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An entitled passenger triggered a chaos on a plane when she blocked the isle and refused to move while others were trying to disembark. Footage of the ordeal shows a crowd of people waiting to leave the Frontier Airlines aircraft after landing in Baltimore, Maryland, only to be blocked by the stubborn woman. As she refused to budge, fuming passengers ganged up on her and demanded she get out of the way.

Nearly 11,000 air traffic controllers nationwide are working without pay amid a shutdown of the federal government, officials said. On Monday, Oct. 6, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy delivered remarks at a news conference at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey after speaking with air traffic controllers, who are required to keep working despite Congress grinding to a halt after failing to pass a spending bill to fund the government past Sept. 30. "What the consistent message was, from these controllers, was they're not just now thinking about the airspace and the jobs they have to do in these towers...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has slammed Donald Trump as travelers in Los Angeles brace for chaos and major delays to flights due to the government shutdown.The Federal Aviation Authority on Monday warned air traffic control towers at Hollywood Burbank Airport would be unmanned until at least 10pm local time.Newsom blamed the lack of staffing on the government shutdown and hammered Trump on X. 'Thanks, @realDonaldTrump! Burbank Airport has ZERO air traffic controllers from 4:15pm to 10pm today because of YOUR government shutdown,' the California governor wrote. The White House, when asked for comment by The Daily Mail, sent an automatic...

Researchers from Purdue University are set to travel to the South Pacific to determine if a "visual anomaly" on a remote island is the wreck of Amelia Earhart's lost plane, saying there is "very strong" evidence the object is the iconic aviator's aircraft. Earhart was attempting to become the first female pilot to circle the world when she and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on July 2, 1937. Earhart, Noonan and their plane, an Electra 10E, were never found. Recently, President Trump ordered records related to Earhart be declassified. In 2020, researchers looking at satellite imagery identified...

A New Jersey-bound plane was forced to divert after an unruly passenger wearing over a dozen facemasks began ranting that gay people were giving him cancer. The Sun Country Airlines plane left Minneapolis for Newark Friday morning, but cut its trip short and landed in Chicago after the wacko’s ravings escalated into screams of “the plane is going down.” Fellow passenger Seth Evans was sitting across the aisle from the nut, and told the Minnesota Star Tribune that chaos started the moment the plane took off when he started raving about being “gang chased” by gay people. The man also...

SALT LAKE CITY — A woman was taken into custody and arrested after she allegedly sexually assaulted a Delta employee on a flight out of Salt Lake City International Airport. Cody Sierra Marie Bryne, 31, faces numerous charges, including Sexual Battery, Assault and Public Intoxication. Bryne was boarding a flight from Salt Lake City to Portland on Wednesday when she refused to move from the aisle of the airplane after being directed to do so multiple times. When Bryne did move, she allegedly pushed a Delta employee into a seat with her shoulder. Following the incident, the pilot of the...

Eurostar has revealed their brand new gender-neutral uniforms which includes skirts for men, a graffiti neckerchief and green Dr. Marten boots. The redesign is the first new uniform in over a decade and includes 54 individual items of clothing designed to 'fit all genders, body types and personalities' and aims to 'empower staff to express their individuality'.

Move over FBI and IRS, a new federal agency is garnering attention for alleged weaponization against Americans. The Homeland Security Department announced Tuesday that an internal investigation uncovered “widespread abuses” carried out by the Biden administration's Transportation Security Administration to make air travel “weaponized” against certain Americans. The revelation that U.S. citizens were kept from flying over their political views drew immediate condemnation from Congress. "It’s not American …. It’s another example of weaponization of our government that took place under the Biden administration," Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., said. "It’s absolutely unacceptable." In a joint announcement with the TSA, Homeland...

The body of a stowaway has been found in the landing gear of an American Airlines flight from Europe after it arrived at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, police have confirmed. Maintenance staff found the body shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday while servicing the aircraft on Hangar Road within the airport division, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) said in a statement. CMPD Airport Division officers responded and pronounced the individual deceased at the scene.

Grammy Award-winning country music songwriter Brett James was flying on his private jet with his wife and her 28-year-old daughter, who had just celebrated her birthday, when the plane crashed and killed them, officials said Friday.

<p>The Department of Transportation is dropping a proposed rule that would have required airlines to offer cash to passengers whose flights were disrupted.</p><p>The rule, which never went into effect, would have required carriers to provide compensation "to mitigate passenger inconveniences" for cancellations or delays that were within a carrier's control.</p>

Back during the first Trump administration I , with others, provided some background research into Transgenders in the Military. The purpose was to provide think-tank style considerations to high ranking leadership to then provide to political leadership for President Trump in his eventual decision to restrict Transgendered people from military service. He ultimately decided to do so for solid reasons. President Biden reversed it as a matter of doing so because anything Trump did was to be reversed and no amount of sound reasoning would sway him. Trumps second administration has definitively changed that and I am confident it will...

Southwest Airlines will soon require travelers who don’t fit within the armrests of their seat to pay for an extra one in advance, part of a string of recent changes the carrier is making. The new rule goes into effect Jan. 27, the same day Southwest starts assigning seats. Currently, plus-size passengers can either pay for an extra seat in advance with the option of getting that money back later, or they can request a free extra seat at the airport. Under the carrier’s new policy, a refund is still possible but no longer guaranteed. In a statement Monday, Southwest...

n his book Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Doolittle Raid pilot Ted Lawson recalls the moment his B-25 bomber reached the coast of Japan – the first land he had seen, he tells us, after being at sea on the USS Hornet for nearly three weeks. "It looked very pretty," he writes:"Everything seemed as well kept as a big rock garden. The little farms were fitted in with almost mathematical precision. The fresh spring grass was brilliantly green. There were fruit trees in bloom, and farmers working in their fields waved to us as we pounded just over their heads. A...

A shocking video shows the moment a family attacked a woman after she complained that a young boy was persistently kicking her seat throughout their 3-hour 47-minute flight. When the China Southern Airlines flight CZ6164 landed, chaos erupted when the family reportedly surrounded the woman and physically confronted her, insisting she should have more empathy because 'he's only a child.' The incident occurred on 7 August after the flight from Shenzhen to Dalian, and is now under investigation by the Dalian Airport Public Security Bureau. Passengers reported that the boy, seated directly behind the woman, repeatedly kicked her seat during...

Air Canada said on Tuesday it has asked for federal government intervention in contract talks with its flight attendants union, after the airline declared an impasse in the negotiations. The company also warned of potential flight disruptions, saying it had made arrangements with other Canadian and foreign carriers to provide customers alternative travel options. Patty Hajdu, Canada's Minister of Jobs and Families, said later in the day that she had met with both the union and Air Canada, and was closely monitoring the situation. "I ... encourage both parties to remain at the table until a deal is reached," Hajdu...

Key Points The airline issued a going-concern warning in its quarterly filing, months after emerging from bankruptcy, The budget airline icon has tried to attract bookings by marketing more upscale products like premium economy. The carrier has been challenged by an oversupply of domestic flights, changing consumer tastes and an engine grounding. ============================================================== Spirit Airlines has warned it might not be able to survive as a going concern if it doesn’t raise more cash, five months after the budget-travel icon emerged from bankruptcy. After cutting its debt during restructuring, Spirit has tried to attract bookings by marketing more upscale products...

To expand specialized training under the Enhanced Air Traffic-Collegiate Training Initiative, the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration will be partnering with Nashua Community College. “​​Our new partnership with Nashua Community College will help us continue to attract the best and brightest to fill our air traffic control towers,” Duffy said in a statement. “To all the young Americans considering a career in this exciting field – your work will make flying safer and more efficient than ever.” Monday's announcement is the newest program “to be announced this year” in Duffy’s...

All flights grounded due to a system wide failure. Thats is all they are saying. Currently stuck on the tarmac in Denver

Passengers aboard a Cathay Pacific flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong endured a nightmare journey that may have just broken the record for the world's longest commercial flight - but not in distance. Flight CX883 took off from LAX at 12:55 am on August 4 with nearly 300 passengers onboard, expecting a 13-hour transpacific trip. But a freak weather event over Hong Kong turned the flight into a 29-hour ordeal in the sky - and on the tarmac.