Delta Flight 1063 was forced to make an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York this afternoon after its right engine experienced a bird strike just after takeoff. The flight, which had originally been bound for Los Angeles, returned safely to JFK, according to ABC News. “On takeoff, the airplane had [...]
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It now looks as though that JetBlue pilot who had to be restrained yesterday aboard a Las Vegas-bound flight had a panic attack, according to law enforcement sources. The FAA, meanwhile, called the incident a “medical emergency.” Flight 191′s Captain Clayton Osbon had to be subdued by at least five passengers after his co-pilot locked [...]
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Next time you fly, you might want to keep a close eye on your coins. It was revealed today that airline passengers left nearly $400,000 in change (pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters) at airport checkpoints in 2010. According to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), $409,085.56 in coins, including foreign currency, was recovered at security checkpoints [...]
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84-year-old Lenore Zimmerman says TSA agents demanded she undergo a strip search at New York’s JFK Airport, even though she was in a wheelchair with a walker. Zimmerman says she didn’t want to go through a full body scanner for fear that it would interfere with her defibrillator. She says agents pulled down her pants [...]
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Remember Jack the Cat? Jack was lost at JFK International Airport in August by American Airlines. He was then found two months later. Jack was put to sleep yesterday at the Blue Pearl Veterinary Hospital in Forest Hills, Queens. He was five years old. Doctors had previously given Jack a 50 percent chance of survival [...]
Jack the cat is lost. To make matters worse, he’s lost in one of the busiest airports in the world – JFK. American Airlines has launched an all-out manhunt, er, cat-hunt for Jack, who got lost at John F. Kennedy Airport in the chaos of Hurricane Irene preparations. (UPDATE: Jack was found, but died from [...]
Flights were temporarily delayed at JFK Airport this morning after about 150 turtles found their way onto a runway. JetBlue first tweeted about the situation, saying: “JFK is experiencing delays as the airport clears turtles off the runway.” Port Authority spokesman Ron Marsico said flights were delayed only about 15 minutes. “We had about 150 [...]
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A judge has just granted former International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail. He will post $1 million as part of the deal and stay confined to his wife’s apartment in New York City, which will be monitored by armed guards. Strauss-Kahn also had to provide $5 million in collateral. He had waived his extradition [...]
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