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East Coast Snowstorm Leaves Travelers Stranded
By not in system - AOL NewsNEW YORK - Hundreds of passengers are stuck at airports up and down the East Coast as a blizzard menaces travelers trying to get home after the holidays. Major airports and rail lines are closed for a second day around the region. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman Steve Coleman says hundreds of passengers at John F. Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty airports are being provided blankets and cots. The airports are expected to reopen sometime late Monday afternoon. A blizzard warning was in effect early Monday from Delaware to the far northern tip of ...
Suspicious Package Closes Newark Airport Terminal
By not in system - AOL NewsNEWARK, N.J. -- Officials say a terminal at New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport has reopened after a computer monitor caused a precautionary shutdown. FBI agent Bryan Travers says the monitor normally emits small amounts of radiation and there was no danger. The terminal is home to American Airlines at the airport and was shut down during Monday morning's investigation. American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith says the package was found behind the ticket counter at a security checkpoint. ...
Obama Says Packages Bound for US Contained Explosive Material
By David Lohr - AOL News
(Oct. 29) -- President Barack Obama said two U.S.-bound packages found on cargo jets abroad contain explosive material, a discovery he said amounted to a "credible terrorist threat." "Although we are still pursuing all facts, we do know the packages originated in Yemen," Obama said during a media briefing at the White House today. "We also know that al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, a terrorist group based in Yemen, continues to plan attacks against our homeland, our citizens and our allies." Obama's statement during the press conference comes just hours after federal agents began an ...
Hundreds Stranded for Over 4 Hours on Stifling Airplane
By John O. Membrino - AOL News(June 23) -- Hundreds of passengers on an overseas flight bound for Newark, N.J., ended up stranded for hours inside a sweltering cabin after their plane was diverted to a Connecticut airport because of bad weather. Some 300 passengers on the Virgin Atlantic flight from London's Heathrow Airport had to wait with no food or water while the plane sat on the tarmac of Bradley International Airport outside Hartford from 8:20 p.m. Tuesday until 1 a.m. this morning, CNN reported. Passengers told CNN that at least three people had to be taken away in ambulances after passing out. Generators on ...
Romance Caused Newark Airport Security Breach, Worldwide Flight Delays
By David Sessions - Politics DailyHaisong Jiang, the man now charged with aggressive tresspassing for sneaking into a secured area and shutting down Newark Liberty Airport last week, was just trying to tell his girlfriend goodbye, the Washington Post reports. According to friends, the 28-year-old Jiang is "very romantic" and was at the airport to see off a woman he had been dating for about a year. When he ducked under a rope and hurried with her into the secure part of the airport, he had little idea it would cause worldwide flight delays and his own arrest. The saga began last Sunday, when Jiang -- after having just been ...
Jet Makes Emergency Landing at Newark Airport
By not in system - AOL NewsNEWARK, N.J. (Jan. 10) - A United Airlines flight landed with part of the plane's belly or wing striking a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday morning after the right-side landing gear failed to deploy. All the 53 people got off the plane safely. Flight 634 from Chicago was approaching the airport just before 9:30 a.m. when the crew reported that there might be a problem with one of its landing gears. When the aircraft landed, part of it apparently struck the runway, causing some damage to the right wing area, United spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said. The extent of the ...
Friends Defend Suspect in Newark Airport Breach
By not in system - AOL NewsPISCATAWAY, N.J. (Jan. 9) -- Friends described the man charged with breaching security at Newark Liberty International Airport as a romantic who just wanted to see his girlfriend off properly. Speaking outside Haisong Jiang's home near the Rutgers University campus in Piscataway on Saturday, Ning Huang said he's known the 28-year-old for several years. Huang said Jiang is "a very good person" who didn't realize the ramifications of his actions on Sunday. Andy Riu, who also described himself as a friend of Jiang, called him "very romantic." Both men said Jiang had been dating the woman for ...
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