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Over 750 Flights Cancelled As US Sees Travel Chaos Due To Government Shutdown
Travellers across the United States were left scrambling to rebook flights as the government shutdown heaps pressure on the country's air traffic control system, prompting hundreds of Friday flight cancellations at major American airports.
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How World Scrambled To Deal With Massive Microsoft Outage: 10 Points
Airlines, banks and businesses across the world were scrambling today to deal with one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus program. The US grounded all planes briefly; flights in other nations were affected.
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After Israel Attack On Iran, Airlines Scramble To Change Routes
Airlines quickly changed flight paths over Iran, diverted to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points on Friday in response to airspace and airport closures after an Israeli attack on Iran, flight tracking data showed.
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Special Flights Help Meet Demand As People Scramble To Leave Manipur
Several airlines were operating special flights from Imphal to help people stranded in violence-hit Manipur return home, officials said on Monday, maintaining that this resulted in airfares on the route not rocketing out of control.
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American Jailed For 4 Weeks For Slapping Singapore Airlines Crew Member
An American whose bomb hoax on a commercial flight prompted Singapore to scramble fighter jets was sentenced to four weeks in prison today, after a court found him guilty of causing hurt by slapping a cabin crew member.
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5G Rollout in US: Airlines Cancel Some Flights Even After AT&T, Verizon Scale Back Deployment
Some flights to and from the US were cancelled even after AT&T and Verizon scaled back the rollout of high-speed wireless service that could interfere with aircraft technology that measures altitude.
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"Holiday Misery" As Americans Scramble To Return Home Amid Snow Storms
After a bruising holiday week of flight cancellations and record surges in Covid-19 cases, a powerful winter snow storm Monday further snarled US transport, shuttering the federal government and bringing Washington to a standstill.
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Airlines Reroute Flights To Avoid Afghanistan Airspace
Major airlines are rerouting flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after the terror group took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as U.S.-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens.
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World's Back Office Scrambles To Stay Online As India Locks Down Over Coronavirus
Companies in India are scrambling to ensure that the millions who staff the back offices of Wall Street banks and take on work outsourced by firms from airlines to insurers can keep going as the nation mandates increased work from home amid a spike in coronavirus cases.
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What We Know So Far About The New China Virus: 10 Points
Countries across the globe are scrambling to contain the spread of the deadly new flu-like virus that originated in China that has killed 17 people and infected at least 570, most of them in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Airlines and airports are on guard against the virus that, according to primary studies, is believed to have originated in b...
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Plane Ditches Into Lagoon, Passengers Swim For Their Lives
Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island and immediately began sinking.
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FBI Seeks Motive After US Airline Worker Stole Plane And Crashed It
Federal authorities on Saturday were seeking to learn what drove an airline worker to steal an empty airplane from Seattle's airport in a security scare that caused the scrambling of U.S. fighter jets and ended when the plane crashed onto a sparsely populated island.
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Stolen Plane Flies From Seattle, Crashes After Jets Scramble To Intercept
A plane suddenly took off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today morning before the passengers could board and without taking permission to depart, creating a major scare, as US Air Force jets scrambled to intercept the twin turboprop aircraft.
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"Flight From Hell": 146 Scrambled Onto Wing As Smoke Billowed Into Cabin
It was a flight from Detroit.But as one passenger said after the plane finally landed in Denver, smoke billowing through vents in the cabin while the aircraft was taxiing, it was more like a "flight from hell."
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Sonic Boom As UK Fighter Jets Escorted Plane Approaching London
Britain on Wednesday scrambled RAF Typhoon fighter jets to escort a Ryanair flight from Lithuania to Britain after a hoax security alert, the defence ministry and airline said, adding that the flight landed safely.
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Over 750 Flights Cancelled As US Sees Travel Chaos Due To Government Shutdown
Travellers across the United States were left scrambling to rebook flights as the government shutdown heaps pressure on the country's air traffic control system, prompting hundreds of Friday flight cancellations at major American airports.
-
How World Scrambled To Deal With Massive Microsoft Outage: 10 Points
Airlines, banks and businesses across the world were scrambling today to deal with one of the biggest IT crashes in recent years, caused by an update to an antivirus program. The US grounded all planes briefly; flights in other nations were affected.
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After Israel Attack On Iran, Airlines Scramble To Change Routes
Airlines quickly changed flight paths over Iran, diverted to alternate airports or returned planes to their departure points on Friday in response to airspace and airport closures after an Israeli attack on Iran, flight tracking data showed.
-
Special Flights Help Meet Demand As People Scramble To Leave Manipur
Several airlines were operating special flights from Imphal to help people stranded in violence-hit Manipur return home, officials said on Monday, maintaining that this resulted in airfares on the route not rocketing out of control.
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American Jailed For 4 Weeks For Slapping Singapore Airlines Crew Member
An American whose bomb hoax on a commercial flight prompted Singapore to scramble fighter jets was sentenced to four weeks in prison today, after a court found him guilty of causing hurt by slapping a cabin crew member.
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5G Rollout in US: Airlines Cancel Some Flights Even After AT&T, Verizon Scale Back Deployment
Some flights to and from the US were cancelled even after AT&T and Verizon scaled back the rollout of high-speed wireless service that could interfere with aircraft technology that measures altitude.
-
"Holiday Misery" As Americans Scramble To Return Home Amid Snow Storms
After a bruising holiday week of flight cancellations and record surges in Covid-19 cases, a powerful winter snow storm Monday further snarled US transport, shuttering the federal government and bringing Washington to a standstill.
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Airlines Reroute Flights To Avoid Afghanistan Airspace
Major airlines are rerouting flights to avoid Afghanistan airspace after the terror group took control of the presidential palace in Kabul as U.S.-led forces departed and Western nations scrambled on Monday to evacuate their citizens.
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World's Back Office Scrambles To Stay Online As India Locks Down Over Coronavirus
Companies in India are scrambling to ensure that the millions who staff the back offices of Wall Street banks and take on work outsourced by firms from airlines to insurers can keep going as the nation mandates increased work from home amid a spike in coronavirus cases.
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What We Know So Far About The New China Virus: 10 Points
Countries across the globe are scrambling to contain the spread of the deadly new flu-like virus that originated in China that has killed 17 people and infected at least 570, most of them in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Airlines and airports are on guard against the virus that, according to primary studies, is believed to have originated in b...
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Plane Ditches Into Lagoon, Passengers Swim For Their Lives
Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island and immediately began sinking.
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FBI Seeks Motive After US Airline Worker Stole Plane And Crashed It
Federal authorities on Saturday were seeking to learn what drove an airline worker to steal an empty airplane from Seattle's airport in a security scare that caused the scrambling of U.S. fighter jets and ended when the plane crashed onto a sparsely populated island.
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Stolen Plane Flies From Seattle, Crashes After Jets Scramble To Intercept
A plane suddenly took off from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today morning before the passengers could board and without taking permission to depart, creating a major scare, as US Air Force jets scrambled to intercept the twin turboprop aircraft.
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"Flight From Hell": 146 Scrambled Onto Wing As Smoke Billowed Into Cabin
It was a flight from Detroit.But as one passenger said after the plane finally landed in Denver, smoke billowing through vents in the cabin while the aircraft was taxiing, it was more like a "flight from hell."
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Sonic Boom As UK Fighter Jets Escorted Plane Approaching London
Britain on Wednesday scrambled RAF Typhoon fighter jets to escort a Ryanair flight from Lithuania to Britain after a hoax security alert, the defence ministry and airline said, adding that the flight landed safely.
