See inside American Airlines' massive flight operations center, where it dispatches 6,000 flights every day

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American Airlines manages its planes and crewmembers from its storm-withstanding operations center in Dallas/Fort Worth, which supports some 500,000 customers per day.

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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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The Delta flight turned around after maggots fell from a suitcase onto a passenger.

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An 'intoxicated' passenger bit an attendant on a flight from Japan to Seattle, forcing the plane to turn around

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5: An All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787-8 dreamliner.
An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.

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Warning light came on 3 times before plane wall blew out

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Before a door plug fell from Alaska Airlines Flight 1281, an advisory light came on three times in the Boeing 737 Max 9. The new plane, delivered in October 2023, was checked and cleared after each pressurization warning. Audio from www.liveatc.net.

It was pure luck that no one was sitting in 2 Alaska Airlines seats that feds say got 'torqued' when a door blew off mid-flight

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Investigator-in-charge John Lovell examines the area where the plane's door plug had been.

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More than 14 million people are expected to fly this Labor Day weekend. Here's what to do if you face an airline delay or cancelation.

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The Transportation Security Administration expects over 14 million people to traverse US airports between Friday and Wednesday.

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