation to the plane's passengers after the plane made its landing in Minneapolis.

The drug in question could be any number of things, though Kawashima refers to it above as "coke."

Another passenger, Delaney Washington, who was seated near the lavatory, tells ABC 7, "So he kept walking back and forth to the bathroom, he had no shoes on, and he smelled awful."

"When he got to his seat he started yelling that he wanted a white Porsche," said another passenger, Bob McKanzie. "I don't know who he was talking to but that's what he was saying."

Another witness, Salma Srour, tells ABC 7, "He just wanted us to sing at some point, and he smelled very strongly."

"I think everyone was very uncomfortable and he posed a flight risk and, again, kudos to the captain for keeping everyone safe and taking appropriate action," said another passenger seated near the man, to ABC 7.

The man was reportedly visibly intoxicated in the gate area at JFK before boarding, as Kawashima tells OneMileAtaTime, so perhaps something should have been done at that point. The man also was allegedly saying some racist things at that point as well.

JetBlue explained in a statement to SFGate that while the man refused to wear a mask during the flight, it was the man's unruly behavior that led to the diversion, not his violation of the mask mandate.

There is not much other information about the case, but SFGate reports via a police report that the man was listed as being a 42-year-old resident of New York.

Today, I flew on the set of a nightmare. pic.twitter.com/PNI4KmQvTG

— Jessie Char (@jessiechar) July 19, 2017

A woman on a JetBlue flight from Long Beach to San Francisco was grossed out Wednesday, when the passenger behind her shoved their feet between the airplane seats.

"I was flying home to San Francisco," Jessie Char told TODAY, "and was so excited when I realized I had the whole row to myself. I even left the armrests up so I could bask in my luxurious airplane bench."

"A few minutes in, I heard one of the armrests fall down. I looked over, figuring the hinge was loose. At that moment I noticed a foot emerge, followed by another foot on the other side," she says.

"The toes were in full wiggle."

But it gets better, Char says, as

"While I was logging onto the airplane Wi-Fi, I saw the left foot stretch over to open the window, and then close it again," she told TODAY.

She sought a flight attendant, but when one approached "the feet discreetly retracted back into the abyss of row 6," Char says.

Lest you think this was a tall person seeking some relief, Char says that's not the case. NBC 4 reports that Char says the culprit was a woman "about 5 feet 3 inches tall — or shorter — and was seated in a row with extra leg room." SFist's email to JetBlue for comment on the situation had not been returned as of publication time.

If you needed a second party to tell you this is pretty yucky, I can refer you to the Chicago Tribune, which in a July column from "Answer Angel Ellen" wrote "Never take off your shoes on an airplane. Period." They didn't say anything about what extremity one should use to operate the window shade, but assuming they are in working condition, we suggest using the one located at the end of your arm.

A JetBlue flight bound for Sacramento from Boston encountered severe turbulence Thursday that sent objects, passengers, and flight attendants flying through the cabin, resulting in 24 people needing treatment for injuries. As the Sacramento Bee reports, the flight had to be diverted due to weather to Rapid City, South Dakota, where it landed at 7:30 p.m.

Per the Boston Globe, flight 429 took off from Logan Airport in Boston at 5:25 p.m., and all was fairly normal on the flight until a "sudden drop" occurred. Dr. Alan H. Lee, an orthopedic surgeon, wrote in to the paper to describe the experience, which involved the kind of crazy turbulence flight attendants warn you about when they tell you to fasten your seatbelt.

"I was working on my laptop when the plane suddenly dropped,” Lee wrote in an e-mail to the Globe. “I don’t know how far it dropped, but all I recall is my laptop almost hit the ceiling, several other passengers hit their heads, and a bunch of the overhead bins popped open."

According to Lee, the sudden drop in altitude was what caused all of the injuries.

“People were flying all over the place,” Lee said. “If people weren’t wearing their seatbelt, they hit their head on the ceiling.”

Another passenger on the flight, Rhonda Lynam told ABC News, "People were floating. All of a sudden, it was as if you're on an elevator, 50 stories high, and it goes out of control. Then you hit the bottom."

Yet another passenger, Eileen Lynch, told Reuters, "I felt like I was in the tower of terror."

Two of the 24 people injured were flight attendants, and Lee says he helped attend to one of the injured flight attendants after the crew issued a call for medical help. He told the Globe that three flight attendants standing in the rear galley of the plane all hit the ceiling, causing at least one hole in a ceiling tile. He described most of the injuries as "moderate lacerations and contusions."

The plane landed safely in South Dakota and passengers then had to wait up to six hours for a replacement plane to be flown in from California, which they then boarded and flew to Sacramento.

JetBlue issued an apology to Flight 429's passengers Friday morning, according to the Globe, saying that all passengers would receive "a service credit in the amount of the roundtrip fare paid (excluding taxes and fees) or $200 whichever is greater."

While this could spell sad news for fans of Virgin America and their guaranteed-to-be-pretty-comfortable and wi-fi-equipped planes, the company has reportedly put itself up for sale and now Bloomberg reports that they've received a pair of buyout offers so far. The Richard Branson-owned Virgin, based in Burlingame, launched nine years ago but only went public 18 months ago.

The move comes after reported earnings of $201.5 million in 2015, the largest in the company's history. And the takeover bids came mighty fast, less than a week after Virgin announced it might be courting a buyer.

As Consumerist notes, Virgin could very well still call the whole thing off. However "sources say that if talks continue an official sale could be announced as soon as next week."

JetBlue, at the moment, seems like the more likely buyer, per Bloomberg, allowing the company to immediately expand its presence in, and routes out of, San Francisco and LA.

However a much bigger airline, like Delta, could step into the mix before all is said and done as well. Delta had mulled a merger with sister airline Virgin Atlantic back in 2012.

So far, no one is commenting on this pending negotiation, or which suitor Virgin might be entering talks with first.

Previously: Frenzied, Masturbating Bay Area Man Allegedly Tried To Open Airplane Door Mid-Flight

Remember how a JetBlue plane made an emergency landing in Sacramento last month, one that blew two tires and sparked a small fire? Well, the reason for the landing has been revealed. It was due to the plane's parking brake being on at the time of landing.

Oops.

According to NY Post, "After looking into the incident, National Transportation Safety Board investigators found the parking brake on the plane was turned on as high as 5,100 feet above sea level, but the two pilots had no idea."

A JetBlue airplane made a "hard landing" at Sacramento International Airpot this afternoon around 1 p.m. after "blowing two tires, sparking a small fire and causing minor injuries."

According to reports, "A passenger who was on the plane told KOVR-TV that when it landed he heard a bang and then the plane stopped suddenly."

"We were then told to start evacuating very abruptly, you know 'Get out! Get out! Get out!'" said "Elvis," the passenger in question. "I looked back under the plane, and it was on fire, and all four tires were out."

The plane made the emergency landing shortly after 1 p.m. In a written statement, according to AP, JetBlue says,"the plane appeared to experience trouble with its brake," which caused the early afternoon emergency.

A total of 15 people were inured. The Airbus SAS A320, coming in from Long Beach, Calif., carried 86 passengers and five crew members.

It's "all airlines, all the time" here on SFist.

After the lukewarm-to-good news of JetBlue flying out of SFO, we're greeted with some bad news: Frontier Airlines is vacating the premises--no more "commuter flights" to and from LAX.

It's a shame, really. This airline, from the four times we flew this route, appeared to be have everything that JetBlue is known for, minus the history of extended runway visits: Frontier is low-cost, friendly, and, yeah, has that 20-odd channels of DirectTV thing going for it. Plus each plane has a really cute animal on its tail.

Anyways, bad news for those of us for whom visiting L.A. is a semi-frequent and necessary evil. Hmmmm . . . what's that? Southwest and Virgin are coming soon? At least there'll be a few options besides the "majors."

SFist will throw in your lunch for the plane ride over if you go dressed as either Gothamists Jen or Jake and you send us your picture!

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Those of you who want to watch DirecTV on your flights to the East Coast but who can't bear the trip to either the Oakland or San Jose airports are in luck! Fancy-pants low-cost airline JetBlue launches its much-anticipated SFO service today! Man, we love watching Bravo "Showbiz Moms and Dads" marathons when we're flying across the country.

The service starts off with four nonstop flights to New York's JFK airport, and one to Boston (one-ways starting at $164 for both cities) -- and starting July 27, we'll get direct service to Salt Lake City next (one-way $ 89). (Is there an underserved SFO-Utah market out there? Probably so!)

Let's hope JetBlue's ready for SFO -- their experience with those 11-hour delays back in February should be a good warmup for those mysterious "low cloud cover" days that plague the on-time statistics on the SFO runways.

The main problem with JetBlue, though, is that they don't go to a lot of airports. Here, you could get them at Oakland but not at SFO. But not for any longer-- JetBlue will now be serving SFO. And we are stoked.

Starting May 3rd, Jet Blue will offer direct flights to JFK and Logan Airport at Boston. Tickets will start at $99 one-way but will eventually go up to around $159 to $399 later on. Flights to other airports will be added on later.

SFO has been trying to get JetBlue for years, especially in light of Southwestern pulling up stakes and going to Oakland. Other airlines fly to the East Coast from SFO, but this is the only discount airline. As for Oakland, JetBlue is planning on lowering the number of flights out the airport, but will still have flights running out of the airport.

Not everyone is excited, however. A few years back, Beyond Chron argued that "socially conscious" consumers shouldn't fly the Blue because it's non-Union and outsources stuff elsewhere. The term, in fact they use, is the "Walmartization" of the airline industry. To which we say, what part of leather seats and DirectTV do they not understand?