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1 remote parking lot to remain closed
Tribune transportation reporterAlready faced with longer lines at airline check-in counters and security checkpoints, travelers to O'Hare International Airport have also been dealing with confusing and more expensive parking arrangements. City aviation officials said the 3,118-space...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Chicago Jobs, Air Transportation Industry, Career and Workplace, Terrorism
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U.S. orders 2 probes into shuttle tragedy
Tribune transportation reporterUnlike the initial probe of the Challenger disaster 17 years ago, this time NASA will not be on its own to investigate what caused the destruction of the space shuttle Columbia, officials said Saturday. Two investigations--one led by an independent...Tags: FBI, Tom Ridge, Armed Forces, Space Programs, Death
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Warplanes tail commercial jet after pilots lose radio contact
Tribune transportation reporterA pair of F-16 warplanes raced across the Midwest sky to investigate an American Airlines plane whose pilots did not respond to calls from air-traffic controllers shortly after takeoff Tuesday from O'Hare International Airport, authorities said. It...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Radio, Entertainment, Air Transportation Industry, Crimes
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O'Hare Airport suspect facing federal charges
Tribune staff reportersA 27-year-old Chicago man was taken back into custody and is to appear today in U.S. District Court to face a federal charge stemming from his weekend arrest for allegedly trying to bring nine knives and other weapons aboard an airliner at OHare...Tags: Trials, FBI, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice
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3 fired in O'Hare security breach
Tribune transportation reporterTwo security workers were fired Wednesday for allegedly stealing a pair of pocketknives confiscated from a traveler at O'Hare International Airport, and their supervisor was also dismissed, according to the company that employed the workers. Another...Tags: FBI, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Health, Air Transportation Industry, Crimes
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New IDs ordered for airport workers
Tribune staff reportersAttempting to reassure airline passengers and flight crews that security gaps at the nation's airports are being addressed, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday hundreds of thousands of airport workers need to have their credentials verified to...Tags: FBI, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Heads of State, Government
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Experts say tougher breed of marshal needed on planes
Putting more federal air marshals on planes, as President Bush has vowed to do, may help calm jittery American travelers, but security experts say an expanded program must be adapted to confront a new breed of terrorists bent on mass destruction. "This...Tags: Career and Workplace, Long Island, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Emergency Incidents, Disasters and Accidents
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El Al security stands as model for many
Chicago Tribune staff reporterWhen Congress was drafting legislation to shore up aviation security last year after the terrorist attacks, experts at El Al Airlines who were asked for advice said it wouldn't be nearly enough to tighten procedures at the passenger checkpoints and...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rome (Italy), Entertainment, Gaming, Crimes
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2 more passengers are arrested
Tribune staff reportersA Chicago-area man was arrested Wednesday after rubbing a plastic knife that came with his meal across his neck during a Continental Airlines flight from Israel, telling authorities later he was only joking with a flight attendant. Elsewhere, the FBI...Tags: FBI, Police Arrests, American Airlines, Inc., Crime, Law and Justice, Israel
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Bush to offer aviation plan
Tribune staff reportersPresident Bush is expected to announce in Chicago Thursday an anti-terrorism package that calls for heavily armed National Guard soldiers patrolling the nation's airports, thousands of federal air marshals guarding aircraft cabins and a federal takeover...Tags: Career and Workplace, Heads of State, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Unions
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Airports await cuts by United
Denver has been put through a "financial stress test," Dulles International is postponing major projects, and California's two largest airports are braced for several air carriers to battle each other over new passengers as a result of the financial fog...Tags: Denver, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Finance, Air Transportation Industry, United Air Lines
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United passengers to see fewer flights, smaller jets
Tribune transportation reporterFewer flights to choose from, longer layovers and a greater chance of flying on small jets await United Airlines passengers at O'Hare International Airport as the carrier attempts an inevitable restructuring to survive, experts said Thursday. Over the...Tags: Syracuse, DePaul University, Boeing Co., Education, O'Hare International Airport
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