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An American Airlines flight from Florida was forced to divert due to a security issue involving an “unruly” passenger. Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, said in a social media update on Wednesday night that he had been briefed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the diversion, the cause of which he described as a […]
U.S. track and field star Sha’Carri Richardson was kicked off an American Airlines flight following an argument with a flight attendant on Saturday. Richardson took to Instagram to shed light on the situation, which she claims started because a flight attendant was “disrespecting” her. “Prior to the video this gentleman asked me to get off a cell […]
Multiple people were sent to the hospital following what’s been reported as “severe turbulence” on an American Airlines flight from Tampa, Florida to Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday. Per a report from the Associated Press, the plane was diverted to the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama after encountering “unexpected turbulence” while over the Pensacola region. A […]
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 […]
A Jewish couple says they were removed from an American Airlines flight after they refused to put their religious items on them floor. According New York Post, the incident took place on Flight 322 back in August, when Roberto and Elana Birman were returning to their Brooklyn home from Miami. Prior to takeoff, a flight attendant reportedly began checking […]
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In an effort to help people meet travel restriction requirements, American Airlines will begin offering travelers at-home COVID-19 tests. The new initiative, which starts Wednesday, is a partnership with LetsGetChecked, an at-home testing company. The airline will be the first to offer at-home testing for its domestic flights. The tests will cost $129, and travelers […]
An American Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing after the cockpit window began to crack. CBS Chicago reports the incident occurred at around 1:30 p.m. CST, shortly after American Eagle Flight 3408 had departed from Chicago. The airline said the plane, which was bound for Cleveland, had “experienced a mechanical issue with the windscreen” during […]
The FBI is reportedly looking into claims that some yahoo was flying thousands of feet above Los Angeles with a jetpack this past Sunday. This person was sighted by two different pilots on two different flights, according to NBC News. One of the pilots was working for American Airlines. Said pilot was on approach to L.A. […]
On July 1, American Airlines stopped blocking the middle seat on its flights, a policy that was put in place in April in an effort to maintain social distancing among passengers in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. That same day, the United States reported a record high of 52,358 new coronavirus cases. The daily total has dipped below 50,000 twice […]
