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The United States Transportation Department is set to make a proposal that airlines refund any baggage fees if said baggage faces any delays. Per the Associated Press, department officials say the agency is expected to issue the proposal in the coming days, hoping for it to be implemented by summer 2022. If the proposal is made official, […]
An unruly passenger who made headlines a few days ago when he jumped out of a plane’s exit door as it was readying for takeoff at LAX has told authorities that he smoked “a lot” of crystal meth before making that unwise/extremely dangerous decision. According to court documents obtained by The Washington Post, during a planned […]
A Delta Air Lines plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to breach the cockpit and reportedly “rushed the pilot’s cabin and began banging on the doors.” The flight from Los Angeles to Nashville had to make an emergency stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Stephanie Kitts with the Albuquerque International Sunport told CNN, […]
A rowdy airline passenger who’s accused of twice hitting a flight attendant in the face, and also trying to open the door to the cockpit, is facing a $52,500 fine from the Federal Aviation Administration, making it the largest fine handed out by that transportation agency this year. CBS News writes that the largest fine the FAA can […]
A Republican senator is no longer permitted to fly with Alaska Airlines after refusing to follow their mask policy. Over the weekend, a spokesperson for the airline confirmed this decision to the Anchorage Daily News, noting Alaska state senator Lora Reinbold’s repeated instances of not following the company’s travel rules. “We have notified Senator Lora […]
Jamaican authorities have requested that the public stop sharing social media posts about a JetBlue flight attendant who allegedly was kidnapped in Jamaica. The Jamaica Constabulary Force issued a statement that said the woman, Kalina Collier “is not, nor was she at any time, in any danger.” When Collier arrived on the island from the U.S., […]
A Sriwijaya Air plane carrying 62 passengers is believed to have crashed shortly after taking flight, Indonesia‘s Head Of National Transportation Safety Committee, Suryanto Cahyono, reported to CNN. Sriwijaya Air flight 182 was flying from Jakarta to Indonesian Borneo when it lost contact around 2:40 a.m. ET on Saturday. The plane was carrying 50 passengers and 12 crew members, all of […]
According to TMZ (which was citing a rep they spoke to from the airline) JetBlue has banned Lil Pump over a prolonged incident that took place during this past weekend. This incident is said to have been ignited by the 20-year-old rapper’s refusal to wear a facemask, before deteriorating into a long(er) series of bad […]
Alaska Airlines has come under fire for removing two passengers from one of its planes for “flying while Muslim.” Per the local CBS affiliate, two Muslim men, Abobakkr and Mohamad, were kicked off a flight in February for texting in Arabic. The two Muslim-American friends were taking a business trip from Seattle to San Fransico when another […]
United Airlines and health officials are working together to get in touch with passengers who could have been exposed to COVID-19 when a male passenger died following a medical emergency on a recent flight. The New York Times reports that the flight departed from Orlando, Florida, and was redirected to New Orleans when the man’s […]
