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Kids on Planes: A Privilege, Not a Right

Parents shouldn't expect airlines to 'bend over backward'

(Newser) - An Alaska Airlines flight was recently forced to return to the gate just before takeoff, thanks to a screaming 3-year-old who insisted on lying down with his seat belt around his neck. The family was asked to leave the plane, and they're not happy about it. But instead of...

Cargo Plane Crashes Into Crowded Bus

 Cargo Plane Hits 
 Bus, Kills 10 
updated
Jun 2, 2012 4:46 PM CDT

Cargo Plane Hits Bus, Kills 10

Ghana's capital city is scene of horrific accident

(Newser) - A Boeing 727 cargo plane attempting to land at the international airport in Ghana's capital crashed today, slamming into a bus loaded with passengers on a nearby street, killing all 10 people inside the vehicle, emergency responders and airport officials said. The crash occurred in Accra near Kotoka International...

&#39;Perfect&#39; Plane Seat Located

 'Perfect' Plane Seat Located 
survey says
Apr 28, 2012 8:50 AM CDT

'Perfect' Plane Seat Located

Row six, by the window: survey

(Newser) - The perfect plane seat: 6A. A new survey from Skyscanner came to that conclusion after determining that most passengers, given a choice, want to sit in a window seat toward the front of the aircraft. Previous studies have also found the first six rows of a plane to be the...

Kill Geese to Protect Jets: Sen. Gillibrand

Birds involved in pair of air emergencies this week

(Newser) - Jets' collisions with birds have caused two emergency landings in New York in the past week , and geese in the engine prompted the near-disaster before the miracle landing on the Hudson in 2009 . Now, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says it's time to let wildlife officials cull the goose population near...

Texting Pilot Forgot to Lower Wheels

Forcing Jetstar flight to abort landing just 392 feet from ground

(Newser) - If you get bugged by drivers who text, you'll likely be infuriated by this tale ... of texting while flying. The Age reports on the newly revealed May 2010 incident, in which a Jetstar plane had to abort a landing just 392 feet above the ground because the wheels were...

JetBlue Flight Diverted After Pilot's Meltdown

He reportedly screamed about bombs and al-Qaeda

(Newser) - A pilot tore through the cabin of a JetBlue plane yelling about terror threats, warning passengers about al-Qaeda and bombs on board, passengers tell the Amarillo Globe-News . The captain started "shouting, ‘Iraq, al-Qaeda, terrorism, we’re all going down,'" witnesses said. Passengers tackled him and held...

45-Foot Paper Airplane Soars in Arizona

12-year-old helps build contraption

(Newser) - Two days ago it was the Bird Man (er, make that the Fake Bird Man ); now the Web's flying sensation is a humongous paper airplane, built in part by a 12-year-old boy. Some 45 feet long with a 24-foot wingspan, it may be the biggest paper plane in...

Utah Kids' Plot: Bomb School, Steal Plane

Teens arrested after student reported threatening text

(Newser) - Two Utah teenagers who were allegedly plotting to bomb their school—and then flee on a plane stolen from a nearby airport—were arrested on Wednesday, police say. Dallin Morgan, 18, and Joshua Hogan, 16, were apprehended after another student at Roy High School reported a text message sent by...

TSA Agent Lets Rapper Keep Weed, Leaves Note
TSA Agent Lets Rapper
Keep Weed, Leaves Note
in case you missed it
Dec 18, 2011 7:00 PM CST

TSA Agent Lets Rapper Keep Weed, Leaves Note

"C'Mon Son," chides baggage screener

(Newser) - TSA agents are basically known for collectively killing America's buzz, but here's an unusual exception out of the Denver International Airport: A TSA agent there discovered marijuana in rapper Freddie Gibbs' luggage, but instead of confiscating the weed, the baggage screener just left an admonishing note reading, "...

Fliers Taken Off Plane to ATMs, Forced to Pay $31K
Fliers Taken Off Plane to
ATMs, Forced to Pay $31K
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Nov 20, 2011 6:58 AM CST

Fliers Taken Off Plane to ATMs, Forced to Pay $31K

For fuel or unpaid fees, depending which report you read

(Newser) - Flying: It’s just not what it used to be . The latest example? A plane was grounded in Vienna for six hours as the airline forced passengers to come up with an additional $31,000. Apparently charter airline Comtel is in financial trouble and hadn’t paid "landing fees...

Pilot Gets Stuck in Bathroom ... and Terror Scare Ensues

A helpful passenger tries to help out ... in an accented voice

(Newser) - Who would have thought a jammed bathroom door could lead to a terror scare? The New York Post has the comical tale of a Chatauqua Airlines pilot who, on an Asheville to New York City flight, jammed the bathroom door and found himself trapped—as the plane was in a...

Enjoy Your Flight, But Good Luck Escaping Ads

Overhead bins, seat backs, and even safety videos are featuring commercials

(Newser) - Your next flight could feel like being stuck inside a commercial. Various US airlines, desperate for revenue, are beginning to cram advertising into every corner of their planes, including overhead bins, seat backs, napkins, flight attendants' aprons, and even through crew announcements and in-flight safety videos, reports USA Today . Delta,...

Plane Lands on Engine in Turkey

No one injured in Sky Airlines mishap

(Newser) - A plane en route from Germany landed on its engine at a Turkish airport following the collapse of its landing gear, a Turkish official says. None of the 156 people on board were injured. The landing gear of the Sky Airlines flight broke during the landing at Antalya Airport, causing...

Pilot Screw-Up Almost Flips Jet
 Pilot Screw-Up Almost Flips Jet 
Sep 28, 2011 2:27 PM CDT

Pilot Screw-Up Almost Flips Jet

He mistook the rudder trim nob for the cockpit door lock

(Newser) - This will go down in the annals of wacky pilot screw-ups: An All Nippon Airways passenger jet rolled over 131.7 degrees earlier this month—putting it almost belly-up—because a pilot accidentally turned the rudder trim knob instead of the one unlocking the cabin door, Japan’s Transport Safety...

Wing Walker Plunges to His Death

Stuntman Todd Green slips as he reaches for helicopter in Michigan air show

(Newser) - A horrified crowd watched yesterday as a Michigan wing walker plunged to his death during an air show stunt. Todd Green fell some 200 feet at the Air National Guard Base in Selfridge near Detroit as he attempted to grab onto a helicopter hovering over the plane. "I thought...

US Military Loses Contact With Hypersonic Test Glider

Second HTV-2 flight appears to end much like the first

(Newser) - An unmanned hypersonic glider developed for US defense research into super-fast global strike capability was launched atop a rocket early today, but contact was lost after the experimental craft began flying on its own, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said. There was no immediate information on how much of...

Jet Smashes Smaller Plane at Boston Airport

At least one person injured

(Newser) - A pair of planes crashed at Boston’s Logan Airport last night, injuring at least one woman. A large Delta 767 with 204 passengers was preparing to take off when its wing sliced through the tail of a smaller plane on a taxiway, the Boston Globe reports. Dozens of emergency...

Flier Tried to Open Jet's Door in Suicide Attempt

Passengers subdued him before he did any damage

(Newser) - A man subdued as he tried to open the door of a passenger jet mid-flight wasn't trying to commit an act of terrorism—he was trying to kill himself, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Reynel Alcaide, 34, pushed a flight attendant out of the way and began banging on...

Crew, Fliers Tackle Rageit Almurisi, Who Was Banging on Cockpit Door of American Airlines Flight 1561
Crew, Fliers Tackle Man Banging on Cockpit Door
incident No. 3
May 9, 2011 8:25 AM CDT

Crew, Fliers Tackle Man Banging on Cockpit Door

It's the third such incident in one day on US planes

(Newser) - Yesterday was a day of airplane security disturbances : In the third incident reported so far, crew members and passengers wrestled a man to the ground after he started pounding on the plane's cockpit door. Rageit Almurisi, 28, brushed past a flight attendant on last night's flight while screaming...

Cracks Found in 3 More Southwest Planes

Review of 79 other Boeing 737-300s to be completed tomorrow

(Newser) - If you were terrified by the story of the five-foot-long hole that opened up in a Southwest plane Friday, you may not want to read further: The airline found small, subsurface cracks in three more planes that are similar to the cracks that may have played a role in that...

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