Airplanes & Airports
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Airplanes have a ground call button, which is similar to a horn – but is not used as a warning system, nor does it work when the plane is in flight.
Federal officials are investigating the death of a co-pilot who exited a plane in mid-air in North Carolina
The body of a man who got off an aircraft mid-flight during an emergency landing Friday near Raleigh, North Carolina, has been recovered, authorities said.
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Fittingly, this happened at Darwin Airport
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Passenger fined $1,874 after two undeclared McMuffins found in luggage
A traveler entering Australia from Indonesia has received a fine of $1,874 after two egg and sausage McMuffins bought from a McDonald's in Bali and a ham croissant were found in their luggage in violation of strict biosecurity laws.
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Smuggling a McMuffin sounds like a euphemism, but I guess it "literally" happened...
IdRatherBeSkiing
Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
In what train of logic is jumping out of the plane in midair the better outcome than a crash landing? Shows a lot of confidence in the pilot.Federal officials are investigating the death of a co-pilot who exited a plane in mid-air in North Carolina
The body of a man who got off an aircraft mid-flight during an emergency landing Friday near Raleigh, North Carolina, has been recovered, authorities said.
He's just always had a dream, that one day he'd plunge to his death in the town of Fuquay-Varina.
Man who threatened to crash stolen plane into Walmart didn't have pilot's license, Mississippi officials say
The plane started circling over Tupelo, Mississippi, about 5 a.m. and was in the air for more than four hours.
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A Walmart in the town was evacuated just after 5:20 a.m. after Patterson called 911 and reported that he was going to fly the plane into the store
I guess flying it into the store is ok, as long as you can navigate the aisles.
I guess flying it into the store is ok, as long as you can navigate the aisles.
Handgun found inside raw chicken in luggage at Florida airport, TSA says
The TSA posted photos of the gun and the poultry with a pun-filled caption after the weapon was recovered at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
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Airport staff find cat trapped in suitcase
TSA staff at New York's JFK airport found a ginger cat trapped in a suitcase that had been checked for a flight for Florida. The cat -- which apparently got in the suitcase by mistake -- was unharmed.
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TSA finds gun parts hidden in peanut butter jars at JFK Airport
A traveler at New York City's John F. Kennedy International airport got into a sticky situation -- literally.
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The writer must have been pretty bored. You'd have to be nuts thinking you could get away with that.
This is craaaaaaaaazzzzzy!!!
"She tracked it as it went on walkabouts to local malls and McDonald's while the airline told her that the bag was safely at its distribution center".
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"She tracked it as it went on walkabouts to local malls and McDonald's while the airline told her that the bag was safely at its distribution center".
United said it had this woman's missing bag. She tracked it to a residential address
When Valerie Szybala's bag never arrived with her United Airlines flight, the airline told her it had it safe and ready for delivery. But her Airtag said otherwise -- and she tracked it to a residential address in Virginia.
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