A Vietnamese woman stripped naked at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Manila on Saturday after a dispute with immigration officers over a visa fine.
Senator Bernie Sanders and a majority of Senate Democrats may have just given the National Mediation Board the political cover they need to allow a strike.
Passengers on a Qatar Airways flight from Athens to Doha went to extreme lengths to regulate their body temperatures as the Boeing 777 sat for 3 hours on the tarmac in Athens on Monday while the plane’s air conditioning systems failed to function along with other systems.
With 100 degree temperatures in the cabin, passengers began to strip off their clothes. Footage from the plane showed passengers fanning themselves and each other, drenched in sweat. Some even appeared to pass out due to dehydration.
If this plays out as the union hopes – released to strike, and (assuming the company doesn’t fold to their demands) actually striking – American Airlines flight attendants could elect Donald Trump as President.
Without getting into debates of whom you wish to see win the election, I point this out because it’s likely not whom they wish to see as President on the whole.
A first class passenger on American Airlines flight 1774 from Dallas to Charlotte was duct taped into her seat and gagged after attacking flight attendants and trying to open an aircraft door during the flight. This happened three years ago. The FAA is just now suing the passenger.
More than a hundred migrants are now living at Boston Logan Airport baggage claim, creating a makeshift community using limited blankets as mattresses. The baggage claim refugee camp began earlier this year but has grown with migrants arriving at “at all hours.”
Migrants are transported to state welcome centers each day, but then brought back to the airport by nightfall since state shelters are at capacity – to live in a cold environ with hard floors, bright lights and loud announcements.
Travel social media was taken over by the ‘pillow case trick’ for bringing more stuff onto a plane than you’re technically allowed. For one passenger, using this trick meant he missed his flight – and could have been banned by the airline.
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Rapper Sexyy Red and her entourage engaged in a brawl at Newark airport on Saturday, and she was arrested. Red was named a breakout artist of last summer by Billboard on the heels of her single “Pound Town” (with Tay Keith) and “Pound Town 2” (with Nicki Minaj).
Security footage shows a group of men tussling before the rapper enters the frame, brandishing a metal pole. But before she could use it, another individual intervened, causing her to lose her balance and fall to the ground.
JetBlue flight 1844 from Barbados to Boston diverted back to Barbados last Tuesday after the Airbus A320 (registration N586JB) experienced “so many… [reported faults that pilots] were unable to tell what is going on with the airplane.”
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