As many as one third of all airline passengers say they have accidentally failed to turn off an electronic device during takeoff and landing, despite the admonition to do so, according to a study released on Thursday by two industry groups. … Read More
Five hot air balloon riders found drifting in the Pacific
AFP – Five women who were riding in a hot air balloon were rescued from the Pacific Ocean, while workers searched for two male passengers who are still missing, officials said. “Thank God, we have located five female occupants and we are continuing to search for the two missing men,…
Lufthansa strike cancels thousands of flights in Germany
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Climate change predicted to cause more in-flight turbulence for passengers
Flights will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners, climate scientists warned Monday. Already, atmospheric turbulence injures hundreds of airline passengers each year, sometimes fatally, damaging aircraft and costing the industry an…
TSA says yes to knives, no to shampoo
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Brickbat: He Fits Right In
In 2002, the Roman Catholic
Church defrocked Thomas Harkins because of allegations he
molested two grade-school girls. Harkins was never criminally
charged, but the church paid $195,000 to settle civil lawsuits.
Four months after he was removed from the priesthood, Harkins was
hired by the Transportation Security Administration to screen
airline passengers at Philadelphia International Airport. The
Philadelphia Inquirer reports he is still employed by the TSA, but
he has been promoted and no longer pats down passengers. … Read More
Passengers Duct Tape Unruly Patron On International Flight
(Nigel Atkins) A passenger on a flight became so unruly he was TAPED to his seat by angry fellow travellers. The bound and gagged man had apparently gone crazy two hours into the flight heading for New York. He had attacked one woman, tried to spit at people and screamed the plane was going to [...]
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