An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing after the pilots mistakenly thought someone was trying to break into the cockpit

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An American Eagle American Airlines Embraer E175LR takes off from Los Angeles International Airport on January 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
A problem with the plane's intercom and knocking on the cockpit door made the pilots think someone was trying to break in.

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An Airbus A380 from Australia to South Africa took passengers on a 9-hour flight to nowhere after a satellite issue

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Qantas Airbus A380 aircraft as seen flying and landing at London Heathrow Airport LHR.
A Qantas Airbus A380.

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A United flight from Paris to DC had to U-turn to avoid flying across the Atlantic without enough working bathrooms

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A United Airlines Boeing 767 is at London Heathrow Airport in London, United Kingdom, on June 10, 2023.
A United Airlines Boeing 767.

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A United flight to Greenland U-turned after airport security staff were told they weren't properly trained to screen the passengers

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A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane departs from Los Angeles International Airport en route to Baltimore on March 30, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max.

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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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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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An American Airlines flight turned around after a passenger tried to drag a flight attendant down the aisle, an affidavit says

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An American Eagle airplane in the sky.
 An American Airlines Embraer 175.

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