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American will favor passengers without roller bags
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — In a quest to speed up the boarding process, American Airlines is letting passengers board sooner if they travel lightly. The airline said Thursday that people carrying just a personal item that fits under the seat —...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Travel, U.S. Airways, Transportation Industry, American Airlines, Inc.
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FACT FINDER: How are budget cuts impacting South Bend flights?
How are budget cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration – blamed for flight delays across the country – impacting travel to and from South Bend? Here's what our WSBT Fact Finder team learned: Mike Daigle with the St. Joseph County Airport...
Tags: Government Debt, Unemployment, Air Transportation Delays, Layoffs and Downsizing, Federal Aviation Administration
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Federal Aviation Authority releases South Bend plane crash audio
"We have an emergency. Dead Stick. No Power." For the first time we hear those words from the pilot of the Hawker Beechcraft Premier jet that crashed into a South Bend neighborhood on March 17. The FAA just released the air traffic conversation...
Tags: Transportation Accidents, Federal Aviation Administration, Air and Space Accidents
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UPDATE: Pilot, flight instructor reacts to NTSB's report on deadly plane crash
Federal investigators released new information Friday about the moments before a plane spiraled out of control and crashed into three South Bend houses. A loss of engine power, problems with landing gear and lost communication with the control tower are...
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Snowstorm takes aim at Midwest
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An early spring snowstorm forced the cancellation of more than 100 flights at Denver International Airport and closed several roads Saturday as it moved eastward, dumping more than a foot of snow in some places. The snow...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Basketball, Air Transportation Delays, National Weather Service
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Sequestration impact: FAA closing 149 air traffic control towers
CHICAGO (AP) — Under orders to trim hundreds of millions of dollars from its budget, the Federal Aviation Administration released a final list Friday of 149 air traffic control facilities that it will close at small airports around the country...
Tags: Midway, Abraham Lincoln, Science and Technology, Springfield, Employees
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Jet crashes into homes near South Bend airport, 2 dead
A small jet has hit at least three homes on Iowa Street southeast of the South Bend Regional Airport. FAA spokesman Roland Herwig confirms of the four people on the jet, two were killed and two were injured. CLICK HERE FOR A MAP At least three people...
Tags: American Red Cross, Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board
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Former Oklahoma QB confirmed dead in South Bend jet crash
SOUTH BEND – The St. Joseph County's coroner's office has confirmed the names of the people killed in that plane crash late Sunday afternoon near the South Bend Regional Airport. OFFICIALS ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE AT 5 -- WATCH...
Tags: Entertainment, Oklahoma Sooners, American Red Cross, Sports, Federal Aviation Administration
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Sequester budget cuts take its toll locally
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – A $30 million dollar construction project in Indiana is delayed because of the sequester budget cuts. $21 million of that $30 million was supposed to be used to fix up South Bend's National Guard Armory on Kemble Avenue. Now there's...Tags: Midway, Unemployment, Government Debt, Air Transportation Delays, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Man dives 40 feet off bridge to save woman
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A fitness buff jumped off a bridge over the White River in downtown Indianapolis to save a stranger who was flailing in the frigid water. WISH-TV says Homecroft resident Keith Smedema was riding his bike in White River State...Tags: Hypothermia, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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US Airways waiving fee for flight changes
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — US Airways is waiving the change fee for customers who must alter their flights due to severe Christmas weather. The airline is canceling the $150 charge for changing flights to and from 25 cities where there are flight...Tags: Ohio River, Air Transportation Delays, Weather Warnings, Weather, U.S. Airways
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NTSB confirms singer Rivera died in Mexican plane crash
PORFIRIO IBARRA,Associated PressMONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico....Tags: Payne Stewart, Entertainment, Injuries and Wounds, Baseball, Juan Rivera
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