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☆ A flight attendant broke her back during severe turbulence on a flight in Turkey — the 3rd major incident of its kind in a week
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-28 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Turkish Airlines flight attendant has broken her back after the plane she was on hit turbulence, local media reported. The turbulence hit while the plane was flying over Turkey, Dublin Airport told Business Insider. AdvertisementIt isn't clear if the patch of turbulence hit by the Qatar plane was the same as that which impacted the Turkish Airlines flight. AdvertisementSevere turbulence dislodged oxygen masks and caused injuries to dozens of passengers on Singapore Airlines flight SQ321. Instances of severe injuries linked to turbulence remain rare, with around a dozen people a year badly hurt due to turbulence in the US, according to the FAA.

Persons: —, Geoff Kitchen, Stringer, Emma Henderson Organizations: Service, Turkish Airlines, Airbus, Turkey's, Business, Hurriyet, Qatar Airways, Dublin, Dublin Airport, Singapore Airlines, Reuters, Associated Press, FAA, UK's University of Reading Locations: Turkey's, Istanbul, Izmir, Doha, Turkey, Qatar

☆ Qatar Airways: 12 people injured during turbulence on Doha-Dublin flight
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Twelve people were injured after a Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Dublin was hit with turbulence on Sunday. According to a statement from Dublin Airport, six passengers and six crew members were injured in the incident, eight of which were taken to hospital following assessment. The Qatar Airways flight QR017 experienced turbulence while flying over Turkey, the statement said. It is not yet known what kind of turbulence the Qatar Airways plane experienced. An earlier version also misstated the number of the Qatar Airways flight that experienced turbulence.

Persons: ”, Paul Williams, ” Williams Organizations: CNN, Qatar Airways, Dublin Airport, Singapore Airlines, University of Reading Locations: Doha, Dublin, Turkey, London, Singapore, United Kingdom

☆ An airline apologized for accusing a man of disrupting a flight he wasn't even on — and snitching to his boss
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ryanair said it "mistakenly identified" a man as disrupting a flight he wasn't on. The airline reportedly wrote to Eoin Michael Cahill's boss and put him on a no-fly list. AdvertisementRyanair has apologized in court to a man it accused of misbehaving on a flight he never boarded, according to Irish newspaper The Journal. The court heard that the following day, Cahill's boss received an email from Ryanair saying he had been "disruptive" on the flight, The Journal reported. The airline also said it would write a letter to Cahill's employers, saying its accusations were "fully withdrawn," per The Journal.

Persons: Eoin Michael Cahill's, —, Eoin Michael Cahill, Cahill, Cahill's Organizations: Ryanair, Service, Irish, Irish Independent, Irish High Court, Business Locations: Dublin, Copenhagen, Ireland, Denmark

☆ 6 Chinese people demanded that a British pianist remove their faces from his public live stream. The ensuing fight has gone viral.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewA confrontation between a group of Chinese people and a pianist in a London train station has gone viral on YouTube. "We are here filming for Chinese TV, did you film all of us in your cameras?" Business Insider could not immediately verify her claim that she works for Chinese TV. The other officer told Kavanagh to stop filming and that he was "not allowed to put this on your YouTube channel because this is a police matter." Later, the officer who told Kavanagh to shut down his live stream returned.

Persons: —, Brendan Kavanagh, Kavanagh, YouTube Kavanagh, We're, we're, Kavanagh's cameraperson, YouTuber Organizations: Service, YouTube, Business, Pancras International, Police, St, Communist, British Transport Police, Embassy, Google Locations: London, St, People's Republic of China, Communist China, Weibo, China

About a mile away from the start of the march, about 1,000 people lined the streets to watch the remembrance events at the Cenotaph war memorial. Among the crowd, some right-wing counter-protesters opposed to the pro-Palestinian march chanted messages including "We want out country back". DISRESPECTFULSunak has criticised the pro-Palestinian rally as disrespectful amid concerns it could spark violence. There has been strong support and sympathy for Israel from Western governments, including Britain's, and many citizens over the Hamas attacks. But the Israeli response has also prompted anger, with weekly protests in London demanding a ceasefire.

Persons: Hollie Adams, Laurence Taylor, Rishi Sunak, Sunak, Suella Braverman, Taylor, I've, Michael Holden, Hannah McKay, Sarah Young, Ed Osmond, Helen Popper Our Organizations: Hamas, REUTERS, Government, Cenotaph . Police, Charing, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, PSC, U.S, Embassy, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, Palestinian, London, Britain, Palestine, Waterloo, Victoria, Downing, Western

☆ A class-action lawsuit aims to force United Airlines to reimburse the baggage fees for the luggage they lose
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-23 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A man filed a class-action lawsuit against United Airlines after the company lost his luggage. Jack Lipeles alleged in the suit that United falsely told him his luggage was stolen. When Lipeles arrived in Los Angeles, "he went to pick up his luggage, but was unable to find his bag. United informed Plaintiff that his luggage was stolen and that he should speak to the police to report the stolen luggage," the federal lawsuit, filed in California in late August, said. Reached for comment, a spokesperson for United declined to comment on the suit, calling it an "ongoing legal matter."

Persons: Jack Lipeles, Lipeles, Plaintiff Organizations: United Airlines, Service, United, Department of Transportation, Airlines Locations: Wall, Silicon, Las Vegas , Nevada, Los Angeles , California, Los Angeles, California

☆ Bahrain activist al-Khawaja says airline denied her boarding to Manama
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Aziz El Yaakoubi | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja flashes a "V" sign after being released outside the Airport Police Station, in Muharraq, north of Manama September 18, 2014. Maryam al-Khawaja said she was told at a British Airways' counter at Heathrow Airport that she was not allowed to board her flight and should contact Bahraini immigration authorities. "Effectively we are being denied boarding by British Airways on behalf of the Bahraini government," she said in a video taken in British Airways' check-in area, and posted on X, formerly called Twitter. British Airways did not immediately respond to request for comment. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, also a Danish citizen, is a former president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights and is serving a life sentence for his role in Bahrain's pro-democracy protests in 2011.

Persons: Maryam al, Khawaja, Hamad, Mohammed, Abdulhadi al, Maryam, General Agnes Callamard, Olive Moore, Maryam Al, Zainab, Mary Lawlor, Abduljalil, Naji Fateel, " Lawlor, Abdulhadi, Al Khalifa, Aziz El Yaakoubi, Muvija M, Emma Farge, William Maclean, Mark Potter Organizations: Police, REUTERS, Rights, British Airways, Heathrow Airport, Bahraini, Reuters, Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Muharraq, Manama, Rights RIYADH, London, Gulf, Bahrain, Danish, Riyadh, Shi'ite Iran, Teheran

☆ Activists spray red paint over billionaire Walmart heiress’s superyacht for a second time
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Spanish climate activists sprayed red paint across a superyacht owned by billionaire Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie in Barcelona on Friday, the second time the yacht has been the target of protests in the past two months. Two activists from the climate groups Scientist Rebellion and Extinction Rebellion accessed Marina Port Vell, a dock for superyachts, at 7 a.m. local time on Friday, according to a spokesperson for the organization. The Walmart heiress Nancy Walton's megayacht was spray painted this morning by climate activists in Marina Port Vell, Barcelona . Scientist RebellionA spokesperson for Marina Port Vell said that the boat had not been damaged in Friday’s action. The activists were detained by police at the marina for three hours before being released, according to a spokesperson for Scientist Rebellion.

Persons: Nancy Walton Laurie, Nancy Walton's megayacht, Port Vell, Samantha Burgess Organizations: CNN, Scientist Rebellion, Port Police Locations: Spanish, Barcelona, Marina Port Vell, superyachts, Ibiza

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Travelers to Greece's popular island destinations will face disruptions next week because of a 24-hour strike on Sept. 13 by ferry crews who cite safety and labor concerns. The union didn’t directly link the reasons for the strike with Tuesday's drowning, which sparked anger and condemnation across Greece. A PNO statement deplored what it called the improper implementation of laws and regulations on shipping and harbor safety. It said crew members are overworked and ferry sailing schedules are “unreasonable,” which PNO said raises severe safety concerns. An investigation is underway into harbor authorities' response to the incident, and two senior Piraeus port police officers have been suspended.

Persons: PNO Organizations: —, Blue Locations: ATHENS, Greece, Greece's, Piraeus

☆ Fact Check-LA airport evacuated because of a suspicious item, not Burning Man quarantine
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

“Private jet from Burning Man lands at LAX and get (sic) quarantined on runway and airport evacuated,” read a post sharing video of the evacuation on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter (here). The X post included hashtags #Ebola and #outbreak that refer to a separate, unfounded narrative that there was a virus outbreak at Burning Man (here). Screenshots of the X post were also shared on Facebook (here) and (here). Burning Man festival organizers did not immediately respond to a request for comment. LAX was not evacuated because of a quarantine or reasons related to the Burning Man festival.

Persons: revelers, ”, Dae Levine, Scott Pauley, Read Organizations: Los Angeles International Airport, Man, Reuters, Posts, LAX, Facebook, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Prevention, Los, Los Angeles World Airports, CDC, U.S . Bureau of Land Management Locations: Nevada, LA, Los Angeles, Black Rock

Taoyuan, Taiwan CNN —Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport became the scene of a simulated Chinese invasion on Wednesday for the first time ever as the island’s military conducted an anti-takeover drill to fend off any possible attack from Beijing. The drill was designed to test the Taiwanese military’s cross-branch coordination and emergency response capabilities during a simulated Chinese invasion, the Ministry of National Defense previously said. At Taoyuan on Wednesday, soldiers wearing red helmets to mark themselves as simulated infiltrators engaged in a shootout drill with airport police. As they approached an airport building, they exchanged fire along the way with the Taiwanese military defending the facility and those hiding in makeshift covers. Elsewhere, Taiwan’s military canceled some Han Kuang exercises as Typhoon Doksuri made landfall in the northern Philippines on Wednesday.

Persons: China’s, Moscow’s, Han, Han Kuang, Doksuri Organizations: Taiwan CNN — Taiwan’s, Airport, Ministry of National Defense, Communist Party, Firefighters, Taoyuan International, CNN, Weather Bureau, Taiwan’s Air Force Locations: Taoyuan, Taiwan, Taiwan CNN — Taiwan’s Taoyuan, Beijing, Taipei, Ukraine, Airports, Kyiv’s, Philippines, China, Fengnian

☆ Spanish coastguard rescues two Nigerian migrants from ship's rudder
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Polic?a... Read moreMADRID, July 11 (Reuters) - The Spanish coastguard rescued two Nigerian migrants who stowed away on the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Togo, a coastguard spokesperson and the police said on Tuesday. After being rescued on Monday night in the port of Las Palmas, the migrants were taken to a hospital. The container ship's last stop before reaching the Spanish archipelago off the African coast was Lome, Togo's capital, said the coastguard spokesperson without elaborating. In a similar case in November last year, the Spanish coastguard rescued three African stowaways who had arrived in the Canary Islands after enduring 11 days on the rudder of a fuel tanker from Nigeria. The Spanish-owned Canary Islands are a popular but dangerous gateway for African migrants attempting to reach Europe.

Persons: Read, Joan Faus, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Spanish coastguard, Las Palmas de, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, coastguard, Twitter, MSC, Guardia Civil, La Provincia, Thomson Locations: Canary, Togo, Las Palmas, Las Palmas de Gran, Spain, MADRID, Palmas, Spanish, Lome, Togo's, Lagos, Nigeria

☆ 4 Killed and 7 Wounded in Shooting at July 4 Party in Louisiana
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | Remy Tumin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Four people were killed and seven others were wounded in a shooting at an Independence Day celebration in Shreveport, La., on Tuesday night, the authorities said. Officers responded to a call of shots fired shortly before midnight at a gathering in the northwest section of the city, Sgt. At least one gunman opened fire at a gathering of about 100 people, she said. A motive for the shooting was not immediately clear and no arrests have been made. Sergeant Willhite said the police found “some rifle shell casings on the scene,” but it was unclear whether the casings were from the same gun.

Persons: Angie Willhite, Sergeant Willhite Locations: Shreveport, La

☆ Shreveport, Louisiana shooting: 3 dead, 6 injured in July 4 block party
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Rebekah Riess | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Three people are dead and at least six are injured following a shooting just before midnight on Tuesday, according to information provided to CNN affiliate KSLA by Shreveport officials. It was difficult to get to the victims due to the amount of vehicles at the scene, according to information from police released to KSLA. The gathering “was a block party that is held every year on the Fourth of July,” Shreveport District A Councilwoman Tabatha Taylor told KSLA. Now we are the victims of a mass shooting in our community,” Taylor said. “It is trauma for those individuals that only wanted to have a very good time on this holiday.”CNN has reached out to Shreveport police about the shooting but have not received a response.

Persons: Van Wray, KSLA, Tabatha Taylor, ” Taylor, ” Organizations: CNN, KSLA, ” CNN Locations: Shreveport, ” Shreveport

☆ UK government meets with police, sports event organisers over protest disruption
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The meeting came as Just Stop Oil activists twice interrupted play at Wimbledon. The environmental group have also disrupted the second Ashes cricket test at Lord's as well as the Premiership Rugby final and the World Snooker Championship. This year's Grand National horse race was also disrupted after animal rights activists attached themselves to fences. The Lawn Tennis Association, the soccer Premier League, British Horseracing Authority and Silverstone Circuits were among the 15 national sports bodies and event organisers who attended, the government said. The British Grand Prix is due to take place at Silverstone on Sunday.

Persons: Katie Boulter, Daria Saville, Hannah Mckay LONDON, Lucy Frazer, Suella Braverman, Kylie MacLellan, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Lawn Tennis, Croquet Club, Oil, Wimbledon, Premiership Rugby, Lawn Tennis Association, soccer Premier League, British Horseracing Authority, Silverstone Circuits, Silverstone, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Lord's, British

☆ Philadelphia mass shooting suspect arraigned on five murder charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

July 5 (Reuters) - A Philadelphia resident arrested in one of a series of mass shootings across the county over the Fourth of July weekend was arraigned in court on Wednesday on five murder counts and other charges, online court records showed. The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker, made an appearance in Philadelphia County Municipal Court for an arraignment on charges that also included four counts of attempted murder plus reckless endangerment and aggravated assault charges, court records showed. Another mass shooting occurred in Salisbury, Maryland during a block party. The rash of gun violence over the last several days is part of a surge in mass shootings in the United States since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. As of Wednesday, 351 mass shootings have taken place across the country so far this year.

Persons: Carriker, Larry Krasner, Krasner, Angie Willhite, James Alan Fox, Fox, Brendan O'Brien, Rich McKay, Kanishka Singh, Mark Porter, Chris Reese Organizations: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County Municipal Court, CNN, Authorities, Shreveport police, Northeastern University, Washington D.C, Thomson Locations: Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Shreveport , Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, Baltimore, Salisbury , Maryland, United States, Chicago, Atlanta, Washington

CNN —Mass shootings, like the ones that occurred Monday in Philadelphia and Fort Worth, Texas – and over the weekend in Baltimore — are not uncommon around the Fourth of July. The holiday has accounted for the most mass shootings of any other days of the year in nearly a decade, according to a CNN analysis of the Gun Violence Archive’s mass shooting data since 2014. So far, there have been at least 10 mass shootings on July 4 and 5, according to GVA. Summer days overall have higher numbers of mass shootings than other times of the year, according to CNN’s analysis. Of the top 10 calendar days with the highest number of mass shootings since 2014, all but one — New Year’s Day — was in June, July or August.

Persons: David Laughlin, WEWS, Angie Willhite, Cassondra Fovel, —, Leslie Parson Organizations: CNN, Mason, Community Center, WEWS, Akron Police Department, Sheriff’s, Twitter, Shreveport Police, WILX, Hayward Police, Metropolitan Police Locations: Philadelphia, Fort Worth , Texas, Baltimore, GVA, Akron , Ohio, Edgewood , Maryland, Harr, Edgewood, Harford, Shreveport , Louisiana, Lansing , Michigan, Hayward , California, Washington

Seoul/ Hong Kong CNN —A 19-year-old Korean man tried to open a plane door mid-flight after complaining that he felt “pressure” on his chest, but luckily, the cabin crew stopped him. The door stayed closed and the plane was left undamaged, and none of the 180 passengers on board were harmed in the incident, the airline added. The passenger was handed over to police at Seoul’s Incheon Airport at 7:30 a.m. local after the plane landed on Monday, June 19. Police brought the man for questioning and he has so far not provided a motive for his actions, Incheon Airport Police told CNN. While the passenger’s attempt was foiled this time, the incident comes barely a month since someone actually opened a plane door on a Korean carrier.

Persons: “ Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Jeju Airlines, Incheon Airport, Police, Incheon Airport Police, CNN, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air subsidiary Jin Air Locations: Seoul, Hong Kong, Cebu, Philippines, South Korea, ”, Korean, Daegu

☆ ‘Like something out of Black Mirror’: Police robots go on patrol at Singapore airport
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

These are the two robots the Singapore Police Force has introduced to patrol Changi Airport following more than five years of trials. The Singapore Police Force said Friday that more robots would be “progressively deployed” across the city-state. The Singapore Police Force has plans to roll out patrol robots island-wide to augment its operations. Ryan Quek/Singapore Police ForceThey are just the latest robots to be employed on civic duties in this tech-savvy nation of more than 5 million people. “ChatCPT… AI music… robots… Soon machines will take over the world and these security robots definitely look like they mean business,” he said.

Persons: ”, Lim Ke Wei, Ryan Quek, Samwell Swant, ” Swant, “ Organizations: CNN, Singapore Police Force, The Singapore Police Force Locations: Vietnam

☆ All 3 Missing in Iowa Building Collapse Found Dead, Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The LatestThe police in Davenport, Iowa, said on Monday that they had found the bodies of all three men who had been missing since a section of a downtown apartment building collapsed last week. City officials said on Sunday that one of the men, Branden Colvin Sr., a resident who had returned home shortly before the building fell on May 28, had been found dead. On Monday, they said the bodies of the remaining two — Ryan Hitchcock and Daniel Prien — had also been found in the rubble. No one else is known to have died in the incident, and the authorities said on Monday that they were not aware of any other people who were still unaccounted for. The Davenport police chief, Jeffery Bladel, said that city and state agencies were investigating the collapse.

Persons: Branden Colvin Sr, Ryan Hitchcock, Daniel Prien —, Davenport, Jeffery Bladel Organizations: Davenport police Locations: Davenport , Iowa

☆ 8 People Rescued in Partial Building Collapse in Iowa
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Christine Hauser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A search and rescue effort was winding down in Iowa on Monday after the partial collapse of a six-story apartment building the day before, officials said. The Davenport Police Department said its officers and firefighters responded on Sunday at about 5 p.m. to a report of the collapse at 324 Main Street in Davenport, a city along the Mississippi River in the eastern part of the state. Overnight, more than a dozen people were escorted out of the building and eight were rescued, Chief Michael Carlsten, of the Davenport Fire Department, said at a news conference on Monday. One man was taken to the hospital, but Chief Carlsten did not know the man’s condition. There was no information about other injuries.

☆ A Delta passenger was arrested after he opened the plane door, activated the emergency slide, and slid down it as the plane was preparing for takeoff
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Delta passenger was arrested after he opened the emergency plane door right before takeoff. He slid down the emergency slide and later hopped onto a luggage cart. —New York Post (@nypost) March 26, 2023At around 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, the passenger pushed open the plane's emergency door and triggered the emergency exit slide, the Los Angeles Airport Police told CBS News. "Due to the circumstances, FBI has been notified," Los Angeles Airport Police Captain Karla Rodriguez said to CBS News. Representatives for the Federal Aviation Administration, the Los Angeles Police Department, and Delta did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.

Illustration by Gene KimAs weed becomes legal in more states, how and if travelers can bring their stash on board remains up in the air. Traveling between states where marijuana is legal in both the origin and destination may sound straight-forward, but with overlapping jurisdictions and hard-to-enforce guidelines, it gets complicated. Under federal law, the possession and sale of marijuana is illegal. Despite President Joe Biden's recent pardons for anyone convicted of a federal crime for simple possession and his directive to review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law, marijuana is still classified as a Schedule I substance. And even though airports are locally owned and operated, air travel still falls under federal law.

☆ A woman left her AirPods on a plane and tracked them down to an airport worker's home, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A passenger left her Apple AirPods on a plane after landing in San Francisco from Tokyo. Alisabeth Hayden told CNN a police officer helped her trace the AirPods to an airport worker's home. Shortly after getting off the plane on a layover at San Francisco International Airport, she realized she'd left her jacket behind. Hayden told CNN she enlisted the help of a detective at San Mateo police force who was working at SFO. She told CNN United gave her $271 and 5,000 air miles after complaining about the condition of the headphones.

☆ Jetstar flight makes emergency landing in Japan due to bomb threat
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A Jetstar flight made an emergency landing at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on Saturday due to a bomb threat, though no device was found, officials said. Five sustained minor injuries while evacuating from the plane, an official at the Chubu airport police said. The flight was diverted to the Chubu airport, in Japan's industrial heartland of Aichi prefecture, after a potential security incident, and passengers disembarked via emergency slides, Jetstar Airways said in a statement. "Jetstar Japan is working closely with the Chubu airport and local authorities to investigate the situation," the company said, declining to comment further. A Narita spokesperson said there had been a bomb threat call for the flight but that details were unclear.

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