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☆ 2 of the top 10 must-see travel experiences in the world are in the U.S., Google data says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Luxury travel company Kuoni recently released its list of the world's top must-see travel experiences. In the top 10 must-see travel experiences based on Google searches, only two are in the U.S., with two more U.S. experiences being a part of the top 20. No.1 must-see travel experience: ManhattanhengeNew York City's Manhattanhenge is the most searched-for travel experience — the NYC event had over 1.3 million annual Google searches. The Manhattanhenge ranked as the top must-see travel experience, according to Google data collected by Kuoni. 2 must-see travel experience in the world is the Venice Carnival in Italy, with over 1.2 million annual searches.

Persons: Kuoni, Manhattanhenge, Andrey Denisyuk, Ash, Silvia Bianchini Organizations: Google, American Museum of, Venice, Italy Rio Carnival, Mexico Chelsea Flower, Golden, Venice Carnival, Istock, Getty Locations: U.S, York, , New York, Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Albuquerque, USA, Lapland, Finland, Munich, Germany, Japan, Venice

☆ American Airlines flight forced to return to Albuquerque after a man tried to open the emergency exit, passengers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Melissa Alonso | Amanda Jackson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Multiple people on an American Airlines flight pulled a fellow passenger to the floor after he tried to open one of the emergency exits, forcing the plane to return to Albuquerque, New Mexico, shortly after takeoff, according to multiple passengers. As of Sunday, there have been more than 250 unruly passenger incidents reported to the FAA by flight crews this year, according to the agency. The incident Tuesday began about twenty minutes into the flight, passenger Zach Etkind told CNN. Multiple passengers got the man to the ground and flight attendants restrained him with duct tape and flexi cuffs, Etkind said. And in November, a man on a Southwest Airlines flight opened an emergency exit door and climbed onto the plane’s wing while the aircraft was at a gate in New Orleans.

Persons: Chicago “, ”, Zach Etkind, “, Emma Ritz, ” Ritz, Blaze Ward, KOAT, ” Ward, Etkind, Sunport Organizations: CNN, American Airlines, FAA, KOAT, Albuquerque, Albuquerque Division, Southwest Airlines Locations: Albuquerque , New Mexico, Chicago, ABQ, Canadian, Thailand, South Korea, New Orleans

☆ American Airlines traveler was restrained with duct tape after trying to open emergency exit door mid-flight: passengers
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAn American Airlines flight descended into chaos on Tuesday when a traveler tried to open an emergency exit door mid-air, forcing other passengers to restrain him before he was duct-taped and zip-tied, witnesses said. "He ripped down the handle where it exposed some of the emergency exit and all the wind came rushing down," Ritz told the news outlet. Blaze Ward, one of the fliers who helped subdue the man, told KOAT-TV that the man "was resisting, but there were no punches, at least not to me." This guy opened the emergency exit door. "This guy opened the emergency exit door.

Persons: —, Zach Etkind, Etkind, …, Don, @DonnieDoesWorld, Emma Ritz, Daniel Lewis, Blaze Ward, Ward, we’ve, we've Organizations: Service, American Airlines, Business, Boeing, Albuquerque, CNN, Panda, Sports, Twitter, Fox News Digital, Ritz, KOAT, Federal Aviation Administration, United States Attorney's Office, District Locations: Chicago, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Albuquerque, ABQ, New Mexico

☆ Solar eclipse: ‘Ring of fire’ appears over the Americas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Millions were within the path of the annular solar eclipse as it created a “ring of fire” in the sky over North, Central and South America. The moon completely crosses in front of the sun during the annular solar eclipse on Saturday in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sam Wasson/Getty ImagesDuring an annular solar eclipse, the moon is at the farthest point in its orbit from Earth, so it can’t completely block the sun. And if you missed out on seeing this year’s annular eclipse, sky-gazers across North America are in for a treat on April 8, 2024 when a total solar eclipse will pass over Mexico, the United States and Canada. So hold onto your certified eclipse glasses, solar viewers and solar filters for your camera — you can use them again in April to safely view another scintillating event.

Persons: Sam Wasson, Patrick T, Fallon Organizations: CNN, 51st, Getty Locations: Central, South America, Albuquerque , New Mexico, Oregon, Brazil, 51st Albuquerque, AFP, North America, Mexico, United States, Canada

☆ ‘Ring of fire’ annular eclipse: Here’s where to see it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Path of the ‘ring of fire’ eclipseBehold the beauty of an annular solar eclipse. For many, the event is being seen as a sort of warm-up for the 2024 total solar eclipse, which professor Mark Littmann calls “the gold standard” of eclipse viewing. It gives you a kind of an omen of what a total eclipse would look like.”Viewing an annular eclipse is far from routine: The next one won’t happen over the contiguous United States until 2046. Corpus Christi, TexasCorpus Christi residents and visitors will among the last to witness the annular eclipse on the US mainland. Santa Fe National Park, PanamaSanta Fe National Park in Panama will also enjoy the spectacular event.

Persons: Mark Littmann, ”, ” Littman, Debra Ross, ” Ross, Richard Tresch Fienberg, Bryce, ” Clark, Dave Clark, Del, Campspot, Yogi Bear’s, Clark, Christi, Chichén, Matthias Kestel Organizations: CNN, University of Tennessee, North, Eclipse, Task Force, “, CNN Travel, Utah, Capitol, Navajo Tribal, Boulder Mail, NASA, NOAA, Roswell Public Library, Grande Recreation, Alamo Beer Company, Omni, Corpus Christi, Christi, UNESCO, Santa Fe, Panama Santa Fe Locations: United States, Oregon , New Mexico, Texas, Antonio , Texas, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, Oregon, Central, South America, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Arizona, New Mexico , Utah, Colorado, Boulder, Bryce, annularity, Albuquerque, Roswell , New Mexico, New Mexico, Roswell, Grande, Antonio, San Antonio, Jose, Del Rio, Kerrville, Guadalupe, Bandera, Garner, Corpus Christi , Texas, Christi, Corpus Christi, Mexico, Corpus, North Padre, Uzmal, Mérida, Edzná, Campeche, of Mexico, Santa, Panama Santa, Santa Fe

The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is ready to bring colorful displays to the New Mexico sky. The event is scheduled to start at sunrise on Saturday with a drone light show and mass ascension of hot air balloons. Over nine days, local residents and visitors are expected to be treated to a cavalcade of colorful and special-shaped balloons. The fiesta has morphed into one of the most photographed events in the world, now based at Balloon Fiesta Park. Scheduled nighttime events include fireworks and balloon glows, in which hot air balloons are inflated and lit up from the ground.

Persons: they’re, ”, Sam Parks, Sid Cutter, Gordon Bennett, ” Parks, ” ___ Stern, Stern Organizations: Wars, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Rio Grande, Sandia, Santa Fe, “

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It’s been 15 years since the world’s elite gas balloon pilots have gathered in the United States for a race with roots that stretch back more than a century. Their ballooning résumé includes four wins in the America's Challenge long-distance gas balloon race, and third- and fourth-place finishes in previous Gordon Bennett competitions. Unlike the colorful hot air balloons that ascend en masse during the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta by using heated ambient air, gas balloons have an envelope filled with a gas lighter than air — usually hydrogen. He recalled the Gordon Bennett competition that occurred after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The gas balloons were the only things in the sky as planes were still grounded.

Persons: — It’s, Gordon Bennett, They're, Willi Eimers, Benjamin, Albuquerque balloonists Barbara Fricke, Peter Cuneo, Fricke, Cuneo, “ You've, ” Fricke, Mark Sullivan, Cheri White, Sullivan, White, Jacques Soukup, ” Sullivan, “, We’re, let’s, ” Organizations: U.S, FAI, Pilots Locations: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M, United States, New Mexico, Albuquerque, U.S, Canada, Belgium, West Texas, Belarus

☆ Trinity Site, where first atomic blast was set off, opens for one day in October
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Kathleen Bangs | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Trinity Site is the national historic landmark that’s home to mankind’s first nuclear blast on July 16, 1945, where plutonium gamma rays lit up the night sky. A caution sign warns of radioactive materials at Trinity Site in New Mexico back in 2008. The open house event, hosted by the US Army, is free but limited to the first 5,000 guests, on a first-come, first-served basis. Trinity Site’s atmosphere during an open house is reminiscent of a small-town carnival from a bygone era. And on April 6, 2024, Trinity Site again opens for a single day.

Persons: CNN —, “ Oppenheimer, ”, Matt McClain, Jonathan Larsen, J, Robert Oppenheimer, McDonald, Sam Wasson, you’ll, Jim Lo Scalzo, Oppenheimer, “, John Dempsey, brightens, Jim Eckles, Trinity, we’ve, Bettymaya, Patricia Henning, Henning, Karl G, Jon G, Fuller Organizations: CNN, Jornada, Trinity, Washington Post, US Army, White, Manhattan Project, Sipa, AP, Albuquerque, Army, Venture, Jumbo, Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico Gov, National Security Research, Alamogordo Air Base, Radio Astronomy, Getty, “ SETI, Extraterrestrial Intelligence Locations: New Mexico, New York City, Nagasaki, Japan, Trinity, Hiroshima, Socorro, San Antonio . New Mexico, San Agustin, Mexico

A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Albuquerque on Tuesday after the plane's cabin appeared to fill with smoke, the airline said. Delta Flight 2846 was enroute to Los Angeles International Airport from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport when what a Delta spokesperson described as a smoky odor started to fill the cabin. Smoke fills the cabin of Delta flight 2846 from Atlanta to Los Angeles on Nov. 1, 2022. He said he and other passengers were waiting for a new plane to arrive to transport them to Los Angeles. “That’s why our flight crew followed procedures to safely divert today’s flight 2846 to Albuquerque," the Delta spokesperson said, apologizing for the delay to passengers' travel plans.

☆ Incident aerian în SUA: Avion deviat după ce un pasager a încercat să intre în cabina piloţilor
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-05 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: captură videoIncident aerian în SUA: Avion deviat după ce un pasager a încercat să intre în cabina piloţilorUn pasager aflat la bordul unui avion din SUA a încercat să intre în cabina piloţilor. Zborul a fost deviat către New Mexico, vineri după-amiază, după ce un pasager a încercat să intre în cabina piloţilor, transmite dw.com, citată de Mediafax. Ulterior, avionul a fost deviat către Albuquerque International Sunport, unde a aterizat în jurul orei locale 14:20. „Mulţumim echipajului şi pasagerilor zborului Delta 386... care au ajutat la reţinerea unui pasager neascultător în timp ce zborul a fost deviat către Albuquerque”, a transmis linia aeriană printr-un comunicat, scrie digi24.ro. Pasagerul a fost luat în custodia poliţiei şi a FBI.

Persons: Mediafax ., Jessica Robertson, June, . Pasagerul Organizations: FBI, Mediafax, Air, Albuquerque International Locations: SUA, New Mexico, Los Angeles, Nashville, and, Albuquerque

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