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California veteran asked to deplane Delta flight due to ‘threatening' shirt
A Bay Area veteran said she was shocked and humiliated after being kicked off a Delta flight at San Francisco International Airport because of a T-shirt she was wearing.
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Pilot adopts kitten while flying pets to safety after Hurricanes Milton and Helene
A Southwest Airlines pilot who flew over 100 animals to safety from areas affected by Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene took his duty a step further and gave one of the rescues a new family.
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Chicago-bound Air India flight diverted to Canada after online threat
An Air India flight bound for Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing in Canada after the airline received an online threat, officials said on Tuesday.
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Delta pauses hot meal service on dozens of Detroit flights citing ‘food safety issue' at caterer
Delta said its caterer “immediately shut down hot food production” and then suspended operations from the Detroit facility.
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Pilot dies in middle of flight to Turkey, forcing emergency landing in NYC
The Turkish Airlines pilot who died was 59 years old. The flight was operating from Seattle to Istanbul.
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Pilot buys pizza for passengers after emergency landing leads to 7-hour layover
When a United flight was diverted and passengers had an unexpected layover, the pilot took the time to buy everyone pizza.
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Flying is safer than it may seem. Here's what experts and data say
How safe is it to fly on a plane in the U.S.? Air travel is much safer than you might think, according to transportation experts and data.
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Man arrested at PHL after TSA found him hiding meth inside a shotgun shell
A man is facing charges after the TSA at Philadelphia International Airport noticed he was carrying something odd. Officials said he was carrying a shotgun shell under his clothing that had a white powder hidden inside that turned out to be meth. The man was immediately arrested.
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With Hurricane Helene disrupting travel, here's what flyers need to know
Travelers impacted by Hurricane Helene’s destruction in the Southeast U.S. may be out of luck when it comes to financial compensation.
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Police: Man hid shotgun shell filled with meth in groin at Philly airport
An Orangeville, Pa. man was arrested on Monday after he was, allegedly, found with a shotgun shell stuffed with methamphetamine hidden in his groin as he attempted to enter the Philadelphia International Airport.
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JetBlue flight makes emergency landing due to smoke in cockpit
A JetBlue flight transporting passengers to San Diego diverted from its planned route and made an emergency landing at a regional airport in central Kansas Saturday evening.
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California man choked, attacked Frontier Airlines flight attendants after takeoff, officials say
The Fremont man faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
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American Airlines flight attendants ratify new contract with immediate raises topping 20%
American Airlines flight attendants on Thursday voted on a new five-year labor deal, giving cabin crews more than 20% immediate raises.
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TSA proposes new rule that could change how REAL ID deadline is enforced next year
The Transportation Security Administration has proposed a new rule that could change what happens for travelers at the REAL ID deadline next year.
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Two planes collide on runway at Atlanta airpot
The wingtip of a Delta plane struck the tail of an Endeavor Airlines jet at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
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Delta plane clips another aircraft and appears to knock its tail off at Atlanta airport
There are no reports of injuries and maintenance crews are evaluating for damage, Delta Air Lines said.
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Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes and raising alarm
Battery-powered devices are overheating more often on planes, and that is raising safety concerns because of the fire danger.
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Passengers often ignore in-flight safety videos. But this ‘honest' one has 8.4 million views
Doug Lansky says his video is a compilation of what pilots and flight attendants told him they would tell passengers about flight safety — if they could.
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Radar issue triggers flight delays at Newark Liberty as Labor Day travelers return
Incoming flights into Newark were briefly held on Monday as travelers started returning home from Labor Day weekend. Equipment outage caused a ground stop at Newark Liberty International Airport starting at around 2:30 p.m., according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The agency later confirmed that a “radar issue” triggered the ground stop and the slowing down of flights into New…
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Has Boeing shaken your confidence to fly? A new MIT study could restore it
Boeing’s ongoing quality control issues have rattled traveler confidence. But a new study from MIT says flying is getting safer by the decade.