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Woman called 'too fat to fly' sues Southwest Airlines on weight policy

Kenlie Tiggeman, the 32-year-old woman from Louisiana who was challenged by a Southwest Airlines gate agent at Love Field in Dallas one year ago,...
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Portland, Oregon airport passenger arrested for nudity protesting TSA screening

John E. Brennan, a 50-year-old man, was arrested at Portland International Airport (PDX) on Tuesday evening, April 17, 2012 after stripping naked...
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Lightning strike causes United Airlines jet to return to San Francisco

A United Airlines Boeing 777-222/ER, registration N788UA, operating as Flight UA-930, traveling from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to...
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JetBlue pilot could face 20 years in a federal prison

U.S. Magistrate Judge Clinton E. Averitte in Amarillo, Texas signed a criminal complaint prepared by FBI Special Agent John Whitworth against 49...
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JetBlue flight diverts to Amarillo after captain ousted from flight deck

A newly delivered JetBlue Airways (B6) Airbus A320-232, tail number N796JB, operating as Flight 191 from JFK International Airport in New York to...
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Tourists denied entry by Homeland Security at LAX over Twitter comments

Leigh Van Bryan, a 26-year-old Irish citizen who manages a bar in Coventry, and his British girlfriend 24-year-old Emily Banting from Birmingham,...
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TSA bikini protestor Corinne Theile promises further airport appearances

Corinne C. Theile of Los Angeles, CA has promised her 2,276 followers on Twitter that she intends to continue to wear a bikini whenever she travels...
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Passenger with gun evades TSA at DFW airport

Judith P. Kenney, a 65-year-old lawyer from Little Elm, Texas was arrested at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on Wednesday, January...
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Airline passenger disappears after LAX sex drug bust

An unnamed 40-year-old South Korean citizen who arrived at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on January 6, 2012 with two carry-on bags...
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Zynga and Greyhound may benefit from Alec Baldwin tiff with American Airlines

The removal of actor Alec Baldwin from American Airlines Flight AA-4 from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to John F. Kennedy International...
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