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Why Planes Can't Fly In Extreme Heat
A heat wave slammed the Western U.S. this weekend, shattering temperature records, fueling a deadly forest fire in Central Arizona, and even causing the cancellation of some flights.According to The...
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Two Jets Collided On A JFK Runway [PICTURE]
An American Airlines 757 jet had the tip of its wing snapped off at JFK Airport in New York Tuesday, after a runway collision with the wing of a 777.According to Reddit user blinkidy, who posted the...
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The Runway Where Asiana Flight 214 Landed Is Finally Being Cleaned Up
Nearly a week after the deadly crash landing of Asiana Flight 214, the cleanup of the San Francisco runway where the Boeing 777 hit the ground is finally underway.The process of clearing the wreckage...
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13 American Airports Where It Takes Forever To Get Through Customs
Among the largest U.S. airports for international arrivals, JFK Terminal 4 had the longest average daily peak waiting time, a whopping 93 minutes, in May 2013.If you had arrived in JFK Terminal 4...
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One Of The World's Busiest Airports Wants To Expand — It Just Has To Demolish...
London's Heathrow Airport has a problem: It's too small. One proposed solution? Raze a few villages including a 15th century barn, some homes and a pesky lake for a new runway. According to the UK's...
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Heineken's Great Marketing Stunt Gave Travelers Free Flights To Random...
Changing plans at the last minute is hard to do, but what if a little flexibility and some courage could turn your flight to Chicago into one destined for Chiang Mai, Thailand?All you had to do was...
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NYC's LaGuardia Airport Has Fully Reopened After The Landing Gear Collapsed...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A runway at New York City's LaGuardia Airport, shut after a landing gear on a Southwest Airlines jet collapsed on touchdown Monday evening, was reopened Tuesday morning, an airport...
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Here's How Federal Investigators Get The 'Black Boxes' From Crashed Planes To...
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has a team at LaGuardia Airport in New York City to investigate what caused the landing gear on a Boeing 737 to collapse while Southwest Flight 345 was...
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A Swarm Of Bees Delayed A Flight For Nearly 3 Hours
A swarm of bees delayed the departure of a US Airways Express flight in North Carolina by nearly three hours on Wednesday.The 79 passengers had boarded Flight 2690 to Indianapolis, according to the AP,...
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New Video Shows Just How Hard That Southwest Flight Hit The Ground At LaGuardia
A new video shot inside the Southwest jet that landed badly and slid off the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport last week show just how rough the impact was.The nose gear of the 737 hit the ground...
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You Can Now Park For Free At The Airport, If You Let Strangers Drive Your Car
Airport parking will soon be free for drivers willing to let strangers use their cars while they are on vacation.That’s the gist of a new program from car sharing service RelayRides, which is working...
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British Airways Flight Lands Safely In London After Turning Around En Route...
A British Airways 747 has safely landed in London after declaring an emergency on the way to Hong Kong, according to the BBC's Amrit Cheema:BA 25 lands safely at Heathrow - fire service was on standby....
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China's Silly New Policy Shows It Can't Handle Its Booming Aviation Market
A new Chinese policy meant to reduce egregious flights delays will likely waste fuel and potentially create a safety risk, and is a sign of how the country is struggling to handle the booming growth of...
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The Best Airports For A Long Layover
Hours of boredom, cramped seating and stale sandwiches—layovers are well known to be anything but fun.In addition, according to Rick Perdue, head of the department of hospitality and tourism management...
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New York's Airports Have Become A Cash Cow For High-End Retailers
The increasingly high-end retail options — think Coach luggage and Juicy Couture tees — at the city’s three major airports have turned store spaces into something of a cash cow for owners and...
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Report Finds A Whopping 66,000 Problems With Berlin's Delayed New Airport
Last December we did a post about Berlin's Brandenburg Airport, headlined "Berlin's giant new airport will open (maybe possibly hopefully)."In that post we outlined the history of woes that the airport...
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Boston's Airport Is Sorry It Chose Today For A Fire Drill
Boston's Logan International Airport has apologized for choosing the 12th anniversary of the September 11 attacks for a runway fire drill using smoke.The hijacked jets that hit the Twin Towers in 2001...
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United's Terminal At Los Angeles International Airport Flooded This Morning...
The United Airlines terminal at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flooded this morning, according to the airport's police force.An airport spokesperson said the flooding started at 9:05 a.m....
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The World's Highest Airport Just Opened In The Mountains Of China
We’ve got a new airport to add to our travel to-do list, as one of the world’s newest airports is now open for business.Not only does it have that new airport smell, but this place is also the highest...
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Florida Man Arrested On Charges Of Making False Bomb Threat At Jacksonville...
(Reuters) - A Florida man was arrested on charges of making a false bomb threat that prompted a five-hour evacuation at Jacksonville International Airport, jail records showed on Wednesday.Zeljko...
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