FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS

Dec 27 2024WEATHER

Severe Weather Disrupts US Travel Plans Over Holidays

As one of the busiest travel seasons in the US kicks off, severe weather has already caused a buzz with hundreds of flight cancellations. Texas and Louisiana witnessed tornado warnings on Thursday, leading the Federal Aviation Administration to halt operations at two airports. Texas Governor Greg Abbott activated emergency resources in response. The National Weather...

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Nov 12 2024CRIME

Gunfire on Haiti-Bound Plane: Flight Attendant Hurt, Airlines Respond

Gunshots hit a Spirit Airlines plane flying to Haiti on Monday, injuring a flight attendant. The plane, heading from Fort Lauderdale to Port-au-Prince, was forced to land in the Dominican Republic. Spirit Airlines confirmed the damage to the plane was due to gunfire and mentioned that one of their flight attendants was slightly hurt but no passengers were injured. Th...

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Oct 03 2024BUSINESS

Japan airport closed by explosion of U. S. bomb likely dating to World War II

A regional airport in southwest Japan was closed on Wednesday after an American bomb, most likely dropped during World War II to stem "kamikaze" attacks, exploded near its runway, causing nearly 90 flight cancellations. The explosion, which occurred at Miyazaki Airport, created a crater 23 feet wide and nearly 3 feet deep in the middle of the taxiway next to the run...

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Oct 03 2024NATION

Buried US second world war bomb explodes at Japanese airport

A US bomb from the second world war that had been buried at a Japanese airport has exploded, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no injuries, Japanese officials said. Land and transport ministry officials said there were no aircraft nearby when the bomb exploded at Miyazaki airport in south-western Japan on Wednesday. ...

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