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A video was posted on Reddit Thursday showing a driverless Tesla slowly crashing into a $3 million private jet after being “summoned” by its owner. The Reddit user claims the incident took place at an event hosted by aircraft manufacturer Cirrus at Felts Field in Spokane, Washington. A spokesperson for Cirrus confirmed to Insider that the plane was […]
The U.S. Capitol was briefly evacuated out of an abundance of caution Wednesday after police identified an aircraft near Nationals Park prior to tonight’s baseball game as a “possible threat,” NBC Washington reports. The “possible threat” turned out to be a utility plane carrying members of the US Army Golden Knights who were participating in Military Appreciation […]
A Florida federal judge on Monday voided the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s national mask mandate covering airplanes and other forms of public transportation. CBS News reports U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle argues the CDC overstepped its authority in requiring, calling it “unlawful” that travelers must wear masks on airplanes, buses, and trains. Mizelle argued […]
A man is facing federal charges after he allegedly masturbated multiple times during a recent flight on Southwest Airlines, The Daily Beast reports. Antonio Sherrodd McGarity is accused of pulling his pants down and masturbating in his seat while sitting next to a female passenger. The incident took place during an April 2 flight from Seattle to […]
A Boeing 737 operated by China Eastern Airlines has crashed in the Guangxi province, regional authorities said Monday. 132 people have been confirmed to have been on board. Per a report from the Associated Press, the flight in question was en route from Kunming (in the western province of Yunnan) to the port city of […]
A JetBlue pilot was grounded shortly before takeoff from Buffalo Niagara International Airport Wednesday after he appeared to be too drunk to fly, The Buffalo News reports. Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, or NFTA, police were called after TSA agents noticed that James Clifton, 52, seemed to be impaired as he passed through security. Clifton was sitting […]
Musician and actor Quincy took to social media this week to share an experience he had with JetBlue in which he claims that a JetBlue pilot assaulted him following an argument about a carry-on bag. Quincy shared video to his Instagram explaining the situation and how he was allegedly assaulted before his JetBlue flight. “The pilot put […]
A California man was taken into custody Sunday following an incident aboard a Washington D.C.-bound American Airlines flight which was forced to make an emergency landing at Kansas City International Airport, FOX 8 News reports. Following the flight’s departure from Los Angeles, Juan Remberto Rivas, 50, walked up to the cockpit area and swiped a napkin with plastic utensils from […]
Jack Sweeney, the 19-year-old behind the Twitter bot @ElonJet, which tracks the whereabouts of the Tesla CEO’s private jet, told Protocol that he received an early morning DM last year, asking, “Can you take this down? It is a security risk.” Sweeney created 15 accounts using bots to track the planes of well-known figures, like Bill Gates […]
Thousands of flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday as a powerful Nor’easter pummeled the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast with several inches of snow. According to flight tracking service FlightAware, more than 3,500 flights were grounded as of Saturday afternoon. JetBlue, which had the most cancellations with 579 scrapped flights, axed nearly 70 percent of its schedule. Delta […]
