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Storms Kill At Least 4, Cancel and Delay Over 7,000 Flights
The storms that swept the South Saturday with strong winds, dangerous tornadoes, and hail continue to move east after killing at least four people.
“A strong storm moving across the eastern portions of the country will bring the threat of severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall from the Northeast to the Ohio Valley and Gulf Coast today,” the National Weather Service said in a statement.
Damaging winds, large hail, and a few tornadoes …
American Airlines Set to Restart 737 Max Flights by August 19
American Airlines, which is one of three U.S. airlines that had to ground its Boeing 737 Max fleet in the aftermath of the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash in March, announced that it plans to have the beleaguered aircraft back in the skies by mid August.
Saying it was confident that the Federal Aviation Administration would recertify the aircraft by mid-August, the airline said in a memo to employees that it has …
In Final Merger Milestone, American Moves Flight Attendants to Preferential Bidding System
All flight attendants at American Airlines will be using a new system to bid for trips for the month of May, as the airline completes one last step in its merger. The new program is called the preferential bidding system, or PBS.
“When fully implemented, these new systems will provide you with greater flexibility and simplicity in organizing your monthly schedules through a user-friendly, web-based platform, accessible anywhere in the …
Man Jumps Out of Plane After Touching and Spraying Other Passengers
The passenger who jumped off an aircraft at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Friday morning first touched the faces of other passengers and sprayed them with an unknown substance, police said.
The passenger “randomly touched the faces of other passengers” and sprayed several with an unknown substance, the Phoenix police department said in a statement.
Crew members on American Airlines Flight 1346, which arrived from Minneapolis at 6:12 a.m. Friday morning, asked …
Man Jumps from American Airlines Plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix exited the aircraft rather abruptly shortly after landing by opening one of the plane’s doors and jumping onto the tarmac.
Crew members on American Airlines Flight 1346, which arrived at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport at 6:12 a.m. Friday morning, asked law enforcement to meet the aircraft because of an unruly passenger. Before police could arrive, the passenger had made …
American Airlines Aircraft Returns to Gate After Hitting Sign at JFK
An American Airlines aircraft returned to the gate Wednesday night after hitting a sign during takeoff.
Flight 300 was taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport when it hit a sign that was adjacent to the runway.
The aircraft “struck an object upon departure,” the airline said. A spokesman for the airline said that the plane hit the sign because it was slightly off center during takeoff.
The aircraft, which left the …
American Adjusts Schedule Due to 737 Max Grounding
American Airlines announced it is making additional changes to its flying schedule for May and early June as a result of the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max.
The 737 Max was grounded worldwide as the result of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max in March that had similarities to the October crash of a Lion Air 737 Max.
The airline removed the 24 737 Max aircraft, which it uses …
