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• Costa offers nearly $15K to passengers for ruined cruise

  January 27, 2012 7:55 AM

  ROME (AP) - Costa Crociere SpA has offered passengers euro11,000 ($14,460) apiece to compensate them for their lost baggage and psychological trauma after its cruise ship ran aground and capsized off Tuscany when the captain deviated from his route. Costa, a unit of the world's biggest cruise operator Carnival... more »

• Air passenger shocked at being removed from plane

  September 14, 2011 6:02 AM

  DETROIT (AP) - An Ohio woman who was one of three people taken off an airplane at Detroit's airport and questioned on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, says she was shocked when armed officers stopped at her row and ordered her off. Thirty-five-year-old Shoshana Hebshi... more »

• UPDATE: Over night hit and run passenger at hospital

  March 26, 2011 11:11 AM

  Following our initial report of a traffic accident that occurred near the intersection of Fillmore and Steel Drive just East of I-25, we now have new information to report. The Colorado Springs Police Department reports that one of the three passengers that was still on scene when officers and... more »

• Random bag checks begin on D.C. Metro

  December 21, 2010 12:52 PM

  COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - The Washington area's Metro transit system is randomly checking passenger bags for explosives and other dangers for the first time, following similar efforts in New York and Boston. Screeners swabbed some riders' bags and inspected them in at least two Metro train stations early... more »

• Late DIA passenger allegedly claims bomb was on plane

  November 1, 2010 8:16 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Police say a man who just missed his flight out Denver got angry and claimed there was a bomb in his luggage, which was already aboard. Police say a search of the plane turned up no explosives, and the flight took off late for its destination,... more »

• Passenger removed from jet at unscheduled DIA stop

  June 30, 2010 1:49 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The FBI says it doesn't expect to file charges against a passenger accused of disruptive behavior on a United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Chicago. The passenger, whose name wasn't released, was removed from the flight during an unscheduled stop at Denver International Airport late... more »

• Flight attendant helps land passenger jet at O'Hare

  June 15, 2010 6:21 PM

  Officials say a flight attendant who has a pilot's license helped land a plane at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport when a co-pilot became ill. American Airlines spokeswoman Mary Frances Fagan says the co-pilot of a flight from San Francisco to Chicago on Monday became ill. Fagan says the flight's... more »

• Paris-to-Atlanta flight diverted to Maine airport

  April 27, 2010 3:59 PM

  The Transportation Security Administration says a flight from Paris to Atlanta has been diverted to an airport in Maine after federal air marshals responded to a passenger causing a disturbance. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jim Peters says the plane is an Airbus 320, but he doesn't know how many... more »

• Passenger subdued, flight diverted to Albuquerque

  April 23, 2010 11:26 AM

  The FBI says a flight from Los Angeles to Florida was diverted to Albuquerque, N.M. after a passenger tried to open a cabin door. Crew members and fellow passengers on Delta flight 2148 subdued 46-year-old Stanley Dwayne Sheffield. He was taken into federal custody early Friday after the plane... more »

• Heart attack prompts jetliner's emergency landing

  March 26, 2010 8:16 AM

  A Boeing 737-800 carrying 167 people made a safe emergency landing in New Mexico after a passenger suffered a heart attack. Continental Airlines spokeswoman Christen David says Continental Flight 602 from Newark, N.J., to Los Angeles landed at Four Corners Regional Airport in Farmington late Thursday afternoon to assist... more »

• Airline to charge more for legroom

  March 3, 2010 12:00 PM

  Continental Airlines will begin charging coach customers extra if they want a seat with more legroom. Continental said Wednesday that it will give customers the option to buy the roomier seats beginning March 17. Prices will vary depending on the length of flight and popularity of the route. A... more »

• Amtrak passenger detained in Colorado for threats

  January 29, 2010 10:12 AM

  An Amtrak passenger who alarmed fellow passengers by talking about terrorist threats was pulled from the train and is being held in Colorado. Ojore Nuru Lutalo, 64, was arrested Tuesday on an Amtrak passage from Los Angeles to Chicago. Passengers on the train alerted authorities after hearing the man... more »

• Infant dies on Colorado-bound plane

  January 21, 2010 8:29 AM

  A 2-month-old boy has died after he stopped breathing on a United Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Milwaukee. Milwaukee County sheriff's Sgt. Philip Wentzel said Thursday the infant was with his parents on a flight from Detroit to Denver Wednesday afternoon when he stopped breathing. Wentzel... more »

• Passengers board jets after man skips NJ security

  January 4, 2010 9:29 AM

  Airline passengers have begun boarding their planes at a New Jersey airport after flights were grounded for hours when a man bypassed security by walking through a checkpoint exit into the secure side of a terminal. Authorities were searching for the man at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday night.... more »

• Semi-truck hits snow plow near Trinidad

  December 2, 2009 5:53 PM

  A C-DOT snowplow was hit by a semi-truck on I-25 Wednesday, sending two people to the hospital. According to the Colorado State Patrol, the snowplow was clearing the left southbound lane. A semidriven by Kyle Somers, 21 of Rutherglen, VA was also in the left lane. Somers, swerved at... more »