Clues From D.C. Plane Crash Suggest Multiple Failures in Aviation Safety
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Clues From D.C. Plane Crash Suggest Multiple Failures in Aviation Safety

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Clues emerging from the moments before the deadly collision Wednesday night between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet suggest that multiple layers of the country’s aviation safety apparatus failed, according to flight recordings, a preliminary internal report from the Federal…

What to Know About the Plane and Helicopter Crash Near Washington
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What to Know About the Plane and Helicopter Crash Near Washington

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A passenger jet carrying 64 people crashed into the Potomac River near Washington on Wednesday night after colliding midair with a military helicopter while approaching Reagan National Airport, officials said. The plane was being operated as American Eagle Flight 5342 by PSA Airlines…

Syria’s Main Airport Handles First International Flights Since Fall of Assad Regime
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Syria’s Main Airport Handles First International Flights Since Fall of Assad Regime

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Syria’s main airport handled its first international flights on Tuesday since the fall of the government of former President Bashar al-Assad last month, as the new leaders press to reassert a semblance of normalcy in the war-weary country. One Qatar Airways plane landed…

Long Before Jeju Air Crash, South Korea Rose to Be a Model of Safety
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Long Before Jeju Air Crash, South Korea Rose to Be a Model of Safety

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A Jeju Air crash in South Korea last week, the deadliest plane accident in years, has stunned the global aviation industry. The country is regarded as a model for how to turn poor air safety practices into some of the world’s best. Three…

Canadian woman smuggled 22 pounds of meth wrapped as Christmas gifts in carry-on bag: police
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Canadian woman smuggled 22 pounds of meth wrapped as Christmas gifts in carry-on bag: police

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Observant officers in a New Zealand airport unwrapped $2 million worth of methamphetamine wrapped as Christmas presents that a Canadian woman attempted to conceal. The woman, 29, arrived at Auckland International Airport in New Zealand on a flight from Vancouver on December 8…

United Airlines passenger, Dan Adams, used Apple AirTags to track luggage, but still lost them in Spain
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United Airlines passenger, Dan Adams, used Apple AirTags to track luggage, but still lost them in Spain

An American couple – using a digital age hack to keep track of their luggage as they flew overseas for a European vacation – were left frustrated with United Airlines when one of their bags never made it to them despite them knowing exactly where it was. Dan Adams and…

LaGuardia passengers evacuated from terminals in NYC over ‘police activity’
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LaGuardia passengers evacuated from terminals in NYC over ‘police activity’

Travelers at LaGuardia Airport were evacuated Saturday morning amid “police activity” that could lead to flight disruptions, according to reports and social media posts. Would-be travelers were moved from the terminals to a parking garage at the complex early Saturday morning, video from PIX11’s Arrianee LeBeau showed. Passengers wait outside of…

NYC airport named best in the US: new survey
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NYC airport named best in the US: new survey

Hold onto your luggage, folks!  NYC’s dramatically made-over LaGuardia Airport has been named best in the fifty states, according to the Forbes Travel Guide.  Yes, that’s the same LaGuardia that President Biden once infamously compared to “some third-world country.”  President Biden once infamously compared the hub to “some third-world country.”…

Video shows American Airlines plane sucking up cargo container on tarmac
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Video shows American Airlines plane sucking up cargo container on tarmac

Wild surveillance video has captured the moment an American Airlines plane sucked a cargo container into its engine — tearing it completely to shreds. The caught-on-camera saga unfolded just moments after the flight from London had touched down at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport last Thursday, ABC7 reported. The plane had stopped…

SF sues Oakland over ‘confusing’ airport name change: ‘Bullying’
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SF sues Oakland over ‘confusing’ airport name change: ‘Bullying’

Fog-geddaboutit! San Francisco has been accused of “bullying” after slapping nearby Oakland with a trademark lawsuit — sharply warning the crossbay rival to “stay away” from its brand. The brouhaha by the Bay began after the burg Gertrude Stein once described as having “no there there” rebranded its airport (OAK) —…