Spirit Airlines put a 6-year-old on the wrong flight and flew him 160 miles away from his family

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A Spirit Airlines plane.
A Spirit Airlines plane.

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Airline passengers delayed on a runway for 7 hours were only given one small bag of pretzels to eat, report says

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British Airways plane
Poor weather conditions and fuel issues caused a seven-hour delay to a British Airways flight.

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Near miss between private jet and Southwest flight sparks investigations, report says

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Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport.
Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7H4 takes off from Hollywood Burbank Airport.

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These are the airlines most likely to bump you from flights

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Frontier Airlines' first A321neo.
Frontier Airlines.

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A father traveling with his 13-year-old daughter says he was wrongly suspected of human trafficking by flight attendants

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An American Airlines plane sits at the gate.
Francisco De Jesus and his daughter were flying on American Airlines from Seattle to Charlotte.

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We became the first mother-daughter duo to copilot an international flight — here's how the FedEx trip happened and what it was like

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Teri Eidson and Nicole McCallister
Teri Eidson and Nicole McCallister.

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American Airlines passenger accused of assaulting a flight attendant over a menu dispute

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An American Airlines plane sits at the gate.
The passenger was traveling from Barbados to Miami.

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A plane in Australia was forced to turn back after a fight broke out among passengers. After several hours it took off again, and there was another fight, reports say.

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A map of Australia showing the locations of Cairns and Groote Eylandt
A map showing the route the flight took from Cairns, Queensland to Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory.

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A man bought $250,000 of plane tickets for $17,000 after a Japanese airline made a mistake with currency conversions, report says

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An All Nippon Airways Boeing 777-300ER inflight.
All Nippon Airways Boeing 777-300ER.

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8 passengers and 2 crew were hurt when a plane hit severe turbulence and sent carts flying during a meal service, reports say

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Hi Fly Malta Airbus A340-500.
The turbulence occurred on the flight from Luanda to Lisbon.

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