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U.S. / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Nine agents with the federal Transportation Security Administration were accidentally doused with pepper spray at Mineta San Jose International Airport today when a canister of the powerful chemical discharged, an airport official said. The incident ha.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 21, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Investigators picked through the gnarled wreckage Monday of two small planes that collided about a mile from an airport, killing five and raining debris and bodies down on car dealership parking lots. The two small Cessnas crashed at 3:35 p.m. Sunday n.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Oct 1, 2007 @ 9:24am neoform

CNN -- Phoenix police were investigating Sunday how a 45-year-old woman died over the weekend while in police custody at Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport. Carol Ann Gotbaum may have accidentally strangled herself while trying to get out of her handc.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Aug 31, 2007 @ 9:26am neoform

CNN -- Sgt. Dave Karsnia shielded the men he arrested in the airport bathroom from embarrassment. After he flashed a badge, he would point silently to the exit. When one man said his wife was waiting at a gate, Karsnia called for a citation book to spare the.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 6, 2007 @ 4:25pm neoform

SF Gate -- A flight attendant was removed from a plane and arrested at Blue Grass Airport because she was allegedly drunk. The airport confirmed Monday that its public safety officers arrested Sarah Mills, 26, of Atlanta, on charges of terroristic threatening, al.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 5, 2007 @ 9:40am neoform

Yahoo News -- An alleged plot to blow up fuel tanks and pipelines at New York's JFK airport had little chance of success, according to safety experts, who have questioned whether the plot ever posed a real threat. US authorities said Saturday they had averted an att.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 4:57pm neoform

USA Today -- By Richard Willing, USA TODAYTwo men held in Trinidad on an alleged terror plot to blow up fuel tanks and destroy New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport will fight extradition to the United States, a lawyer for the men told a Trinidadian co.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 9:21am neoform

Boston Globe -- The plot as painted by law enforcement officials was cataclysmic: A home-grown Islamic terrorist had in mind detonating fuel storage tanks and pipelines and setting fire to John F. Kennedy International Airport, not to mention a substantial swath of Queen.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:51pm neoform

BBC News -- Four people have been charged in the US over a plot to bomb John F Kennedy airport in New York, US officials said. They include a former cargo worker and a former MP for the Caribbean nation of Guyana. One of the suspects is a fugitive, believed to be.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jun 2, 2007 @ 11:43pm neoform

USA Today -- As a cargo handler at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Russell Defreitas watched military parts be shipped to Israel and believed they would be used to kill Muslims. He seethed with rage against the U.S. and Israel for more than a decade after re.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 27, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

FOX News -- David Huckabee, a son of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, was arrested at Little Rock's airport Thursday after a federal X-ray technician detected a loaded Glock pistol in his carry-on luggage. "I removed the bag and asked Mr. Huckabee.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Mar 21, 2007 @ 8:13am neoform

ABC News -- Liquor is causing a peculiar brand of trouble at Miami International Airport, and it's not drunken behavior. Since the Transport Security Administration's 3-1-1 campaign began, liquid items have been restricted in carry-on luggage to 3-ounce containers.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Mar 17, 2007 @ 9:49pm neoform

FOX News -- Hundreds of passengers were stranded for hours overnight on airliners that couldn't take off from John F. Kennedy International Airport because of the ice and snow storm that pummeled the Northeast. The exact number of planes stuck on the tarmac was un.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Mar 8, 2007 @ 8:24am neoform

CBS News -- Two airline baggage handlers used their employee uniforms and airport identification cards to enter restricted areas, bypass screeners and carry a duffel bag containing 14 guns and drugs on a commercial flight from Florida, according to court documents re.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Feb 15, 2007 @ 9:46am mrmdc

Yahoo News -- JetBlue Airways Corp. tried to calm a maelstrom of criticism Thursday, after passengers were left waiting on planes at a New York airport for as long as nine hours during a snow and ice storm. The airline said 10 incoming and outbound flights at John F.. Read More

U.S. / OPINION Tue Jan 2, 2007 @ 4:39pm neoform

New York Times -- To paraphrase a classic line from Lily Tomlin, I worry that the person who thought up the rules for carrying liquids and gels on airplanes last year is busy thinking up something new this year... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Dec 5, 2006 @ 4:10pm neoform

New York Times -- READY or not — and some critics say not — the long-delayed Registered Traveler program is moving forward, with the single existing operator planning a succession of openings soon at four airports, while a competitor says it is about to join in... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Nov 30, 2006 @ 2:30pm mrmdc

Yahoo News -- Imams, ministers and a rabbi staged a "pray-in" demonstration at Reagan Washington National Airport and asked an apology from US Airways for barring six Muslims from a Minneapolis to Phoenix flight last week... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Nov 25, 2006 @ 8:16pm neoform

USA Today -- From 1995 to 2001, Bogdan Dzakovic served as a team leader on the Federal Aviation Administration's Red Team. Set up by Congress to help the FAA think like terrorists, the elite squad tested airport security systems... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 22, 2006 @ 8:18am neoform

CNN -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations called Tuesday for an investigation into the behavior of airline staff and airport security in the removal of six Muslim scholars from a US Airways flight a day earlier... Read More