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CONSUMER REPORTS: Best and Worst Airlines
The peak travel season has begun, bringing with it crowded planes and higher fares. Consumer Reports has just released its latest airline ratings. They’re based on input from more than 16,000 subscribers. The list of complaints is long. A full...
Tags: U.S. Airways, Virgin Group, Ltd., Air Transportation, Travel, Transportation
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Crashes rekindle debate about seat belts on buses
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana lawmaker who sponsored a bill that would have required seat belts on school buses hopes two high-profile collisions in a span of a week that left more than 60 people injured will spur parents to urge the General...
Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Teaching and Learning, Disasters and Accidents, Students, Health and Safety at School
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Midwest hit by its first major snowstorm of season
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first major snowstorm of the season began its slow eastward march across the Midwest Thursday, creating treacherous, sometimes deadly driving conditions and threatening to disrupt some of the nation's busiest airports...Tags: Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Religious Festivals, Holidays, Weather Warnings, Snow Storms
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Big Midwestern snowstorm leads to 25-vehicle crash
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The first widespread snowstorm of the season began a slow crawl across the Midwest on Thursday, creating treacherous driving conditions that, in Iowa, led to a 25-vehicle pileup that killed one person. Drivers were...Tags: Southern U.S. Storms (2011), Accidental Death, Highway Transportation, Weather Warnings, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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Authorities: Passenger diverts Chicago-bound flight to Denver
DENVER (AP) — Authorities say the second flight in a week to be diverted to Denver because of an unruly passenger has landed at Denver International Airport. The Denver Post reports (bit.ly/Pdo0gg) United Airlines flight 734 from San Francisco to...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, JetBlue Airways
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UA flight has engine 'issue,' lands safely in NJ
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a United Airlines flight has landed safely at Newark after taking off from the airport for Berlin then returning when something apparently went wrong with the engine. Airline spokesman Joe Micucci said the Boeing...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Federal Aviation Administration, Transportation Accidents, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Air Transportation Industry
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Airlines' treatment of passengers slowly improves
WASHINGTON (AP) — Flying is getting better. Honest. For airline passengers grappling with fare increases, canceled routes and a seemingly endless parade of new fees, "better" may not be the first word that comes to mind. But based on more...
Tags: Wichita State University, Mountains, Air Transportation Delays, Entertainment, Lungs and Airways
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Senator asks airlines to drop seat fee for kids
NEW YORK (AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer is urging airlines to allow families with young children to sit together without paying extra. The New York Democrat is reacting to an Associated Press story last week detailing how families this summer are...
Tags: Delta Air Lines, Spirit Airlines, American Airlines, Inc., Frontier Airlines Inc., Air Transportation Industry
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4 hospitalized by bag odor at Boston airport
BOSTON (AP) — A noxious odor coming from a passenger's bag at Boston's Logan International Airport sent four Transportation Security Administration officials to the hospital. Airport spokesman Phil Orlandella says the odor was noticed at about 8 a....Tags: Delta Air Lines, Transportation Security Administration, Boston, Hospitals and Clinics, Health
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Threat forces United flight to divert to Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — A United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Frankfurt, Germany, has been diverted to Chicago after a threat was found in a bathroom. United spokesman Charles Hobart says in an email that Flight 926 landed at O'Hare International...Tags: O'Hare International Airport
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Woman charged in airline terror hoax on ex-lover
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman faces federal charges after calling an airline to report a fake terrorist threat hours before her ex-lover was to board an international flight. Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles say Lizet Sariol made an...Tags: Terrorism, Crime, Law and Justice, National Security, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Transportation
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Mother: Airline rows too narrow for infant carrier
WASHINGTON (AP) — A California mother says she was forced off a United Airlines flight in a dispute over a seat row too narrow to accommodate an infant carrier. Melissa Bradley said in an interview that she and her party of seven were asked to...Tags: California, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC, Air Transportation Industry
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