A passenger of the US Airways plane scheduled to fly from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., told the crew that she had a surgically implanted device, the authorities said.
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Plane Diverted After Passenger Claims an Implanted Device
Two warplanes are scrambled to escort a US Airways transatlantic flight diverted because of a passenger’s suspicious behaviour.
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Security scare diverts US plane
Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, whose stay at the US embassy caused a diplomatic crisis, leaves China on a plane heading for the US.
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China activist Chen heads for US
Turkey says it scrambled two military jets to chase away an Israeli plane which allegedly violated the airspace of Turkish-held northern Cyprus.
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Turkey jets ‘pursue Israel plane’
ACCORDING TO Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) whistleblowers, air traffic controllers in the New York area have slept on the job, left shifts early and used personal electronic gadgets while working in the control room. Emergency service helicopters have been inadequately equipped with night-vision systems, potentially interfering with pilots’ ability to read instruments. Unauthorized aircraft have entered U.S. airspace near Puerto Rico. Inconsistent runway rules at the Detroit airport have caused planes to come too close together during takeoff and landing. Planes have flown with electrical wiring and fuel tank systems that violate FAA airworthiness directives. Read full article > >
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Editorial Board: Taking air safety complaints seriously
Two men die as a microlight plane crashes near the summit of Ben More in Stirlingshire.
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Two die in mountain plane crash
A recent Oral Roberts University graduate was the only one of five people en route to a Christian youth conference to survive a plane crash in southeastern Kansas, officials said Saturday.
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Youth conference bound plane crashes
For the espresso obsessed (like me), visiting Italy is like journeying to Mecca: Caffeine-loving crusaders seek answers by crossing time, language and cultural barriers to visit the drink’s motherland. And although it’s not a sip from an Islamic holy well, this potent secular beverage does transport devotees to a higher plane — if only until the jitters wear off. Read full article > >
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In Italy, a spiritual search for the essence of espresso
The Vesta asteroid is the only remaining example of the original objects that came together to form the rocky planets like Earth, say scientists.
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Vesta is ‘last of a kind’ rock
The government has changed its mind over the type of fighter planes it is ordering for the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers.
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U-turn over fighter plane choice
Rescuers find a number of bodies at the wreckage of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet plane that crashed into mountains in Indonesia.
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Bodies found at Russia jet wreck
A foiled plot to sneak a bomb through airport checkpoints and onto a plane bound for the United States calls attention to gaps in screening measures that are supposed to detect threats airport metal detectors miss.
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Body scanning gaps cause for concern
Investigators are studying an explosive device they say terrorists in Yemen crafted to slip past airport metal detectors and onto a U.S.-bound plane.
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New sophistication seen in bomb plot
A 60-year-old man attempting to fly from Baltimore to Tampa, Florida, this weekend is facing charges for attempting to board a plane with a loaded gun, the Transportation Security Administration says.
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TSA stops flier with loaded gun
On U.S.-bound planes a year after bin Laden killed.
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Officials: High Alert for Body Bombs
