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An Irish man is facing decades behind bars over an alleged meltdown that occurred on a Delta Air Lines flight. According to newly unsealed legal documents, the incident took place Jan. 7 during an eight-hour flight from Dublin to New York City. Prosecutors say the defendant, 29-year-old Shane McInerney, “repeatedly refused to wear a facemask despite […]
A Michigan school teacher made the responsible decision to quarantine herself in her airplane’s bathroom when she tested positive for COVID-19 mid-flight. Marisa Fotieo spent five hours in that bathroom after taking the rapid test when her throat started feeling sore, according to Today. There were about 150 people on her flight, traveling from Chicago to […]
A Missouri woman was arrested this week after she rushed onto a tarmac in an attempt to stop a departing plane. According to FOX 6, the incident took place at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Sunday, after 53-year-old Vickie Meyers had missed her flight. Authorities say the woman initially tried to open the closed gate by entering numbers of […]
Requiring vaccines for domestic air travel is something that should be made the subject of serious consideration, per President Biden’s chief medical advisor. During an MSNBC interview on Monday, Dr. Anthony Fauci—Biden’s medical advisor and the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases—was asked about having previously signaled his support for implementing […]
A physical alteration occurred on Dec. 23 on an Atlanta-bound Delta flight when a female passenger confronted an older man over his refusal to wear a mask on the plane. Patricia Cornwall can be seen in the video below from Atlanta Uncensored, demanding that the unidentified man put his mask on, while she keeps her own mask beneath […]
The White House has announced that travel bans to eight southern African countries will be lifted. Reuters reports that foreign nationals who traveled to South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Malawi will be allowed to enter the U.S. after 12:01 a.m. ET on Dec. 31. Leaders in the region have criticized the […]
Delta, United, and other U.S. airlines canceled more than 500 Christmas Eve flights as a surge in COVID-19 cases impacts their staff. According to flight tracking site FlightAware, as of midday Friday United has canceled 175 flights for Christmas Eve and 69 on Saturday. Delta dropped 145 flights on Friday and 111 for Christmas Day. Additionally, JetBlue […]
A California woman who punched a Southwest Airlines flight attendant in the face pleaded guilty this week to a felony charge. Vyvianna M. Quinonez, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to interfering with a Southwest Airlines flight attendant. Per plea agreement admissions cited in a DOJ-shared press release, Quinonez was a passenger on […]
Four people were killed this weekend when a single-engine plane crashed minutes after takeoff from a small airport in central California, ABC News California affiliate KFSN reports. The plane, a single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza, crashed just just 16 seconds after taking off from Visalia Municipal Airport around 6:35 p.m on Saturday. It went down near Highway 99 south of […]
A 30-year-old man was arrested after jumping out of a Southwest Airlines airplane on Saturday as it was taxiing at an Arizona airport, CNN reports. The incident—which took place at the Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix—unfolded as Southwest Flight 4236 landed from Colorado Springs. It’s unclear how the passenger opened an aircraft door, according to the airline. The flight eventually “continued to its designated gate,” […]
