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A union representative says eight crew members are still sick from problems on three earlier flights on the same US Airways plane where crew and passengers got sick in North Carolina this week
An airplane flying from Germany to Turkey was diverted to a Greek airport after a threatening message was found written in one of its bathrooms, but a search of the plane found nothing suspicious.
Police questioned a passenger on a small commercial plane that flew from Chicago to a northern Michigan resort town on Friday after the crew reported he was acting suspiciously.
Police say a passenger on board a plane en route to northern Michigan was acting suspiciously, and the crew asked police to meet the aircraft when it landed.
A passenger on board a small commercial plane was arrested Friday after making a bomb threat as the plane neared a northern Michigan airport, a government official said.
Unruly passengers on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit were interviewed by Customs and Border Protection officials after the plane landed Tuesday, but no arrests were made, the Transportation Security Administration said.
Military jets scrambled for a second time this week after a report of a disruptive passenger on a commercial flight.
A disruptive passenger was released Wednesday after military jets escorted a commercial jetliner bound for Hawaii back to the Portland airport, authorities said.
Remains of the first airplane ever taken to Antarctica, in 1912, have been found by Australian researchers, the team announced.
Janitors who clean Delta and United airlines planes at Boston's Logan International Airport have ended their 24-hour strike.
Authorities say a US Airways regional jet has landed safely at San Antonio International Airport after blowing a tire during takeoff and circling for an hour to burn off fuel.
In the world of competitive paper airplane throwing, a 20-second flight is exceptional, 25 or better is world class.
A woman gave birth to a baby boy on a Southwest Airlines flight from Chicago that had to be diverted to Denver International Airport.
Eight years after the 9/11 attacks brought a new focus on security at airplane maintenance facilities — and six years after Congress first required action — the government still hasn't tightened its vigilance.
An engine tailcone fell off a Delta Air Lines jet shortly after takeoff Thursday and plummeted thousands of feet before landing harmlessly on a lawn in a Long Island residential neighborhood.
Small children and airplane flights: The mere mention of those two concepts in the same sentence is enough to make many parents — and many airline passengers — cringe. It’s common for moms and dads of babies and toddlers to approach flights with extreme humility and trepidation. After all, so many things can go wrong while trapped way up there in the sky with absolutely no escape.
Panicked passengers scrambled and pushed to the emergency exits of an Airbus 320 preparing to carry 165 passengers from Paris to a vacation city in Spain after an engine suddenly caught fire Wednesday, a passenger said.
A Northwest Airlines jet blew five tires as it landed at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, closing a runway for a few hours.
Boeing's billion-dollar plan to buy the South Carolina manufacturing plant of Vought Aircraft Industries was a much-needed, defensive move to rescue Boeing's fast-sinking 787 commercial jet program.
Although the flight across country was uneventful, it suddenly became clear I would not be able to land the plane safely at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Investigators in Texas say a flying object that narrowly missed a Continental Express plane last month may have been a large model rocket.
Federal and local authorities are trying to find the source of a "strange object" the pilot of a Continental Express plane reported flying about 150 feet beneath his plane in southeast Texas.
Football fans assaulted a passenger and threatened flight attendants on a flight following a Swedish league match, police said Monday.
After two years of costly and embarrassing delays, the first flight of Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner is on track for the end of June. When the 787 does lift off, Boeing officials hope it takes the company's stock with it.
Boeing 747 survives simulated 'Flight 253' bomb blast A test explosion on a Boeing 747 has shown that a US Christmas Day flight would have landed safely even if a bomb on board was detonated successfully.
Rat on a plane ... Air Canada flight grounded by massive rodentHUNDREDS of passengers were ordered off a plane moments before it was due to take off after a huge rat was discovered on board.
Pictured: Hundreds of gallons of fuel leak from Thomas Cook holiday jet seconds after take-off This is the dramatic moment a packed British holiday jet had to make an emergency landing at an Italian airport as hundreds of gallons of fuel leaked from a wing.
The sucide note from a really pissed off American - Joe Stack v IRS Well Joe Stack was a pretty pissed off American of who had been pushed into a corner by the US Inland Revenue and by a very bad tax policy. That had seemingly bled him dry and led him into a very depressed state of mind due to his debt situation.
Pilot In Texas Crash Has Ties To Placer CountySACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A software engineer accused of crashing a small plane into a Texas Internal Revenue Service office had ties to Placer County and tax problems, records show.
Internet note posted by man linked to Austin plane crash We found this note on a Web site being pointed at by social media users. A search showed the domain that the note was posted on is registered to Joe Stack of San Marcos.
Plane crashes into Austin office complex housing IRS - possibly deliberateA small plane crashed into an office complex occupied mostly by the local Internal Revenue Service this morning on the 9400 block of Research Boulevard.
Texas Plane Crash: Austin Office Complex Hit by Single Engine Plane A single engine plane shattered the side of an Austin office building in the same complex that houses an FBI office.
Was Plane Crash In Austin Texas Intentional Act?It is unclear as of presstime, where the small plane which crashed into a commercial building in Austin Tx, on Highway 183 in North Austin. Two people are unaccounted for, and people are feared trapped in the building.
Small plane crashes into Texas office buildingAUSTIN, Texas - A small plane crashed into an office building Thursday in Austin, fire officials said. Fire department officials said an unknown number of people were being taken to hospitals. The plane hit the Echelon Building in north Austin, local media reported.
Screams on a plane: How to quell tantrumsSmall children and airplane flights: The mere mention of those two concepts in the same sentence is enough to make many parents - and many airline passengers - cringe. These tactics can help you steer small children away from meltdowns in confined public places.
US Airways jet lands when religious item mistaken as bombA US Airways passenger plane was diverted to Philadelphia on Thursday after a religious item worn by a Jewish passenger was mistaken as a bomb, Philadelphia police said.
TSA targets Muslim women's hijabSometimes the West, especially the U.S. ,goes a little over the top.
"Explosive" At California Airport Found To Be HoneyAuthorities shut down a California airport on Tuesday after a suspicious amber liquid in a passenger's bag tested positive for explosives -- only to ultimately determine that the substance was honey.
Pat-Downs on All Flights to U.S. From 14 NationsISLAMABAD — Beginning Monday, air travelers flying into the United States from Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Yemen and other "countries of interest" will be subjected to enhanced screening techniques, such as body scans, pat-downs and a thorough search of carry-on luggage.
Is inconsistency best weapon against terrorism?"The agent took my needles and some tiny kid scissors a 4-year-old was carrying in a project kit next to me," said my daughter, Kaley. "I understand the concern. But it seems like every time there's an incident, our government says don't panic. And that's exactly what they do."
TSA withdraws subpoenas of travel bloggers - CNN.comFrischling said he was contacted Thursday evening by TSA Deputy Chief Counsel John Drennan, who told him the agency was "no longer investigating how I came into the document." Drennan "apologized on the heavy-handed tactics the TSA agents took," Frischling said.
You Don't Need To See My Wife & Children Naked To Secure An Airplane! Congressman ChaffetzAuthorities said body imagining machines would have prevented suspected underwear bomber from boarding Northwest Flight 253.
Sand Point man removed from airplane after disturbanceA Sand Point man was removed from a flight at Stevens Anchorage International Airport and arrested on charges of assault and disorderly conduct, according to court documents.
On Christmas day Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , a Nigerian alleged to have links to al Qaeda in Yemen, tried to set off an explosive device on a US airline flight near Detroit, Michigan.
Cheney Slams Obama for 'Pretending We're Not at War'Former vice-president Dick Cheney, who has become one of the sharpest critics of President Obama's foreign policy since leaving office, took the opportunity of a failed airliner bombing on Christmas Day to level a new charge against the president: Obama is "pretending we're not a …
US aware 'Nigerian' prepared for terror attack The US was aware that "a Nigerian" in Yemen was being prepared for a terrorist attack - weeks before an attempted bombing on a US plane. ABC News and the New York Times say there was intelligence to this effect, but its source is unclear.
Should airport security strip search a 90 year old from Iceland or should they concentrate on young men from Islamic countries? On Christmas day 2009 Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to bring down the airplane he was on with a chemical explosive he carried on his body.
Nigeria bomber's home town blames foreign schooling | ReutersNigeria bomber's home town blames foreign schooling FUNTUA, Nigeria (Reuters) - For residents in his home town, it was Umar Abdulmutallab's foreign education, not his roots in Muslim northern Nigeria, that radicalized him and led him to try to blow up a U.S. passenger plane.
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