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Pilot accused of traveling with loaded revolver is arrested
The latest in a string of bizarre events involving air travel -- and in some cases, flight crews -- comes in the form of a loaded gun. At the center of this incident, which involved a .357 Magnum, was a pilot for Piedmont Airlines. The pilot was detained...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Air Transportation Industry, Transportation Accidents, JetBlue Airways, American Airlines, Inc.
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Thursday Travel Ticker: Cabbies and camping tips
A cabbie accused of preying on arriving passengers at New York's Kennedy Airport has pleaded guilty to unlawful imprisonment after driving off with passengers when officers approached. Authorities say the driver locked the doors and took off, then got...
Tags: Memorial Day, Prisons, Festive Events, Arts and Culture
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White House unveils plan to boost tourism, lure more foreigners
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a plan to boost domestic and international tourism, including steps to increase annual visits by foreigners by more than 50% over the next nine years. “Tens of millions of tourists from...
Tags: Politics, Amusement and Theme Parks, Walt Disney World Resort, Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy
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Space shuttle Discovery flies over D.C. to cheers -- and warnings
It was an extraordinary sight, even for Washington -- a space shuttle flying over the nation’s capital atop a modified 747 on the way to its permanent new home, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. Crowds gathered on the...
Tags: AAA, Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Trayvon Martin
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How did Delta pilot stay so calm after bird strike? Give a listen
Los Angeles Times Daily Travel & Deal bloggerThe voice of the Delta Air Lines captain on Flight 1063 on Thursday sounds beyond calm as he informs air traffic controllers: "Aaaand Delta 1063 has had an engine failure on the right engine, declaring an emergency due to a bird strike." (Check out the... -
Bird strikes: Second New York flight in six days is aborted
NEW YORK -- A Jet Blue flight headed for Florida made an emergency landing minutes after takeoff from a New York-area airport when it collided with birds in the air, the second such incident in six days in a region where birds forced a jet to ditch into...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Embraer SA, West Palm Beach, Chesley B. Sullenberger III, Air Transportation Industry
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For safer skies, U.S. senator proposes killing geese, other birds
NEW YORK -- Warning of a possible disaster if something isn't done soon, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is pushing lawmakers to make it easier for wildlife officials to cull Canada geese and other birds near New York City airports, where two...
Tags: Jamaica, Natural Resources, Science and Technology, Environmental Issues, Air Transportation Industry
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Delivering the space shuttles is tougher than you think
WASHINGTON -- When you need to move a nearly 175,000-pound space shuttle with a 78-foot wingspan, who you gonna call? NASA, of course. But also companies that own big cranes. In New York, call a barge owner. And in Los Angeles, traffic engineers and...Tags: NASA, Science and Technology, Space Programs, Kennedy Space Center, Boeing Co.
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JetBlue pilot in court after midair rampage, with family support
A JetBlue Airways pilot has made his first court appearance for the midair meltdown on a New York-to-Las Vegas flight that forced his co-pilot to make an emergency landing. Prosecutors urged him to be held behind bars, even as his family said he never...
Tags: JetBlue Airways, Trials, Court Preliminary
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JetBlue pilot and the midair meltdown: Judge orders psych exam
A federal judge in Texas has ordered the JetBlue Airways pilot accused of disrupting a Las Vegas-bound New York flight with rants about religion and terrorists to undergo a psychiatric exam. The order signed by U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson in...
Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, JetBlue Airways, Trials, FBI
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TSA apology? Two elderly women were screened improperly
Nation NowTwo elderly women were not screened properly, the TSA acknowledges, but they weren't strip-searched. The women had said they were strip-searched when traveling through Kennedy Airport in November.... -
Groundhog Day confusion: More winter, says Phil; nope, say rivals
Nation NowGroundhog Day 2012: Punxsutawney Phil says six more weeks of winter; other groundhogs beg to differ....
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