Was she cruisin’ for a brusin’? Traveling the not-so-friendly skies can be a real crapshoot nowadays. While most vacationers hope for an uneventful jaunt to their final destinations, a recent string of unhinged plane riders have subjected their fellow passengers to everything from “that mother f- -ker is not real” spooks to objectionable mid-air concerts. But when […]
BOSTON (AP) — An American Airlines flight attendant arrested on suspicion of trying to secretly video record a 14-year-old female passenger using an airplane bathroom last September is being held in custody pending trial. Police have also alleged that Estes Carter Thompson III, 37, of Charlotte, North Carolina, had recordings of four other minor female […]
What a sticky situation for Boeing. It was another day, another mile-high issue for the fiasco-plagued airplane designer when a UK passenger grew alarmed after noticing pieces of tape on the exterior of a Boeing 787 during a flight to India, as seen in shocking photos. “I’ve flown all around the world, but never seen […]
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston doctor was found not guilty Wednesday on a charge of lewd acts near a 14-year-old girl on an airplane after a three-day trial in federal court in Boston. Lawyers for Dr. Sudipta Mohanty, 33, said more than a dozen passengers sitting in seats near Mohanty and flight attendants charged with […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Three weeks ago, a door plug fell off a plane mid-flight and led to an emergency landing at Portland International Airport. Then the FAA grounded all Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets for an investigation. Friday was the first time any of those planes returned to the sky when Alaska Airlines Flight […]
The United Airlines CEO says he is “disappointed” in ongoing manufacturing problems at Boeing that have led to the grounding of dozens of United jetliners, and the airline will consider alternatives to buying a future, larger version of the Boeing 737 Max. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said Tuesday that Boeing needs “real action” to […]
A commercial aircraft contracted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to fly to Honduras was forced to turn around shortly after takeoff and land Wednesday morning back at a southern Texas airport, officials confirmed. A radio tower at the Valley International Airport in Harlingen, located in the central region of the Rio Grande […]
Suren Seetal, 36, was reported missing after he didn’t return home from work on Nov. 2 A Florida airplane mechanic who was trying to collect a $315,000 debt was kidnapped and killed — and one of the suspects is the man who owed him the money, authorities allege. On Monday, the United States Attorney’s Office […]