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3 days ago

A Saudi plane was delayed for nearly 4 hours after a passenger allegedly attacked a flight attendant and tried to open a cabin door

A 33-year-old man was arrested at Heathrow for allegedly assaulting crew, damaging an aircraft, and endangering a Saudia Boeing 787, delaying its return four hours.
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4 days ago

A Delta flight to China faced a 2,000-mile detour and a 9-hour delay when one of the pilots fell ill

Delta Air Lines Flight 389 took off from Detroit around 10:30 a.m. local time on Saturday and was scheduled to land in Shanghai within 16 hours. However, flight-tracking data shows that nearly five hours into the journey, the Airbus A350 changed course just off the Alaskan coast near Juneau. It rerouted to Los Angeles, around 2,000 miles off course as the crow flies, touching down three and a half hours later.
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fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11-hour delay - then got to the UK after their original plane

After a United Airlines flight U-turned and landed back in Newark, passengers reached London 11 hours later than expected, and after their original plane. Thursday's Flight 934 took off from Newark Liberty International Airport shortly after 9 a.m. However, data from Flightradar24 shows that just around 20 minutes later, the Boeing 767 turned around short of Boston. It then circled half a dozen times over upstate New York before landing back at Newark, 1 hour and 45 minutes after departing from there.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Manchester airport suspends flights after easyJet planes collide

Tynisha Chaudhry, who was on the Gibraltar-bound flight, compared the collision to a car crash, saying, 'We felt the whole plane shudder - it was a massive hit.'
Manchester United
Travel
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

A Delta plane had to U-turn after flying through a hailstorm that seemingly put a dent in its nose

A Delta Air Lines flight returned to Barcelona after sustaining weather-related damage from a hailstorm shortly after takeoff.
Travel
fromBusiness Insider
2 months ago

A flight to nowhere U-turned over the Atlantic when the airline realized it needed maintenance

KLM flight KL691 returned to Amsterdam mid-flight due to a maintenance deadline needing to be met.
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2 months ago
Law

A Spirit Airlines passenger called in a bomb hoax on a flight he'd just missed to try to delay it taking off, affidavit says

A man attempted to delay a missed flight by calling in a bomb threat, leading to his arrest.
fromSFGATE
3 months ago
San Francisco

Calif. law enforcement makes arrest after alleged bomb threat on flight

A bomb threat delayed a flight from San Diego to Hawaii by five hours, prompting an extensive emergency response.
fromsportslens.com
3 months ago

Pacers Flight Delayed by Tornado Warnings on Way to NBA Finals

The Indiana Pacers' flight to the 2025 NBA Finals was delayed by severe weather, showing the challenges teams face beyond the game itself.
Toronto Raptors
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Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
4 months ago

Air Canada took couple to court rather than pay $2K compensation. A year later, it gave in | CBC News

Air Canada has settled a lengthy compensation dispute with a B.C. couple over a significant flight delay.
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