I travel for a living. Here are 9 items I always pack in case my flight is canceled, and I get stranded.

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A smiling woman in a white dress leans on a balcony railing overlooking turquoise water, palm trees, and a seaside resort below.
Meagan Drillinger travels for a living. Here's what she would never forget to pack.

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A pepper spray attack injured 21 people after a woman was robbed of her suitcase at London's busiest airport

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An emergency vehicle outside Heathrow Terminal 3 after a man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after number of people were attacked with
An emergency vehicle outside Heathrow's Terminal 3 on Sunday.

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Flight cancellation updates: FAA cuts have hit airports across the US as the shutdown persists

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Travelers in line for security at George Bush International Airport in Houston
TSA wait times have jumped in recent weeks amid the government shutdown

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The government shutdown is now disrupting travel plans for thousands.

A passenger who turned up too late for his flight started kicking the plane door before being arrested, report says

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A LATAM Airbus a320 is seen on a taxi road at Bogota's El Dorado International Airport in Colombia, July 28, 2023.
The passenger was trying to board a Latam Airlines plane (not pictured.)

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I'm a software engineer stranded in the IT outage airport chaos. CrowdStrike broke a cardinal rule of software development and I can't believe the fallout.

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Lines at Barcelona-El Prat Airport at the check-in desks amid travel chaos.
Check-in was congested at Barcelona-El Prat Airport.

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Airline passengers face chaos and uncertainty after massive IT outage

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Crowds are seen building up in an airport lounge at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.
Crowds build up in Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand after a Microsoft outage impacted businesses globally.

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United and American Airlines are warning pilots they could struggle to communicate due to massive IT outage

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A United Airlines plane in the sky.
A United Airlines Boeing 777.

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What to do if an airline bumps you from an overbooked flight

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Passengers check in for an American Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport on October 11, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
Airlines regularly oversell flights, but disruptive weather and booming travel make that more likely.

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From mishaps to tragedies, the flight industry has already had a rough 2024

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Here are eight flight incidents passengers faced in early 2024, from the tragic crash in Japan to plane engines catching on fire.

A Delta flight had to do U-turn after maggots dropped onto a passenger from an overhead bin containing rotten fish

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A Delta Air Lines Airbus.
The Delta flight turned around after maggots fell from a suitcase onto a passenger.

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