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Passenger Released After NYC Flight Makes Emergency Landing for ‘Security Incident'
The passenger on board a New York City-bound flight whose alleged behavior prompted the plane’s pilot to make an emergency landing has been released. The unidentified passenger had been taken into custody for questioning Saturday after the plane landed at LaGuardia Airport. A Port Authority spokesperson said Sunday that the passenger was not expected to face any criminal charges....
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Unruly Passenger Questioned After NYC Flight Makes Emergency Landing: Officials
A potential security concern prompted an emergency landing at LaGuardia Airport and led police to place one of the plane’s passengers into custody for questioning, federal and airline officials confirmed Saturday. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed the safe landing of Republic Airways Flight 4817 at the Queens airport around 3 p.m. following a “security incident.” All 80 passengers and crew…
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Two Passengers Leave Plane by Emergency Slide Before Takeoff From NYC
The pair were on Flight 462 to Atlanta Monday evening when they exited the plane via the emergency slide as it was taxiing, a Delta spokesperson said.
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Boeing's 737 Max Grounding Is Going on So Long It Will Disrupt Holiday Air Travel
With no end in sight to the grounding of Boeing’s 737 Max, one airline is warning travelers that their Thanksgiving and Christmas travel plans might be disrupted. Southwest Airlines on Thursday became the first U.S. airline to pull the planes, grounded by regulators worldwide in mid-March after two fatal crashes within five months of one another, from its schedule until...
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TSA Officers Prepare for Extended Shutdown
Transportation Security Administration screeners at U.S. airports are facing their first missed paychecks as an impasse between President Donald Trump and lawmakers over funding for a new barriers at the U.S. border extends what is already one of the longest-ever government shutdowns.
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Wild Gender Reveal? Alien Invasion? The Night Sky Turned Crazy Blue — and New Yorkers Have Jokes About It
Gender reveal party gone wrong? Alien invasion? Optimus Prime vs. Megatron?
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Dead Fetus Discovered on Plane at LaGuardia Airport Was Stillborn, Medical Examiner Rules
The dead fetus found in an airplane bathroom at LaGuardia Airport last month was stillborn, according to officials.
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Dead Fetus Found on American Airlines Flight at LaGuardia Airport, Sources Say
A cleaning crew found a fetus on a plane in a hangar at LaGuardia Airport Tuesday, law enforcement sources familiar with the case tell News 4.
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‘Late Night': Andy Cohen Embarrassed Anderson Cooper at Airport
Andy Cohen shares a story about celebrating his 50th birthday, as well as the time he embarrassed Anderson Cooper, who he’s on tour with, at LaGuardia Airport by getting into an argument with someone criticizing Cooper’s reporting.
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Passengers on Southwest Jet in Mid-Flight Explosion Get Apology, Will Receive Money
Each passenger on board the Southwest Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Philadelphia after an engine exploded and tore a hole in the plane will receive thousands of dollars in compensation.
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Woman Partially Sucked Out of Jet When Window Breaks Mid-Flight; Plane Makes Emergency Landing in Philadelphia
A passenger died and seven others were injured after the engine of a Southwest Airlines jet blew open in mid-air — sending debris into the plane’s body and causing a window to burst.
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‘Dog-In' at LaGuardia Airport Protests Overhead Bin Death
Animal activists held a “dog-in” at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday to protest the death of a puppy who was stowed in an overhead bin on a United Airlines flight.
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Dog's Death in United Plane's Overhead Bin Raises Questions About Its Track Record
It is rare that an animal dies on a plane, even on United Airlines, which is under siege over the death of a puppy on one of its flights. There was only one death for roughly every 4,500 animals United transported in its cargo holds last year. But the 18 animals, mostly dogs, that died while being transported on United...
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Flight Attendant Who Ordered Dog in Overhead Bin ‘Did Not Hear or Understand' Passenger's Pleas: United
United Airlines said Wednesday the flight attendant who ordered a passenger to put a dog in a carrier in an overhead compartment on a New York City-bound flight earlier this week “did not hear or understand” the mother’s pleas not to put the pup in the bin.
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Dog Dies on United Flight After Passenger Forced to Stow Pet in Overhead Bin
A flight attendant on a United Airlines flight told a family on a plane from Houston to NYC to stow the dog in the overhead before it died. Gus Rosendale reports.