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☆ These plane crash survivors and victims’ loved ones are becoming scared to fly again after years of travel. They’re not alone
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Others, however, said they are still confident in flight safety, pointing out that commercial air travel remains one of the safest modes of transportation. Cara and Erin Ashcraft survived the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420, operated on a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, during a landing at Little Rock National Airport on June 1, 1999. “I’ve never had concerns (about air travel safety) before. This is the hole left behind when the plug door of an Alaska Airlines flight blew off midflight on January 5, 2024. Pierson is wary of attitudes around the apparent safety of American air travel, he said.

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☆ A 26-year-old Texas man took pictures of Delta passengers' tickets to sneak onto a flight, prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A man was arrested after boarding a Delta flight in Utah using a photo of another passenger's ticket. This is at least the third instance this year of passengers boarding planes without valid tickets. AdvertisementA man was arrested in Salt Lake City on Sunday after boarding a Delta Air Lines flight without his own ticket. He got on the plane by using a photo of another passenger's boarding pass, prosecutors say. He got on the flight "using his phone as a boarding pass," court documents said.

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☆ American orders 260 new planes, including Boeing Max 10s, and plans bigger first class
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

American Airlines flight 718, a Boeing 737 Max, takes of from Miami International Airport on its way to New York on December 29, 2020 in Miami, Florida. American Airlines said Monday that it is ordering 260 new narrow-body jets, including dozens of Boeing's long-delayed 737 Max 10. The order includes 85 of Boeing's 737 Max 10 planes and 85 of the Airbus A321neo, aircraft it says will help it upgauge on domestic and short-haul international routes. American said it would also convert orders for 30 Boeing 737 Max 8 planes, a model that is already a staple of its fleet, into the larger 737 Max 10s. American is planning to grow its first class on some of its narrow-body planes, the carrier also said Monday alongside its first investor day in more than six years.

Persons: Max, Scott Kirby Organizations: American Airlines, Boeing, Miami International Airport, Miami , Florida . American Airlines, Airbus, Embraer, United Airlines, Max Locations: New York, Miami , Florida, Fort Worth , Texas

☆ Travelers are wrapping seatbelts around their legs to get comfortable on planes. Flight attendants say it's a bad idea.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two flight attendants warned against the hack. AdvertisementWhile some commenters and TikTokers love the approach, two flight attendants told Business Insider it's a terrible idea. Jupiterimages/Getty ImagesBoth flight attendants said it could pose a safety risk"Absolutely not," CiCi, a flight attendant at a major airline, told BI. Lea told BI that emergency landings were the first thing that came to her mind when she saw the video. AdvertisementThankfully, both flight attendants said they had not seen passengers using the method on recent flights.

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☆ He thought the guy he met on vacation was just a fling. He turned out to be the love of his life
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Guillermo was looking forward to meeting Larry, expecting “some casual fun.”Then, when Guillermo and Larry met, there was “chemistry” right away. “Palm Springs had seats, so I booked my standby flight, got to Palm Springs, checked into this resort. Then, a few days after meeting Larry, Guillermo got an unexpected phone call from his mother in Costa Rica. Guillermo’s love of flying meant that, for him, the four-hour journey across the country was part of the fun. The last piece of the puzzleGuillermo and Larry love to travel together, here they are in Florence, Italy.

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☆ 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

☆ 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

☆ A Delta flight had to do U-turn after maggots fell onto a passenger from an overhead bin containing rotten fish
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewA Delta flight had to turn around after maggots fell from a passenger's suitcase onto another passenger. Philip Schotte, a passenger from the Netherlands who was on the flight, told Fox 2 Detroit that he witnessed the maggots fall on a passenger from a suitcase in the overhead compartment. Flight attendants were then able to locate the source of the maggots: A suitcase that contained a rotten fish inside, according to reports. Travelers who were delayed overnight because of the incident were compensated with hotel accommodation, a $30 meal ticket, and 8,000 air miles, the passenger told the Daily Mail. A Delta flight traveling from Atlanta to Barcelona, Spain, in September had to turn around after a passenger had diarrhea in the aircraft's cabin.

Persons: —, Philip Schotte, Schotte, We've Organizations: Service, Daily Mail, Fox, Detroit, Business, Travelers, Delta, United Airlines, New York Times, American Airlines Locations: Amsterdam, Detroit, Netherlands, Atlanta, Barcelona, Spain, San Diego, New Jersey, Miami, Barbados

☆ American Airlines’ hard landing on Maui sends 6 to hospital
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

American Airlines planes sit at the gate at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California, on July 26, 2023. An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles made a hard landing at Maui's main airport, sending five flight attendants and one passenger to the hospital. Flight 271 arrived at Kahului Airport around 2 p.m. Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which said it was investigating. Neither American Airlines nor the FAA provided additional details. The Airbus 320 was carrying 167 passengers and seven crew, according to the airlines.

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☆ American Airlines flight’s hard landing leaves six injured
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Raja Razek | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —One passenger and five flight attendants were injured when an American Airlines flight made a hard landing at Kahului Airport in Hawaii on Saturday. “American Airlines flight 271 with service from Los Angeles (LAX) to Maui (OGG) experienced an issue upon landing in OGG,” American Airlines told CNN in a statement. The plane was “taken out of service for inspection by our maintenance team,” according to American Airlines. “The safety of our customers and team members is our top priority,” the company added. Hawaii’s transportation department also confirmed to CNN the airline “made a hard landing” at the airport Saturday afternoon.

Persons: “ Organizations: CNN, American Airlines, Kahului, Airlines Locations: Hawaii, Los Angeles, Maui

HONOLULU (AP) — An American Airlines flight from Los Angeles made a hard landing at Maui's main airport, sending five flight attendants and one passenger to the hospital. Flight 271 arrived at Kahului Airport around 2 p.m. Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which said it was investigating. Neither American Airlines nor the FAA provided additional details. The Airbus 320 was carrying 167 passengers and seven crew, according to the airlines. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Organizations: American Airlines, Kahului Airport, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Airbus, Associated Press Locations: HONOLULU, Los Angeles

☆ An American Airlines flight made a 'hard landing' at Maui's airport, sending 6 people to the hospital
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewThe FAA is investigating after six people were hospitalized following an incident on an American Airlines flight to Hawaii on Saturday. The plane made a "hard landing" at Kahului Airport in Maui at 2 p.m. on Saturday after arriving from Los Angeles, the FAA told Business Insider in a statement. American Airlines meanwhile told BI the plane "experienced an issue" while landing but it taxied to the gate and everyone left the plane normally. The airline said one customer and five flight attendants were transported to the hospital following the flight. AdvertisementAccording to the Maui airport, the flight was scheduled to arrive at 12:47 p.m. but didn't arrive until 2 p.m.," NBC News reported.

Persons: —, didn't, Mike Whitaker Organizations: Service, American Airlines, Kahului, FAA, Business, American, NBC, Los Angeles International Airport, Maui Police Department, Hawaii, Boeing Max, Alaska Airlines, Boeing Locations: Hawaii, Maui, Los Angeles

☆ Unruly passengers were a problem before the pandemic. Now they’re even worse
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Levels of unrulinessIATA classifies unruly behavior incidents into four levels. The latest available IATA data, from 2022, indicates most disruptive passenger incidents involved non-compliance, verbal abuse and intoxication. Passengers refusing to wear masks was a contributing factor to the rise in unruly incidents during that period. Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty ImagesOf the 5,981 unruly passenger incidents reported to the FAA in 2021, 4,290 were face mask-related. “If you are a potentially unruly passenger, do you really not become unruly because you saw some zero tolerance unruly behavior video?” he questions.

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☆ Flight attendants share their unfiltered thoughts on parents who fly with babies in business class
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Business Insider previously spoke to moms who swear that flying business class with their babies is worth every extra penny. But what do flight attendants make of babies in business class? AdvertisementBI spoke to two flight attendants who shared their unfiltered thoughts on the hotly debated practice and whether it's worth it. The flight attendants see why some parents only fly business class with their babiesBoth flight attendants said they understand why parents with infants who can afford it would opt to fly in business class. "In business class, we have a lot less people to cater to and you are paying for more of an experience.

Persons: —, splurge, Leanna Coy, aren't, Joel Sharpe, Lea, @flightattendantbaelee, they're, Coy, it's, Justin Paget, It's, they'll Organizations: Service, Business, Getty, American Airlines, Sky

☆ An American Airlines flight attendant was charged over claims he photographed minors in airplane bathrooms
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Pete Syme | Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementA 36-year-old American Airlines flight attendant was arrested Thursday on two charges related to claims he'd filmed a minor using an airplane bathroom, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts said. A press release from the Department of Justice released Thursday says the claims involve an American Airlines flight to Boston from Charlotte, North Carolina, in September. A family says their daughter discovered a cellphone taped inside a toilet on an American Airlines flight in September. American Airlines said in a statement that Thompson had not worked for the airline since the September incident. Paul Llewellyn, an attorney representing the girl's family in their civil lawsuit against American Airlines, said the family is happy that police arrested Thompson.

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☆ American Airlines Flight Attendant Filmed Minors Using Lavatory, U.S. Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Jesus Jiménez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An American Airlines flight attendant was arrested on Thursday, accused of using his cellphone in an attempt to secretly record a 14-year-old girl as she used the lavatory on a domestic flight in September, federal prosecutors said. The flight attendant, Estes Carter Thompson III, 37, of Charlotte, N.C., was arrested in Lynchburg, Va., and charged with attempted sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography after investigators found evidence that he had surreptitiously recorded video footage of four other girls as they used the lavatory on American Airlines flights last year, the U.S. attorney’s office for the District of Massachusetts said. “The deeply disturbing conduct alleged here is something no parent or child should ever have to worry about when they travel,” Joshua S. Levy, the acting U.S. attorney for the district of Massachusetts, said in a statement. Thompson allegedly used his position to prey on and surreptitiously record innocent children, including unaccompanied minors, while in a vulnerable state aboard flights he was working.”According to a criminal complaint, Mr. Thompson was working as a flight attendant on an American Airlines flight to Boston from Charlotte on Sept. 2. About halfway through the flight, the 14-year-old girl got up to use a lavatory in the main cabin, the document says.

Persons: Estes Carter Thompson III, “, Joshua S, Levy, “ Mr, Thompson Organizations: American Airlines, District Locations: Charlotte, N.C, Lynchburg, Va, U.S, Massachusetts, Boston

☆ American Airlines flight attendant faces child porn charge after allegedly filming minors in airplane bathrooms, DOJ says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Sarah Dewberry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

After the incident, Thompson was “immediately withheld from service” and hasn’t worked for American Airlines since, the company said in a statement. Estes Carter Thompson Lynchburg Adult Detention Center“We take these allegations very seriously,” American Airlines said in its statement. “It is alleged that, beneath the red stickers, Thompson had concealed his iPhone to record a video,” the release said. The girl took a picture of the concealed phone and returned to her seat to show her parents, it said. The parents notified other flight attendants, who then told the plane’s captain, who in turn alerted law enforcement on the ground, prosecutors said.

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Tokyo CNN —An American airline passenger allegedly bit a female cabin crew member mid-flight on Tuesday, forcing an All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight bound for Seattle to return to Tokyo, an airline spokesperson said. Flight ANA 118 departed Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 9:47 p.m. local time and turned around a little over an hour into its journey, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. An ANA spokesperson told CNN that the male passenger was detained by police after the plane landed in the Japanese capital. The female flight attendant sustained minor injuries, the spokesperson said. In 2022, two passengers were given hefty fines for hitting and biting crew and other passengers on separate flights with US carriers American Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

Persons: It’s Organizations: Tokyo CNN —, All Nippon Airways, ANA, Flight ANA, Tokyo’s, CNN, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: American, Seattle, Tokyo, Texas

☆ Travel news: Inside the world’s best, and sexiest, hotels for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. To calm our nerves, here are some happier tales of globe-spanning love stories, China’s search for a Monkey King and the sexiest new hotels opening in 2024. Here are 24 outrageously sexy new hotels we’re excited about this year, including spots in Italy, Japan and Transylvania. Passalacqua, a luxury hotel on Lake Como, was voted the best hotel in the world at the inaugural World’s 50 Best Hotels awards at the end of last year. Hail the Monkey KingAn employee dressed up as Monkey King at Wuzhishan Scenic Area in the northern Chinese province of Hebei.

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☆ A bride said she almost missed her big day after United canceled the flight to her wedding on a Boeing 737 Max 9
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Monica Humphries | Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Emma Degerstedt took to TikTok to share her wedding flight got axed last minute. She was slated to fly on a Boeing 737 Max 9, the plane model that lost its door mid-air last week. But a day before Degerstedt and her fiancé were scheduled to fly from Newark, New Jersey, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for their wedding, Degerstedt discovered their United flight was canceled. "We were emotionally prepared for this moment, but we just thought it might be a delayed flight due to weather," Degerstedt told BI. He booked the pair on the last two seats of an American Airlines flight heading to Florida at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday.

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☆ American Airlines let a flight attendant delete 'evidence' after filming a teen girl with a hidden camera in an airplane bathroom, new lawsuit alleges
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A new lawsuit alleges that an American Airlines flight attendant hid a camera inside a plane bathroom. The suit alleges that the flight attendant used a cell phone to film a 14-year-old in the bathroom. AdvertisementA lawsuit filed on Friday alleges that an American Airlines flight attendant used a hidden bathroom cell phone to film a 14-year-old girl and that the airline gave the staffer enough time to "destroy" any "incriminating evidence." The lawsuit alleges that the teen's father went after the flight attendant who led his daughter to the first-class bathroom and demanded to see his phone. I have nothing to do with this," the employee told the dad, the lawsuit alleges.

Persons: —, Jane Doe, begrudgingly, Erin Reding, Reding, negligently, haven't Organizations: American Airlines, Service, Business, North Carolina, American Airlines Group, FBI, Airlines Locations: Charlotte , North Carolina, Boston , Massachusetts, Charlotte, Boston

☆ An American Airlines passenger is facing charges after an chaotic meltdown before takeoff, according to a wild police report
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

An American Airlines passenger was arrested this week in connection to an attack on a staffer. The Miami-Dade Police Department report says the chaos unfolded before American Airlines Flight 2213 took off for New York City. Advertisement"Acts of violence against our colleagues are not tolerated by American Airlines and we are committed to working closely with law enforcement in their investigation," the spokesperson said. The FAA has 'zero-tolerance' for unruly passengersThe Federal Aviation Administration has a "zero-tolerance" policy for unruly passenger behavior. So far this year, the FAA has received about 1,900 unruly passenger reports, stats show.

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☆ Flight attendants 'hot bed' to deal with sporadic shifts – but an insider says the practice is in a legal gray zone
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementFor those not in the aviation industry, it might be easy to assume the life of a flight attendant is glamorous with constant travel. For that reason, flight attendants on reserve sometimes resort to staying in shared housing, commonly known as a "crash pad." @flightattendantbaelee/TikTokDepending on the city, crash pads are houses or apartments that are usually owned by flight attendants, pilots, or former airline crew. What's more, flight attendants have two options to choose from within the crash pad: a "hot bed" or "cold bed." "You typically see that it's like the crash pad owner sucks or something, and someone feels the crash pad owner wronged them."

Persons: —, isn't, Lea, @flightattendantbaelee, she's, Lea —, there's, I've, Amelia Hanron, Lea's, Insider's Monica Humphries, Cierra, Zach, Cody Organizations: Service, American Airlines, French Bulldogs, Pad Locations: Lea, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, , New York, New York City

Officials with the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association say they too will ask for the right to strike if they don't have a contract deal with the airline in the next few days. “We definitely don't feel any equality here,” said Erik Harris, treasurer of the flight attendants' union. “How come the pilots have gotten their deal and we haven't?”Because of pattern bargaining, Southwest pilots are likely to wind up with raises like those approved for American Airlines pilots. The Southwest pilots' union has already tried and failed once this year to get permission to strike. On Thursday, several dozen American Airlines flight attendants picketed along a thoroughfare outside company headquarters in Texas, some carrying signs reading, “Ready to strike."

Persons: ”, “, Erik Harris, Tom Nekouei, Harris Organizations: —, Airlines, The, Professional, Southwest, Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, U.S, Spirit Airlines, National, Board, American Airlines, Boeing, ”, United Auto Workers, Hollywood, Teamsters, United Parcel Service Locations: Texas, Dallas, Fort Worth, Southwest, ” Dallas

☆ Flight attendants don't get to choose their 'base' cities — inside the intense process and what happens if you work somewhere you don't live
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Monica Humphries | Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

While training, flight attendants rank their preferred "base cities" where they'll fly from. Videos of flight attendants revealing the cities they want vs the cities they get go viral. During training, flight attendants learn safety protocols, practice emergency drills, and get familiar with airplane equipment. Flight attendants rank where they want to workTwo flight attendants said their base reveal happened within the first three weeks of training. This means the airport had appealing flights and flight times, and therefore senior flight attendants sought that location.

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