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  1. No Warranty

    Airport Pilot Job

    Two men are looking for work, one sees an airport and says, "Lets go over there and ask for work." The other one says "No!" The first man says "Well, I'm going to ask." So he go's to the airport and asks "Are you guys hiring?" The man behind the desk replies, "What can you do?", he...
  2. No Warranty

    2 die in small-plane crash near Ottawa airport

    Two people are dead after a Cessna Cardinal 177 plane crashed in a field near Ottawa's MacDonald-Cartier airport south of the city. More...
  3. No Warranty

    Richmond plane crash leaves pilot dead

    RCMP have confirmed that the pilot of a plane that crashed on a busy street near the Vancouver International Airport on Thursday afternoon has died. More...
  4. FTA Hacker

    Power outage delays flights in Minneapolis-St. Paul

    (CNN) -- Delta Airlines had to cancel 250 flights on Saturday due to the power outage at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, a company spokeswoman said. Betsy Talton of Delta Airlines said the airline is working to rebook passengers as soon as possible. Airport Public Affairs Manager Melissa...
  5. FTA Hacker

    AA flight makes emergency landing

    LITTLE ROCK, Ark., -- An American Airlines jetliner was diverted safely to Little Rock, Ark., Sunday afternoon after a reported engine fire, officials said. Flight 1720, an MD 80, had been making its way to Washington Dulles International Airport from Dallas-Fort Worth with 136 passengers and...
  6. Scammer

    Man gets life in prison for JFK bomb plot

    -- A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Guyanese man convicted of plotting to detonate explosives at John F. Kennedy International Airport to life behind bars. Russell Defreitas was found guilty of conspiring to explode fuel tanks and a fuel pipeline at the airport after being arrested in...
  7. Scammer

    FAA: Teen arrested for "dangerous" laser incident on pilot

    -- A 14-year-old was arrested late Tuesday after shining a powerful laser light into the eyes of a pilot who was approaching Los Angeles International Airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The arrest puts a spotlight on what the FAA calls a dangerous problem in recent years. In...
  8. Scammer

    Chechen claims responsibility for Moscow airport attack

    Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov has claimed responsibility for last month's deadly attack on Moscow's main international airport that left 36 people dead. -- Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility Monday for last month's deadly attack on Moscow's main international airport...
  9. BROWNNOSE

    TSA Making Airport Body Scanners More Private

    The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has begun testing new software designed to make full body scanner images at airport security more private. In a demonstration at a TSA facility at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, TSA Administrator John Pistole showed off the...
  10. Scammer

    Russia: Security failings 'unbelievable'

    http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/26/chance.russia.terror.impact.cnn -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev demanded Tuesday that officials responsible for security at Moscow's busiest airport be punished after 35 people were killed in a suicide bombing there, state-run media said...
  11. Scammer

    Jets intercept UK-bound flight

    -- Britain's Royal Air Force scrambled jets Monday to escort a passenger plane in for landing after a man made threats on an Etihad Airways flight, authorities said. The British national, 37, was arrested on arrival, police in the county of Essex said. The flight was bound for London's...
  12. Scammer

    Chilean strike strands travelers

    -- Thousands of travelers remain stuck in southern Chile after striking workers, frustrated with rising fuel prices, set up roadblocks in front of a major airport access road, according to CNN Chile reporter Nicolas Paut in Punta Arenas, Chile. The strikes and demonstrations erupted last week...
  13. Scammer

    Airport security apologizes to B.C. woman, 82

    Elizabeth Strecker forgot that her prosthetic breast was made of gel, a material that's prohibited in certain quantities on aircraft, her daughter-in-law says. The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority is apologizing after an 82-year-old B.C. woman was reduced to tears at Calgary...
  14. Scammer

    Man who pleaded guilty in NYC airport terror plot gets 15 years

    -- A man who pleaded guilty last summer in a plot to blow up fuel tanks and the fuel pipeline under New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison. Judge Dora L. Irizarry, who presides over the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, handed down...
  15. Scammer

    Earth's magnetic shift affects airport

    Tampa International Airport's new runway designations, a result of a shift of Earth’s magnetic North Pole, take effect Thursday A runway at Florida's Tampa International Airport is scheduled to reopen Thursday with new numbers and signage to account for the gradual shift of the Earth's...
  16. Scammer

    Turkish Air passengers foil attack

    -- A man claiming to have a bomb tried to enter the cockpit of a Turkish Airlines plane about to land in Istanbul, Turkey, but was tackled by passengers and taken into custody, Turkish media reported Wednesday. The man, identified as 40-year-old Cuma Yasar, was wearing a snowmask as he...
  17. Scammer

    Two Canadians Nabbed at Airport with 8Ks of Cocaine

    PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic.- Antinarcotics (DNCD) agents arrested two Canadians in the local airport as they were about to board a Thursday night flight back to their country with eight kilos of cocaine. Yves Debois, 46, and Christian Rioux, 28, each had more than 300 bags weighing 7.93...
  18. Scammer

    Man strips at airport security

    The fury over new security measures at airports apparently hasn't died down by the end of the holiday season. At least, not in Richmond. On Thursday afternoon, Richmond International Airport Police responded to an incident outside of Security Checkpoint B when a man reportedly stripped down to...
  19. Scammer

    Blizzard cancels nearly 10,000 flights

    Nearly 10,000 flights canceled since holiday blizzard began - CNN.com http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2010/12/27/vo.new.york.snow.cnn New York -- Close to 10,000 total flights have been canceled since the beginning of a holiday blizzard that blanketed much of the U.S. northeast with snow...
  20. Scammer

    Canadian flights cancelled over U.S. storms

    Passengers at Pearson airport in Toronto endure a slew of cancellations on flights to and from U.S. cities including Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Nearly 155 flights to and from Toronto's main airport were cancelled Sunday because of snowstorms in the northeastern United States. Pearson...
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