IT can be a traveller's great fear - sitting near a screaming child on a passenger plane.
US tourist Jean Barnard, who embarked on her dream holiday to Australia and New Zealand in January last year, alleges the trip became a nightmare when she boarded a Darwin-bound Qantas plane in Alice Springs, walked to her assigned seat and came face-to-face with a three-year-old boy across the aisle.
The boy allegedly leaned back over his armrest toward Ms Barnard and let out a scream so severe that blood erupted from her ears, leaving her "stone cold deaf".
No other passengers were injured.
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I recently had the privilege of sitting next to a screaming lap child on a UA flight in F from LAX to IAD.
I figured that copious amounts of vodka would alleviate the problem but I could not get the child to drink it!
Anyway, I opted to consume it myself and woke up just before landing in IAD, having been oblivious to much of the child's tantrums through most of the flight.