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As More Devices Board Planes, Travelers Are Playing With Fire

As More Devices Board Planes, Travelers Are Playing With Fire (nytimes.com)

The batteries in phones and laptops pose fire hazards, and experts caution that the odds could catch up with the air-traveling public.

Onboard

AirAsia plane bound for Malaysia landed in Melbourne after pilot error – CNN.com

AirAsia plane bound for Malaysia landed in Melbourne after pilot error – CNN.com (cnn.com)
Airlines

Mom of boy lost on JetBlue flight says airline offered $10G gift

Mom of boy lost on JetBlue flight says airline offered $10G gift (NY Daily News)

The airline allegedly tried to pull a fast one on Maribel Martinez after experiencing the nightmare last month.

Airlines

Australian airlines ban use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones after battery fires

Australian airlines ban use of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones after battery fires (Reuters)

Three Australian airlines have banned passengers from using or charging Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy Note 7 smartphones during flights due to concerns over the phone’s fire-prone batteries.

Onboard

Air China removes magazine criticized as racist

Airlines

JetBlue Expanding Service to Boston

JetBlue Expanding Service to Boston (TheStreet)

Shares of JetBlue Airways were higher Wednesday after the airline said it would boost its service to Boston.

Airlines

Drunken United passenger who shouted in Arabic diverts flight

Drunken United passenger who shouted in Arabic diverts flight (NY Daily News)

A drunken United Airlines passenger who broke a bathroom door and shouted in Arabic caused an emergency landing, police said.

News

New Jersey man to spend life after pleading guilty to LAX murder

New Jersey man to spend life after pleading guilty to LAX murder (NY Daily News)

The unemployed mechanic who gunned down a TSA agent in a shooting rampage three years ago pleaded guilty to murder and other charges.

Security

Passengers Hit By British Airways Glitches and London City Protest

Passengers Hit By British Airways Glitches and London City Protest (Fortune)

Problems with British Airways' check-in systems and a Black Lives Matter U.K. protest caused difficulties for passengers Monday and Tuesday.

Airlines

Plane passenger’s strange moves caught on camera – CNN Video

Plane passenger's strange moves caught on camera – CNN Video (cnn.com)
Onboard

This man’s query about a 47-year flight connection escalated hilariously

This man's query about a 47-year flight connection escalated hilariously (mashable.com)
Airlines

Company using birds of prey to intercept hostile drones

Company using birds of prey to intercept hostile drones (Guardfromabove.nl)

Guard From Above is the first company in the world to use birds of prey to intercept hostile drones.

News

TSA Finds 3D Printed Gun in Carry-On at Reno Airport

TSA Finds 3D Printed Gun in Carry-On at Reno Airport (TIME.com)

The passenger also had 5 real bullets with the gun replica.

Security

Website allows users to pay for flights on payment plan

Website allows users to pay for flights on payment plan (WFXT)

Another website is on the market to help people pay for pricey airfare on a repayment plan.

News

My toddler threw up on my shirt — and the airline tried to make me wear it

Airlines

Man on Seattle-bound flight tries to open plane door in air

Man on Seattle-bound flight tries to open plane door in air (NY Daily News)

A woman sitting next to the man said he "may have been a little stressed out about flying."

News

NYC mom panics as JetBlue puts her kid on wrong plane

NYC mom panics as JetBlue puts her kid on wrong plane (NY Daily News)

A boy returning home alone from the Dominican Republic was placed on the wrong flight and ended up 214 miles away in Boston.

Airlines

Brace Yourself for More Airline Outages Just Like Delta’s

Brace Yourself for More Airline Outages Just Like Delta's (Fortune)

The industry is long overdue for a tech overhaul.

Airlines

KLM – It’s an airline.

KLM – It's an airline. (itsanairline.com)

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Airlines

Baby born on airplane gets 1 million air miles – CNN.com

Baby born on airplane gets 1 million air miles – CNN.com (cnn.com)
News

Pilot takes down passenger who shoved female flight attendant

Onboard

Passenger finds a sneaky way to propose to girlfriend on a plane

Passenger finds a sneaky way to propose to girlfriend on a plane (Mail Online)

Patrick Marsden surprised his girlfriend, Molly Beucher, when he popped the question with help from United Airlines staff on a nine-hour flight from Washington, DC, to Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Onboard

Feds try to forcefully search Wall Street Journal reporter’s phone

Feds try to forcefully search Wall Street Journal reporter's phone (CNNMoney)

In an alarming incident, a Wall Street Journal reporter was detained by federal agents in Los Angeles who demanded to confiscate her two cell phones.

Security

Leaking fluid on American Airlines plane injures 17

Leaking fluid on American Airlines plane injures 17 (CNBC)

American Airlines reported fluid was leaking from the aircraft at the Palm Beach International Airport, according to WPBF 25 news.

Airlines

Delta flight mistakenly lands at base in South Dakota – CNN.com

Delta flight mistakenly lands at base in South Dakota – CNN.com (cnn.com)
News

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