Gettysburg, PA
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PA X-Ray Tech Who Listened To Her Dog Die On Flight Blames Southwest Airline PA X-Ray Tech Who Listened To Her Dog Die On Flight Blames Southwest Airline PA X-Ray Tech Who Listened To Her Dog Die On Flight Blames Southwest Airline
PA X-Ray Tech Who Listened To Her Dog Die On Flight Blames Southwest Airline A dog used to help comfort COVID-19 patients died suddenly while onboard Southwest Airlines, according to the Pennsylvania dog owner's attorney. The x-ray technician only identified as Courtney claims her 3-year-old French bulldog died during a Southwest Airlines flight on Dec. 21, her attorney Evan Oshan said in an email to Daily Voice. Courtney was en route to Pennsylvania from Pensacola, Florida and changed to flight 552 in Nashville, Tennessee. Sometime during that flight, her dog Charlie began having breathing problems while in his dog carrier, according to the statement. 3-year-…

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by Jillian Pikora
Bristol, PA
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Woman Totes Handgun In Coat Pocket At Philadelphia Airport: TSA Woman Totes Handgun In Coat Pocket At Philadelphia Airport: TSA Woman Totes Handgun In Coat Pocket At Philadelphia Airport: TSA
Woman Totes Handgun In Coat Pocket At Philadelphia Airport: TSA A North Carolina woman was arrested after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers found a handgun inside her coat pocket at a Philadelphia International Airport security checkpoint, officials said. TSA officer spotted the gun in the security checkpoint X-ray machine and alerted police on Dec. 21, spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. Police confiscated the weapon and arrested the woman, who also faces a stiff federal financial civil penalty for carrying her gun to a TSA security checkpoint. “It’s the busy holiday travel period and it’s no time to be toting a gun to the a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
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New Airline Coming To Long Island MacArthur New Airline Coming To Long Island MacArthur New Airline Coming To Long Island MacArthur
New Airline Coming To Long Island MacArthur It'll be a breeze to get a flight at MacArthur Airport after an upstart airline added the Long Island destination to its growing list of routes. “Breeze Airways,” which was founded by David Neelman, the mind behind JetBlue and other major airline start-ups, is set to begin flying in and out of the Ronkonkoma airport as soon as early 2022. Eight new routes will be added in February from MacArthur and Palm Beach International Airport in Florida as Breeze's 17th and 18 destinations, expanding the airline's network to 42 routes. "Breeze’s business model is to add ‘nice, new nonstop’ flights on…

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by Zak Failla
Allentown, PA
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Traveler Caught With Gun At Lehigh Valley Airport Checkpoint Traveler Caught With Gun At Lehigh Valley Airport Checkpoint Traveler Caught With Gun At Lehigh Valley Airport Checkpoint
Traveler Caught With Gun At Lehigh Valley Airport Checkpoint TSA agents nabbed a Texas man as he attempted to board a plane at Lehigh Valley Airport with a gun and a loaded magazine in his carry-on bag, authorities said. The 9mm gun was not loaded, but it was accompanied by a gun magazine containing 15 bullets, the Transportation Security Administration said. Police took him into custody and confiscated the gun, the TSA said. This is the airport's seventh gun confiscation this year, the agency said. The TSA, which didn't identify the man arrested Wednesday, said it "reserves the right to issue a civil penalty to travelers who have guns and gun…

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by Nicole Acosta
Newark, NJ
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Traveler Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Checkpoint Traveler Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Checkpoint Traveler Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Checkpoint
Traveler Caught With Gun At Newark Airport Checkpoint TSA agents grabbed a Florida man as he tried to board a plane at Newark Airport with a gun and a box of ammo in his carry-on baggage, authorities said. The weapon was properly packed in a hard-sided case along with a box that held 35 bullets, the Transportation Security Administration said. But it wasn't supposed to be carried on, the TSA said. Had he declared the gun, the passenger would have been able to include the legally owned firearm with his checked baggage, the agency said. He apparently forgot. Agents held the man for Port Authority police who took him into custody. That makes …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
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Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant
Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant An American Airlines flight from New York was diverted after a passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant. Flight 976 had departed New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27, and was headed to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, but was diverted to Denver because of the incident, the airline said in a statement. The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate where law enforcement removed and apprehended the passenger, the airline said.  American Airlines did not provide details or the flight attendant's condition. But passe…

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by Kathy Reakes
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant
Flight From NY Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Assaults Flight Attendant An American Airlines flight from New York was diverted after a passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant. Flight 976 had departed New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport around 9:30 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 27, and was headed to John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, but was diverted to Denver because of the incident, the airline said in a statement. The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate where law enforcement removed and apprehended the passenger, the airline said.  American Airlines did not provide details or the flight attendant's condition. But passe…

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by Kathy Reakes
Pittsfield, MA
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Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport
Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport A man was bedbound for 19 hours after an airline broke his wheelchair in Boston and then refused to load it onto a plane in Charlotte, NC, he and his New Jersey wife said on social media. Matt Wetherbee, age 34, tweeted from a bed during a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that American's crew at Boston Logan International Airport had damaged his chair.  Then, the crew in Charlotte refused to load it onto the plane he was boarding with wife and Kaitlyn Kiely -- an Old Tappan, NJ native -- due to a lack of space. The couple made headlines in 2018, when Keily pushed Wetherbee…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
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Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair
Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair A quadriplegic man was bedbound for 19 hours after the airline broke his wheelchair in Boston and then refused to load it onto a plane in Charlotte, NC, he and his New Jersey wife said on social media. Matt Wetherbee, 34, tweeted from a bed during a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that American's crew at Boston Logan International Airport had damaged his chair.  Then, the crew in Charlotte refused to load it onto the plane he was boarding due to a lack of space. After my chair was damaged twice on 2 separate @AmericanAir flights, grounds crew in Charlotte refused to l…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bedford, NY
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Airport In Hudson Valley To Begin New Flights To Three Florida Cities Airport In Hudson Valley To Begin New Flights To Three Florida Cities Airport In Hudson Valley To Begin New Flights To Three Florida Cities
Airport In Hudson Valley To Begin New Flights To Three Florida Cities New air service to three Florida cities is coming to a Hudson Valley airport this fall.New York Stewart International Airport, located in New Windsor in Orange County, is getting ready to launch air service to Miami, Tampa, and Orlando aboard Frontier Airlines, according to an announcement made on Tuesday, July 27. Frontier Airlines said it will schedule flights between New York Stewart and Miami International Airport, and between New York Stewart and Tampa International Airport, three times per week beginning Tuesday, Nov. 2. The airline will also schedule flights between New York Stewart a…

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by Nicole Valinote
Torrington, CT
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No Freedom From High Gas Prices For Fourth Of July Travelers, AAA Says No Freedom From High Gas Prices For Fourth Of July Travelers, AAA Says No Freedom From High Gas Prices For Fourth Of July Travelers, AAA Says
No Freedom From High Gas Prices For Fourth Of July Travelers, AAA Says With America on the mend from the COVID-19 pandemic, millions are expected to hit the road for the holiday weekend, though there will be no relief at the pump as gas prices remain sky-high. Approximately 47.7 million Americans are expected to travel between Thursday, July 1, and Monday, July 5 - a dramatic upturn from a year ago - with more than 43 million expected to travel by car, despite elevated gas prices. As of Wednesday, June 30, the average price per gallon at the pump nationally has hit $3.12 cents, up from $3.07 a week ago, $3.04 a month ago, and up nearly a dollar from $2.18 a ye…

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by Zak Failla
Newark, NJ
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Family Reportedly Kicked Off Newark-Bound Flight After 2-Year-Old Girl Refused Face Mask Family Reportedly Kicked Off Newark-Bound Flight After 2-Year-Old Girl Refused Face Mask Family Reportedly Kicked Off Newark-Bound Flight After 2-Year-Old Girl Refused Face Mask
Family Reportedly Kicked Off Newark-Bound Flight After 2-Year-Old Girl Refused Face Mask A Colorado mom says her family was kicked off a United Airlines flight to Newark Liberty International Airport after their 2-year-old daughter refused to wear a face mask. Eliz Orban's video from the Dec. 11 flight shows her husband, Erhard Orban, trying to get Edeline to wear her mask as the plane prepared for take off from Denver. Moments later, a flight attendant can be seen coming over to their seats and asking them to get off due to non-compliance. The Orbans questioned the move, but ultimately exited the plane -- frustrated and saddened that they wouldn't be able to make it to t…

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by Cecilia Levine