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US Orders Sweeping Changes to Airline Fees, Tarmac Rules
By not in system - AOL NewsDALLAS -- Federal officials are expanding a tarmac-delay rule to prohibit airlines from holding passengers on stranded international flights for longer than four hours. The change stems from a late-December debacle in which several planes loaded with international travelers were stuck for up to 10 hours on snowy New York runways. That's one provision in a new passenger-protection rule to be issued Wednesday. The rule also will require airlines to refund bag fees if they lose customers' luggage, to include fees and taxes in advertised prices, and to pay passengers more if they get bumped from ...
Federal Officials: Air Traffic Controller Asleep as Medical Plane Lands
By not in system - AOL NewsRENO, Nev. -- Federal officials say an air traffic controller in Nevada was asleep while a medical plane was landing The Federal Aviation Administration says the controller was out of communication for about 16 minutes. The controller has been suspended while the FAA investigates. The medical flight with at least three people aboard was forced to land overnight without help after the lone controller on duty didn't respond to repeated contacts from the plane and airport staff. It was at least the third incident this year at one of the nation's airports where a lapse occurred ...
TSA to Review Airport Screening Policies After 6-Year-Old Girl Frisked
By not in system - AOL NewsLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky couple said Wednesday that they want the Transportation Security Administration to change how it screens children after their 6-year-old daughter was frisked at the New Orleans airport. Selena Drexel told ABC's "Good Morning America" the family was returning home from a vacation earlier this month when their daughter Anna was selected for a pat-down. The couple posted a video of the search on YouTube. It shows a TSA agent patting down the child and explaining the procedure to the girl and her parents. The screener says that she will use the back of her hands on ...
Tennessee Air Traffic Controller Found Asleep on Duty [VIDEO]
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FAA Orders Inspections on 737s With Long Flight Life
By not in system - AOL NewsPHOENIX -- The airliner whose roof ripped open 34,000 feet over Arizona has had a busy 15-year life: taking off and touching down more than seven times a day, on average, and possibly developing microscopic cracks in its aluminum skin each time. Federal aviation officials were preparing to issue an order Tuesday that calls for emergency inspections on 80 U.S.-registered Boeing 737 jetliners with histories similar to that Southwest Airlines jet, which had been pressurized and depressurized 39,000 times before a 5-foot-long hole opened in its fuselage. The order is aimed at finding weaknesses ...
Southwest Says Most Grounded 737s Back in Service
By not in system - AOL NewsDALLAS -- Southwest Airlines Co. said Monday that most of the planes it grounded over the weekend were back in the air after being inspected for microscopic cracks in the aluminum skin. That will get Southwest back on a full schedule Tuesday after nearly 700 flights were canceled and others suffered delays over three days. It is less clear whether Southwest's reputation will recover as quickly after one of its planes sprung a hole in the roof on Friday and three others were found to have cracks that will keep them out of service. Some stranded passengers were angry with Southwest and ...
Delta Cuts Global Flying Plans Again This Year
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK -- Delta Air Lines Inc. won't fly as much as originally planned this year because of the crisis in Japan and rising fuel costs. That includes suspending flights to Tokyo and less flying this year in the U.S. and across the Atlantic. The nation's No. 2 airline said Tuesday that 2011 revenue will be reduced by $250 million to $400 million because of a sharp drop in demand for flights to Tokyo. For Delta, as well as American, United and Continental, the disruption to Japan service comes as high fuel costs have forced them to raise ticket prices and rein in spending. Delta, have ...
Traveler May Have Spread Measles in 5 US Airports
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsPublic health officials are scrambling to reach airline passengers and staff who may have had contact with a woman infected with measles who passed through as many as five U.S. airports last week. The New Mexico woman was on a transatlantic flight from London to Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20. Over the next few days, she's believed to have passed through airports in Baltimore, Denver, Albuquerque and San Diego. New Mexico authorities refused to identify the woman, but described her as a 27-year-old who had never been vaccinated for measles as a child. Her ...
United Airlines Temporarily Grounds 96 Aircraft
By not in system - AOL NewsUnited Continental Holdings Inc. said it voluntarily grounded 96 United Airlines aircraft temporarily Tuesday so that maintenance checks could be completed. The grounding caused 15 flights to be canceled and an unspecified number of delays. The airline had earlier said there were 25 cancellations. A spokeswoman said the carrier was able to reinstate some flights. The maintenance checks take 60 to 90 minutes. The issue could affect United's schedule into Wednesday. Airline spokeswoman Megan McCarthy said United grounded the Boeing 757 aircraft because the carrier determined that it had not ...
Tall Passenger Says He Was Forced to Stand for Entire Flight
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsIt was standing room only for one unlucky flier, who says he was forced to stand for more than two hours during a Spirit Airlines flight because he was too tall to fit into his seat. On a flight from Chicago to Fort Myers, Fla., Brooks Anderson realized that he wasn't just too tall to slide into the airline's small coach seat comfortably; at 6 feet, 7 inches, he was too tall to fit in it at all. "I was in an aisle seat, and I clearly didn't fit into the seat at all," Anderson, 25, told ABC News. "I couldn't even stuff myself in there." Anderson said it was painful to try to sit ...
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