A pilot and his passenger avoided injury Wednesday evening when their single-engine Cessna made an emergency landing on a beach in New York. Video footage shows the Cessna 152 coming in to land on Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai, Long Island, at around 7:30 p.m. as the sun is setting over the horizon. The plane, with its propeller spinning slowly, …
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Sending kids alone on a flight can be scary. Many airlines allow children as young as age 5 to fly alone. There are plenty of things you can do to ease your own mind as a parent and help keep your child comfortable and safe on a solo flight. THE TOP US AIRPORTS FOR FAST FOOD, RANKED Below are five …
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A woman on Reddit who says she was alienated and given the cold shoulder by her family after she accepted a free first-class upgrade on a vacation did nothing wrong, Reddit users said, weighing in on her drama. Reddit user “Abbyissostupid” told Reddit’s “Am I the A–hole” (AITA) subreddit about her dilemma in a post on Friday, April 26, titled, …
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A flight attendant based in Dallas, Texas, is revealing her favorite travel hacks as summer trips near for Americans all over the country. Bernice Padilla, 29, has been in the industry for six years and traveled to 44 different countries, she said. Over the years, she’s collected and created her own travel insights to make getting to and from vacation …
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A group of ecoactivists were arrested after disrupting traffic at an airfield in Massachusetts on Saturday, the latest in the ongoing trend of public demonstrations against climate change. Approximately two dozen protesters with the ecoactivist group Extinction Rebellion were arrested by police and taken into custody at Laurence G. Hanscom Airfield in Bedford. The activists stood in the path of …
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Moroccan officials want to turn the country into an aviation hub, luring investors aiming to spread out their supply chains to more nations with available and affordable workers. The North African kingdom is among a longer list of countries vying for contracts with big manufacturers looking to speed up production and deliver more planes to meet demand. Companies like Boeing …
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The Texas woman who became famous after having an outburst on a plane last year seemingly came out as conservative-leaning on X this week. Tiffany Gomas, who was dubbed “Crazy plane lady” last summer after her July 2 flare-up went viral on social media, publicized her “anti-woke” views on X. On Wednesday, Gomas posted a mirror selfie of herself wearing …
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A passenger who repeatedly groped a woman seated beside him on a flight has been banned from Alaska Airlines and faces prison time. Desmond D. Bostick, 25, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit a felony on April 11, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington wrote in a news release. He admitted to repeatedly touching …
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The FBI is investigating whether New York Mayor Eric Adams received free upgrades on Turkish Airlines, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to the New York Times. Federal authorities are looking into whether he was upgraded to the most expensive seats available on international flights as part of a wider corruption probe. Sources confirmed to the publication that a portion …
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A passenger has been fined for urinating in a cup during a delay in deplaning after landing at Sydney Airport. The incident, after a 3-hour Air New Zealand flight from Auckland, occurred last December and a Sydney court fined the 53-year-old man $395 for offensive behavior in February, officials said Friday. The incident only came to public attention on Friday, …
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