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Source: Katie Kindelan, Alyssa Newcomb, Anthony Costellano / ABC News One of the women who survived a weekend limousine fire, killing a bride and four of her friends celebrating her wedding, says the driver did too little to save her friends, which he has denied. “When he get out from that car, he just opened the door, [...]
Source: Lee Romney / Los Angeles Times The limousine that became engulfed in flames on the Hayward-San Mateo Bridge was authorized to transport eight passengers but was carrying nine, the California Highway Patrol said Monday. The 1999 Lincoln Town Car is regulated by the state Public Utilities Commission, CHP Capt. Mike Maskarich said at a [...]
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Lee Ferran / ABC News Italian police have arrested dozens of baggage handlers after a sting operation allegedly caught the workers on camera pilfering cash, jewels and other valuable from travelers’ luggage. Prompted by complaints from passengers, Italian authorities launched a long-term operation in several major Italian airports in [...]
Source: Joshua Freed / The Huffington Post Frontier Airlines plans to start charging up to $100 for a carry-on bag and $2 for coffee or soda, although its announcement on Wednesday did say that passengers will get to keep the whole can. The new carry-on fee is for bags in the overhead bin, so small bags [...]
Source: AP / CBS News NEWARK, N.J.Two airplanes taxiing while preparing for takeoff at Newark Liberty International Airport clipped each other Wednesday night, authorities said. No one was injured when the planes touched around 7:30 p.m. at one of the nation’s busiest airports, Federal Aviation Administration officials said. A Scandinavian Airlines plane’s left wing clipped [...]
Source: Ben Mutzabaugh / USA Today American Airlines has grounded all of its flights through 5 p.m. ET because of a computer glitch. More than 520 flights on American and regional affiliate American Eagle had been canceled as of 3:15 p.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightStats. It was unclear if flights would be able to resume [...]
Source: CBS New York NEW YORK — There is a demand for a top-to-bottom review of security operations at Newark Liberty International Airport after an undercover inspector with a bomb in his pants got through not one but two checkpoints and then was cleared to get on a plane. The latest security lapse at Newark [...]
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Source: Harriet Baskas and Ben Popken / NBC News For the first time since the 9/11 terror attacks, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will allow small knives and some previously prohibited sports equipment onto airplanes as carry-on items. According to the TSA, passengers will [...]
Source: Alicia A. Caldwell / The Huffington Post WASHINGTON — U.S. airports, including Los Angeles International and O’Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays in customs waiting lines as a result of automatic federal spending cuts, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday. Both of those big-city airports routinely suffer security line delays. The Federal [...]
Source: Ric Ward and Michael Martinez / CNN An Idaho man accused of uttering a racial slur and slapping a crying 19-month-old boy on a Delta Air Lines flight is now out of a job. Joe Rickey Hundley of Hayden, Idaho, was charged with assaulting a minor in the February 8 incident. His company, which initially suspended him, [...]