The JetBlue pilot whose in-flight behavior led to an emergency landing in Texas on Tuesday has been suspended pending further investigation. Clayton Osbon was captain of JetBlue Flight 191 from New York to Las Vegas, which was diverted to Amarillo after crew and passengers restrained him. Osbon has worked for the company for 12 years, [...]

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Here are your top stories for this Wednesday morning, March 28, 2012: – Insurance mandate in doubt – U.S. seeks quick action from Assad on peace plan in Syria – JetBlue captain restrained – Live jewelry all the rage in Mexico

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A JetBlue flight from JFK Airport in New York was diverted today after a man told passengers to “say their prayers” and tried to storm the cockpit. The incident took place on Flight 191, which took off at about 10:45 a.m. headed for Las Vegas. An eyewitness says, “I saw a guy wearing a pilot’s [...]

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At this hour, authorities are investigating an incident that took place aboard an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Chicago in which two flight attendants were injured. Officials say American Airlines flight 2332 had to be returned to the gate just prior to take-off over reports that a crazed flight attendant was ranting to passengers [...]

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Actor Alec Baldwin has issued an apology to his fellow passengers for an incident in which he was booted off an American Airlines flight for tinkering with his phone while the plane was sitting on the runway. In a post written over at The Huffington Post, Baldwin says it “was never my intention to inconvenience [...]

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Is Words with Friends really that addictive? 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin was booted off an American Airlines flight headed to NYC. Taking off from Los Angeles, it seems Baldwin was a little too wrapped up in a rousing round of the popular iPhone Scrabble-like game from Zynga while sitting at the gate. According to [...]

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Billie Joe Armstrong didn’t have to wait until September ends to get a rude awakening from Southwest Airlines. The Green Day frontman was booted off a flight on Thursday night because he was looking like a fool with his pants on the ground.  He was escorted off the Oakland to Burbank flight after a flight [...]

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Police in Idaho have arrested Russell Miller, an elderly man who punched a teen in the arm for refusing to turn off his iPhone during a flight from Las Vegas. Passengers say the argument started when flight attendants announced that the Southwest plane was on final approach to land late Tuesday and told passengers to [...]

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Actor Josh Duhamel may need to work on his people skills.  The 38-year-old actor was booted off a flight headed from New York to Kentucky after refusing to turn off his BlackBerry prior to takeoff. According to one passenger, Duhamel was “very rude” and “taunting” a flight attendant who asked that he deactivate his device. [...]

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A judge in New York has granted bail for JetBlue flight attendant Steve Slater. As you may recall, Slater is accused of bitching out passengers over the P.A. system on a flight at JFK, grabbing some beer from the galley, deploying the emergency chute, and fleeing the scene. Follow the whole story here: Steve Slater [...]

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UPDATE: Slater has made bail. Steven Slater was having a bad day.  That’s what they’re saying about the JetBlue airline steward who was arrested at his home in Belle Harbor, Queens by Port Authority officials. Slater cursed out the passengers aboard Flight 1052 at JFK over the P.A. system this afternoon, grabbed some beers from [...]

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Police say that Ivana Trump had to be escorted off of a plane in Florida after she became belligerent when children were running up and down the aisles. Donald Trump‘s first ex reportedly cursed at the children on Saturday and when flight attendants on the New York-bound flight attempted to calm her down, she got [...]

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