Imagine getting to the airport, going through the stressful security ordeal, boarding a flight and taking to the skies for four hours only to land at the airport you took off from. Well, that’s exactly what happened to passengers hoping to leave Amsterdam last weekend.

The Aviation Herald first reported that a KLM Boeing 777 plane had to u-turn over the Atlantic Ocean after initially leaving Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for Paramaribo, the capital of Suriname.

The flight, which departed on Sunday (December 1), left on time according to data from Flightradar24.

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However, the aircraft made a swift return to Amsterdam two hours into the flight – ultimately landing back at Schiphol Airport four hours after takeoff.

The pilots had told air traffic control the plane had suffered a small leak, hence the return to the Dutch capital.

The Aviation Herald notes the pilots did not specify what kind of leak lead to the KLM plane to turn around over the Atlantic Ocean.

Passengers flew to Suriname, which still uses Dutch as its official language after being a former colony, around eight hours after the initial departure time.

The flight takes around nine hours in total, with passengers flying on a replacement aircraft to get to their destination.

As for the 777 Boeing aircraft that had to make a return, that returned to the skies the following day on December 2, as per Flightradar24.

A KLM spokesperson told Business Insider a ‘technical malfunction’ caused the plane to return to Amsterdam, adding: “As a precaution, the aircraft returned after two hours of flying.”

KLM say the plane suffered a ‘technical malfunction’ (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

UNILAD has reached out to KLM for further comment.

It’s not the first time a plane has landed at the same airport it took off from.

Passengers on the American Airlines flight from the Texas city to Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea, on September 7 were in the air for nine hours in total just to return to the airport the plane took off from.

An American Airlines spokesperson told UNILAD: “On September 7, American Airlines flight 281 with service from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to Seoul (ICN) returned to DFW due to a maintenance issue.

“The flight landed safely and without incident at DFW, and the aircraft was taken out of service to be inspected by our maintenance team.

“We never want to disrupt our customers’ travel plans, and we apologize for the inconvenience.”

With the amount of Christmas parties and drinks taking place over the next couple of weeks, what better way to get rid of the next day hangxiety than binge-watching a new Netflix series?

And a good place to look if you don’t even know where to start is social media, with Netflix users constantly speaking about what they are currently watching.

The current talk of the town is Black Doves – a British spy thriller staring the likes of Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire.

Helen (Knightley), the wife of the Secretary of State for Defence, quickly discovers that her identity as a Black Dove is in jeopardy after her lover is killed by London’s underworld.

With the help from an old friend, Helen finds things incredibly difficult in this new thriller series, but with the extra help, things may not be as bumpy.

One Netflix subscriber took to Twitter and wrote: “Goddddd BLACK DOVES is 10/10. And even with 6 episodes it still feels like a completely fleshed out show with world building and real characters, quick-witted dialogue AND gay stuff! What more could you want from a series? Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw you will ALWAYS be famous.”

A second added: “Impressed by Netflix casually dropping the ridiculously entertaining #BlackDoves at the end of the year without much fanfare as if it wasn’t an absolute triumph. People are going to be quoting the dialogue for years.”

The show has been dubbed a ’10/10′ watch by viewers (Ludovic Robert/Netflix)

Meanwhile, a third remarked: “Just finished binge watching Black Doves on Netflix. It was really good. Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, and Andrew Koji carried.”

Black Doves sits at a hugely impressive 98 percent Rotten Tomatoes score following its release on Netflix earlier this week.

Rebecca Nicholson, from the Guardian, penned in her review: “Inevitably, this will earn comparisons to the other big spy shows of the year. It isn’t as composed or as witty as Slow Horses, and not as self-serious as The Day of the Jackal, but in among the chaos, it finds its own voice.”

59-year-old Rudiger Koch is currently living in a submerged capsule off the coast of Panama, having started his challenge on September 26.

He’s now around half-way through his challenge and hopes to make it to 120 days, meaning he’ll resume his normal life on January 24.

The current Guinness World Record for longest time spent living in an underwater fixed habitat is held by US native Joseph Dituri.

Dituri lived in a capsule just off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, last year for 100 days.

But Koch wants to beat this and plans on remaining submerged in his 322-square-foot living space for 120 days, taking him through to the New Year.

He has everything he needs in there: a bed, toilet, TV, computer, an exercise bike and internet.

Koch is missing a proper shower, however.

Koch’s capsule is just 322-square-foot big (MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)

He has access to the rest of his team via a vertical tube that’s connected from his capsule to another chamber perched above the waves. From this, he receives food and curious journalists have been sent down to visit him.

His wife and kids have also been visiting him while he undertakes the unusual challenge.

Speaking about what it’s like living down there, Koch told AFP: “In the night, you can hear all the crustaceans.

“There’s the fish out there, and there’s all that stuff, and that wasn’t here before we came.”

His 120 days will be up on January 24, 2025 (MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)

In addition to breaking the current Guinness World Record, Koch hopes that his test could make waves elsewhere.

“Moving out to the ocean is something we should do as a species,” he said.

“What we are trying to do here is prove that the seas are actually a viable environment for human expansion.”

While some people would get cabin fever from being in a small space for such a long period of time, Koch insists he doesn’t mind his current living arrangements.

The experiment is being conducted off the coast of Panama (MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images)

“I don’t feel like I’m suffering down here, not at all,” Koch said.

“That hardest is probably, sometimes I would like to go diving.”

Four cameras are monitoring Koch while he’s submerged which will act as evidence to prove how long he’s been down there, as well as give his team the chance to monitor his health.

As to what Koch is going to do when he resurfaces next month, he says his first port of call will be getting a ‘real shower’.

Back in 2020, Bridger Walker, six at the time, jumped in front of a German Shepard after the dog lunged at them while at a friend’s house in Wyoming.

The child was left needing 90 stitches to repair the damage done to his face, a procedure that involved him being in surgery for two hours.

Explaining what he did that horrible day, Bridger said ‘If someone had to die, I thought it should be me’.

Speaking about the incident a year on, Bridger’s dad, Robert Walker, told People in 2021 how his son very much stood by those strong words.

He said: “My wife and I asked him, ‘Do you want it to go away?’ And he said, ‘I don’t want it to go all the way away,'” the father of five says. “Bridger views his scar as something to be proud of, but he also doesn’t see it as being representative of his brave act. He just perceives it as, ‘I was a brother and that’s what brothers do.’ It’s a reminder that his sister didn’t get hurt, and that she is okay.

“It almost bothers him sometimes when he’s called a hero, because he [thinks], ‘Maybe I could have done more to shield her’.”

The boy has been hailed a hero online, with his story recirculating on Reddit recently.

“Well done little man, braver than a lot of people at such a young age…” one person said.

A second added: “This lil hero better get everything from his Christmas list this year.”

The boy needed 90 stitches (YouTube/WPLG Local 10)

Bridger’s story also garnered praise from many celebrities, including the likes of Anne Hathaway, Chris Evans, and Tom Holland.

The latter even said he would invite the boy onto the set of Spider-man: No Way Home, and he kept to his promise.

Robert took to Instagram and penned: “Remember when @tomholland2013 promised Bridger he could come to the filming of Spider-Man? He delivered!

“When we first arrived on set, I was a little apprehensive that once the ‘curtain was pulled back’ that the magic of the movies would be lost for the kids.

“The opposite was true! Tom, Zendaya, Harry, @lifeisaloha, @tonyrevolori, and the entire cast/crew made our kids feel like stars. They don’t just act the part of friendly neighborhood heroes – that’s what they truly are.”

With some tech fanatics trying to stay up to date with all the latest gifts and gadgets, some products end up getting returned and YouTuber Harrison Nevel decided to try and take advantage of this.

Nevel took to YouTube last year to reveal that he’d sourced various Apple products that had been returned, splashing $4,595 on products he claimed to be worth nearly $10,000.

Taking a quick peek of them out of the boxes, YouTuber decided to take them all to a pawn shop in an attempt to sell them and make a profit, seeing ‘how much money we potentially made or lost’.

The YouTuber discovered that many iPads were in the boxes of different generations.

“We have five of them that are worth $600 new, now I would be happy if we could maybe pull half of that, maybe a little less than half out of that, so we’re talking maybe $200 to $300 a piece because we can get $200 of each of these – that’s $11,000 right there,” he explained in the video.

With all that tech in hand, Nevel was feeling confident he’d been able to make a sizeable profit.

Zero profit was made (YouTube/@HarrisonNevel)

As the Apple products are not in a great working order, Nevel began by disappointingly only getting $80 for two of them at a pawn shop.

Another iPad was locked, so the shop refused to buy it altogether unless it could be unlocked.

Meanwhile, Nevel also attempted to use an automatic device seller to shift the iPad.

The result? $35; the YouTuber decided to decline.

In the end, Nevel made $3,750 from the unwanted Apple products, but that is, of course, far less than what it paid for it – a whopping $845 less to be precise.

Many viewers have flocked to the comments section, with the vast majority surprised at the money Nevel made.

“$80 for an iPad?! That’s an insane low ball offer I would have refused,” one person commented, while a second added: “Dang wasn’t expecting that much in the red.”

Apparently, the former heavyweight champion had a promotional deal with Medier, a Cyprus-registered company that promotes online casino and betting company Rabona, but Tyson is said to have failed to hold up his end on the bargain in favor of fighting Jake Paul.

In the suit, which was filed in London in October, Medier say Tyson and his company Tyrannic terminated the January agreement they’d made on the day the Netflix special was announced in March.

It was alleged that Medier breached the agreement, which lead to Tyson ending it.

The gambling company has denied any wrongdoing though, and said that its actions did not constitute a breach of the deal, USA Today reports.

Medier claim that Tyson’s actions have cost it around 1.46 million euros ($1.59 million).

“The true reason for Mr Tyson and Tyrannic’s hasty and unlawful termination was because Mr Tyson had agreed a deal, sponsored by Netflix, to fight the influencer Jake Paul,” the company’s lawyer said in documents made public on Friday (December 6).

It isn’t thought that Tyson and Tyrannic have yet filed a defence to the lawsuit, but Tyson’s representatives have released a statement to The New York Post.

“It is the company’s position that Medier, Ltd. materially breached the terms of its license agreement on multiple occasions and in various ways,” it said.

“As such, Tyrannic, LLC was well within its legal and contractual rights to terminate the license agreement for material breach in an effort to mitigate additional reputational harm to the Tyson brand.”

UNILAD have also approached Tyson’s reps for comment.

The suit against Tyson was filed in London in October (Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

Tyson and Jake Paul went head-to-head on November 16, with the YouTuber-turned-boxer proving victorious against the boxing legend.

The eight-round fight, which took place at the AT&T Stadium in Texas and was streamed on Netflix, was scored 80-72, 79-73 and 79-73 in favour of Paul.

Despite the defeat, Tyson, 58, said he’s not opposed to returning to the ring.

Speaking to Netflix after the bout, Tyson left the window open for future fights.

Asked if it was the last time he would be seen in a ring, Tyson said: “I don’t know. It depends on the situation.”

“I don’t think so,” he added.

In fact, he went on to challenge Paul’s older brother Logan – and he seemed to be game.

“You got more in you, who crosses the mind?” Tyson was asked.

Pointing at Logan, he replied: “Oh, I don’t know. Maybe his brother.”

Logan went on to say that he’d ‘kill’ the boxing legend in what appeared to be a roundabout way of accepting the challenge…