TSA agents think the crew-member lane at airports is a huge security flaw that staff abuse for smuggling

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The cabin crew has a special security lane, but some TSA agents think it's a safety risk.

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Severe turbulence launches passengers to the ceiling of Singapore Airline flight

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A passenger died and 30 other people were injured on a Singapore Airlines flight when the plane hit severe turbulence, prompting an emergency landing in Bangkok.

Passengers are carrying plane parts in their luggage to get them to sanction-hit Russian airlines: report

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A worker of luggage service at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia
An employee at Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, on July 8, 2019.

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Passengers were stuck for hours in sweaty, stifling corridors at Britain's busiest airports as passport systems crashed

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The main passport control hall at the north terminal of London's Gatwick airport during a e-gate outage.

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While Boeing's passenger planes glitch, NASA is entrusting the company's spaceship with 2 astronauts' lives

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The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is guided into position above an Atlas V rocket for an uncrewed test flight.

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Nearly half of all aircraft noise complaints in Australia last year were filed by a single person, who complained 20,716 times

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A view of Airbus against the sky from below.
A view from below of an Airbus against the sky.

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A man repeatedly punched by Mike Tyson in a viral video taken on a JetBlue flight is suing the former heavyweight champ — 2 years after the incident

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Mike Tyson, former heavyweight boxing champion, is being sued.

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A 101-year-old woman keeps getting mistaken for a baby on flights, and says it's because American Airlines' booking system can't handle her age

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American Airlines.

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Singer Lily Allen weighed in on an age-old airline debate, saying she flies first class, but her kids go coach

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Lily Allen
Singer Lily Allen.

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Alaska Airlines was named America's favorite airline for the 2nd year in a row — months after a hole blew in the side of one of its planes

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet flies past the U.S. Capitol dome as it comes in for a landing at Washington Reagan National airport in Arlington, Va., on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet flies past the U.S. Capitol dome.

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