Arizona dust storm forces dozens of flight diversions

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A giant dust storm approaches the Phoenix metro area as a monsoon storm pushes the dust into the air, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Phoenix.
A haboob rolled through Phoenix on Monday evening.

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United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11-hour delay — then got to the UK after their original plane

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A Boeing 767-424 of United Airlines takes off from Berlin-Brandenburg
A United Airlines Boeing 767.

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Breeze Airways passengers were delayed 7 hours after diverting due to an 'unruly' skateboard-waving passenger

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A police car and a Breeze Airways Airbus A220 parked on the tarmac at Grand Junction Airport in Colorado
Police attended to the flight after it diverted to Colorado.

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Mexico City's airport flooded, forcing flights to nowhere and diversions like a landing 800 miles away

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Soldiers remove water from a flooded house following heavy rainfall in Mexico City, Mexico, August 10, 2025.
Soldiers removed water from a flooded house in Mexico City on Sunday.

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Passenger's bathroom nightmare is turning into another headache for Boeing

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A Boeing 737 Max is displayed during the Farnborough Airshow, in Farnborough, on July 18, 2022
The FAA may order bathroom door latches to be replaced on thousands of Boeing 737s.

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A United Boeing 787 with 176 people on board had to divert after the pilot's screens went blank over remote northern Canada

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A United Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner taking off from Barcelona-El Prat Airport.
A United Airlines Boeing 787.

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A flight from Cancún to Chicago diverted to Memphis after severe turbulence left several passengers injured

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United Airlines plane taking off.
The flight was operated by a United Airlines Boeing 737 (not pictured.)

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Airlines sometimes turn their planes around and fly thousands of miles home when they have problems. Here's why.

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A British Airways plane is taxiing to take-off as a United Airlines plane lands at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on September 15, 2022.
Jets operated by British Airways and United Airlines.

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