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U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 4, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A security breach at Newark Liberty International Airport Sunday forced the closure of a terminal for hours while thousands of passengers were rescreened... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Dec 21, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Airlines were scrambling to accommodate passengers affected by the cancellation of hundreds of flights after a monster weekend winter storm that blanketed a swath of the East Coast... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 11, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- A mechanical failure on a roller coaster at an amusement park in Santa Clara, California, on Monday afternoon left 24 people stranded for hours on the ride, some as high as 80 feet off the ground, authorities said... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Aug 4, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- People were "thrown to the roof as if they were dolls" and some feared for their lives when a Continental Airlines flight ran into turbulence, shaken passengers said. The turbulence struck without warning several hours into Monday's Continental Flight 128 from Rio de Janeiro to Houston. The pilot diverted the jet to Miami to get treatment for the injured... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Aug 3, 2009 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- Severe turbulence shook a Continental Airlines jet today, injuring 26 passengers -- four seriously -- and forcing the aircraft to divert to Miami, Florida, an airport fire official said. Those injured suffered bumps, bruises, neck pain and back pain, according to Lt. Elkin Sierra with the Miami-Dade Fire Department... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jul 14, 2009 @ 3:00pm neoform

CNN -- Passengers from a Southwest Airlines jet that made an emergency landing because of a hole in the fuselage made it to their original destination early Tuesday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 25, 2007 @ 6:39pm neoform

FOX News -- A bus carrying people home from a family reunion crashed on an interstate in southern Kentucky early Monday while passengers were asleep, killing one person and injuring 66 others, officials said. Police said it appeared the driver had dozed off. State.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 1:54pm neoform

SF Gate -- Nearly 400 passengers were stranded aboard a Cathay Pacific Airways jet for more than seven hours Tuesday at San Francisco International Airport, adding yet another planeload of angry consumers to a growing industry backlash. Passengers boarded Flight.. 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 Sat Feb 17, 2007 @ 1:49am neoform

New York Times -- A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling water in his face, and about 10 people pounced on him, Spanish official.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 29, 2010 @ 3:04pm neoform

CNN -- The search for a missing private plane carrying four passengers in Western Montana is now a multi-agency air, ground and water effort, according to Lake County Sheriff Office spokeswoman Carey Cooley... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jun 29, 2010 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- A private plane carrying four passengers that took off Sunday in western Montana is missing, said Mike Fergus of the Federal Aviation Administration... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 23, 2010 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- A Virgin Atlantic flight headed to Newark, New Jersey, from London was diverted to Connecticut late Tuesday night because.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Mar 8, 2010 @ 9:01am neoform

CNN -- A federal court ordered Tierra Santa Inc., the bus company involved in a wreck that killed six passengers last week, to cease interstate and international operations, the U.S. Department of Transportation said Sunday... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 30, 2009 @ 3:01pm neoform

CNN -- The seven-hour flight from the Netherlands to Michigan had been uneventful. As Northwest Flight 253 made its final approach to Detroit on Christmas, one man put the lives of nearly 300 passengers on the jetliner at risk. The quick thinking of another helped stop disaster... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 14, 2009 @ 9:02am neoform

CNN -- A New York police officer pleaded not guilty to charges that he used his gun while off duty to menace unruly train passengers over the weekend... Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jan 7, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

MSNBC -- A charter bus rolled off icy roads in far southeastern Utah, killing seven and injuring about 20 passengers. About 80 passengers were on board the bus when it crashed Sunday about 10 miles north of Mexican Hat, in the Four Corners region where Utah mee.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 16, 2007 @ 2:59pm neoform

New York Times -- ON July 29, Continental Flight 1669, a 737-700 with about 120 passengers aboard, was bound for Newark from Caracas, Venezuela, when bad weather caused the plane to be diverted to Baltimore. It sat there for about five hours with passengers on board as foo.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Aug 12, 2007 @ 12:28pm neoform

CNN -- Weary international passengers were stuck at Los Angeles International Airport for several hours, after a computer failure prevented customs officials from screening arrivals. More than 20,000 international passengers, both Americans and foreigners, sat i.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Jul 21, 2007 @ 8:21pm neoform

CNN -- Storms dumped more than a foot of rain on parts of Texas on Saturday, stranding more than 170 passengers on an Amtrak train for hours and forcing rescue crews elsewhere to pull at least 50 people to safety. Water covering the tracks in Knippa, about 75 mi.. Read More