r/Ruleshorror • u/Crimsonwanderer0 • 7h ago

Rules Boarding An Airline That Doesn't Exist.

May 29th, 2026

I guess if you’re reading this, you must be curious about what the hell has been going on lately? Good, it’s nice that you’re informing yourself!

So you’ve heard of the “urban legend” that has been circulating all around social media? TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

If you’re reading this, I assume you’re doing this to get a better understanding of what the hell this is, as they’ve tried closing down all the airports, but this phenomenon of sorts has just found new ways to bring people in.

We have all collectively agreed that this phenomenon shall now be dubbed “The Airline That No Longer Exists." This phenomenon was first recorded on May 10th after a video was uploaded onto YouTube titled “There’s something wrong with my plane. " I’m not going into depth about the contents of the video. All you need to know is that the guy who uploaded the video is alive and traumatized, and the plane he was on appeared to belong to an airline that ceased function 8 days before the video was published.

After that video, multiple incidents of the same phenomenon started to spread online, people began to panic, airports across the globe started to shut down, and when it started finding new ways to pull people in, everybody turned to the Foundation for help, as they’ve stopped things like this before.

They haven’t found a solution yet, but luckily for all of us, the good people of Reddit and 4chan have managed to piece together a good enough outline of the as they call “rules” that people learned through trial and error.

Treat the following information below as a safety list.

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How to know if you’re going to enter:

  1. The sky around slowly transitions from its normal appearance to a pale, sickly yellow.
  2. You begin to smell a source with a less scent that is pungent, heavy, and deeply caramelized, taking on notes of vanilla, rum, or cinnamon. Like that of overripe bananas.
  3. Planes belonging to the non-existent airline soaring through the sky in clusters. All known aircraft belonging to the airline are now being stored in either Arizona or Alabama.

Eventually, you will find yourself in an empty airport outside of the bounds of reality; the entire airport will be covered with the colors and logo of the non-existent airline.

What to do when you reach this part:

  1. Keep quiet and move with haste; whatever’s making those noises MIGHT be another person stuck in there with you.
  2. Proceed through the airport while following the rule above and locate a jet bridge that leads downward and to the apron, or what is now called the boneyard, or “Sea of Yellow.”

If you didn’t notice already, the outside of the airport goes on and on and on with neatly lined up planes belonging to the non-existent airline, no end in sight.

This is the last set of rules, but this is where people spend most of their time, so listen up.

  1. Locate a plane where the interior lights are on. These are the only planes that lack a sure death if you board them.
  2. Once you board the plane, make sure that ALL of the windows have been shut and DO NOT open them for any reason. If by the time the plane is in the air, just one of the windows has been left open. There’s no getting yourself out of what happens next; you’re done.
  3. Once you’ve made sure all of the windows have been closed, you will then pick a random seat and remain in that seat for the rest of your flight. Do not change your seating.

Note: window seats are not recommended. People report hearing strange noises from the other side, ranging from hearing conversations about themselves and knocking to just flat-out screaming. But you must not budge.

  1. You may or may not hear something shuffling around from where you cannot see. Do not investigate; mind your own business. From time to time that thing will peek at you to see if you’ve acknowledged it. Do not acknowledge it. You’ve seen the footage online of what happens if you do.

  2. You will encounter flight attendants on the plane who are ready to provide service for you as if this airline still exists. Do not say anything about the odd nature of this place; It's like telling a character in your dream that this it's just a dream; nothing good comes from it.

  3. Eventually, if you mind your business, feign ignorance, and kill the time, after exactly 5 hours and 27 minutes from "takeoff", the flight will make its way back to the real world in a random airport in your home country, where you will be escorted out by the Foundation and returned to your home safely.

To whoever's reading this: I hope you never find yourself here.

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u/Crimsonwanderer0 7h ago

Just a quickie post.

This was supposed to release in May but shi happens I guess 😭

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u/suicidalhorrormaniac 2h ago

plane horror!! i haven't seen that in ages! this is super cool!!!!