4 sleeping passengers fatally shot on train, mayor of Chicago suburb says; suspect arrested; gun recovered
Four passengers were shot and killed while sleeping on a Chicago Transit Authority train Monday morning, according to the mayor of the Chicago suburb of Forest Park. CTA workers found the shooting victim around 5:30 a.m. WLS-TV reportedForest Park police said they received a 911 call about the shooting. Three victims were pronounced dead at […]
Labor Day train shooting in Chicago claims the life of four passengers
Four people were shot and killed on a train near Chicago on Monday morning, according to Illinois authorities. Authorities were called to the station in the village of Forest Park in Cook County around 5:30 a.m. Monday when the shooting happened on a CTA Blue Line train. Three were pronounced dead at the scene, and […]
Gunmen kill 23 passengers taken from vehicles in an attack in southwest Pakistan
Gunmen identified and took 23 passengers from buses, vehicles and trucks and shot them dead in one of the deadliest attacks in Pakistan’s restive southwest, police and authorities said Monday. Senior police official Ayub Achakzai said the murder took place at night in Balochistan’s Musakhair district, and that the assailants set at least 10 vehicles […]
331 Swiss International passengers get stranded 20 hours in Kazakhstan after plan goes off runway
A Lufthansa Boeing 747 can be seen on video making a violent bounce as it landed at Los Angeles Airport on Tuesday. Credit: Airline Videos Live via YouTube Hundreds of airline passengers were forced to wait almost a day to continue their journey after a plane got stuck in mud while attempting to take off […]
Passengers say they missed doomed Brazilian airline flight over booking mix-up
Two people who were scheduled to board the ill-fated VoePass plane that crashed in Brazil, killing all 62 people on board, claimed on Friday that a mistake allowed them to miss the flight and avoid death. The two passengers, who were due to board an ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop plane, told Brazilian media they missed […]
Passengers Recall Missing Flight That Crashed in Brazil
Two travellers who were stranded on the plane that crashed in Brazil on Friday, killing all 61 passengers on board, are speaking out about their experiences. Adriano Assis was in a hurry to Cascavel Regional Airport. catch He arrived at the airport at around 9:40 a.m. to board a Voepass Airlines flight scheduled to take […]
Flying taxis for passengers at Paris Olympics scrapped over safety concerns
A German air taxi manufacturer has scrapped plans to transport passengers in futuristic drones during the Paris Olympics due to delays in engine certification, the company said. Personal aircraft maker Volocopter has been testing flying taxis in the Paris area for several years and had been lobbying European authorities to allow the introduction of its […]
‘I’m sure we’ve lost passengers’: Alaska Airlines flight attendants detail terrifying panel blowout incident
Flight attendants recently provided details about the incident that occurred on January 5th aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, which was traveling from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California, when a door panel flew off during the flight. Fox Business report. The National Transportation Safety Board held a hearing Tuesday about the horrific accident on a Boeing […]
Delta hit with class-action lawsuit from passengers over refunds following CrowdStrike outage
Daniel Shay, VP of Options at Simpler Trading and Delta analyst, discusses the outlook for airline stocks and tech stocks following the IT outage. A group of passengers affected by Delta’s mass flight cancellations caused by last month’s Crowdstrike outage are suing the airline, claiming the airline has not provided refunds as requested. The class […]
Alaska Air crew feared passengers were lost in mid-air blowout: testimony
Alaska Airlines flight attendants feared passengers could be sucked out of the plane in the chaos that followed a mid-air panel rupture on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet on Jan. 5, according to shocking testimony released Tuesday by safety experts. The comments, gleaned from interviews with unnamed crew members, are part of thousands of […]