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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US airports adapt to travel surge by expanding use of technology to process passengers
The Belgian family of four was on their fourth trip to the United States. They had been dreading the long line at passport control when they entered the country but had heard about a new app they could use to ease their way and decided to give it a shot. Within minutes, they had bypassed the long line at Washington …
Read More »Companies rolling out eclipse-themed promotions: Krispy Kreme, SunChips and more
More and more businesses are taking advantage of the total solar eclipse set to dim skies across North America on Monday. In the snacks department alone, Krispy Kreme is teaming up with Oreo to sell a limited doughnut-cookie creation. Sonic Drive-In is selling a “Blackout Slush Float.” And Frito-Lay’s SunChips has unveiled a new flavor that will only be available …
Read More »Aircraft in Baltic region hit by GPS jamming as some blame Russia
Aircraft flying over the Baltic region have reported a mysterious increase in the number of missing or fake Global Positioning System (GPS) signals with concerns being raised that Russia is to blame. More than 1,600 aircraft, including civilian aircraft, experienced the interference — known as GPS jamming — in less than two days earlier this week, according to an open-source …
Read More »Reddit user who left her drunk husband behind at airport gets support from others: 'Has a problem'
A woman who left her husband behind at the airport after he was prevented from boarding a plane for a trip to see her parents was right to do so — and she may also want to reconsider her relationship, said other Reddit users in response to the unusual personal drama. Reddit user “CantaloupeLife7504” asked readers of Reddit’s “Am I …
Read More »American Airlines relaxes pet, carry-on luggage policy
American Airlines is relaxing part of its pet policy to let owners bring their companion and a full-size carry-on bag into the cabin. Until this week, people who carried a pet into the cabin — which involves paying a $150 fee — could only have one other small item that fit under the seat. Anything bigger, like a carry-on bag …
Read More »Passengers suffer flight delays after Delta planes clip wings at Minneapolis airport
A Delta airplane clipped wings with another aircraft on the runway of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Thursday morning, causing delays. The two Delta planes clipped wings while taxiing on the airstrip late that morning. Delta Air Lines told Fox News Digital that no passengers or employees were injured. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) told Fox News Digital that the incident …
Read More »Delta Airlines stowaway caught on Texas-bound plane after snapping photo of passenger's boarding pass: feds
A Texas man allegedly snuck onto a Delta Airlines flight in Salt Lake City using a snapshot of a passenger’s boarding pass –he was only caught because the flight was entirely booked and he had nowhere to sit, according to federal prosecutors. Wicliff Yves Fleurizard of George, Texas, now faces a felony charge for being a stowaway on an aircraft, …
Read More »With all the recent headlines about panels and tires falling off planes, is flying safe?
DALLAS (AP) — It has been 15 years since the last fatal crash of a U.S. airliner, but you would never know that by reading about a torrent of flight problems in the last three months. There was a time when things like cracked windshields and minor engine problems didn’t turn up very often in the news. BOEING EXPERIENCING ‘SELF-INFLICTED …
Read More »Florida man calls American Airlines passengers 'blue-eyed white devils,' threatens to 'take this plane down'
A Florida man on an American Airlines flight was put in a headlock, removed from the aircraft and arrested after he called fellow passengers “blue-eyed white devils” and threatened to “take this plane down with all you motherf—ers on it.” Shail Patel, 29, was drunk when he boarded the flight from Tampa to Philadelphia on Tuesday and began “antagonizing passengers, …
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