Rescuers on Sunday night worked carefully to extricate the two people on board, after 117,000 were at one point without power. Photos showed the plane entangled in power lines. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Airlines and Airplanes”
‘Millionaires Versus Billionaires’: The Fight Over a Hamptons Airport
By Gotham Rex on October 21, 2022
Neighbors have long complained of the noise, but a judge ruled that a plan to privatize the municipal airport to reduce air traffic was improper. Source: New York Times
Lufthansa Apologizes After Jewish People Were Barred From Flight
By Gotham Rex on May 11, 2022
Passengers said that after landing in Germany, more than 100 people were blocked from boarding a connecting flight to Hungary, after a handful of passengers disobeyed a mask requirement. Source: New York Times
US Charges 4 Belarus Officials With Piracy in Forced Landing of Ryanair Jet
By Gotham Rex on January 20, 2022
The forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk last May prompted international investigations over accusations that a bomb hoax was manufactured to arrest a journalist. Source: New York Times
Shatner’s Crew Mate on Space Trip Dies in Plane Crash
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2021
Glen de Vries was one of three people who joined the former “Star Trek” star on a Blue Origin flight last month. Source: New York Times
No Charges for Passenger Who Prompted La Guardia Emergency Landing
By Gotham Rex on October 10, 2021
A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the authorities determined that there was “no criminality” involved in the landing. Source: New York Times
La Guardia 'Security Incident' Draws Emergency Response
By Gotham Rex on October 9, 2021
A flight from Indianapolis declared an emergency and landed after a passenger acted suspiciously, officials said. Source: New York Times
Robina Asti, Who Made History on the Ground and in the Air, Dies at 99
By Gotham Rex on March 21, 2021
As a transgender veteran in her 90s, she challenged government bureaucracy. She then set out to be recognized as the oldest working flight instructor. Source: New York Times
Frontier Cancels Flight, Citing Maskless Passengers
By Gotham Rex on March 1, 2021
The airline’s treatment of the passengers, all Orthodox Jews, drew condemnation and accusations of anti-Semitism from Jewish groups. Source: New York Times
Wreckage of T.W.A. Flight 800 to Be Destroyed Years After Explosion
By Gotham Rex on February 25, 2021
The National Transportation Safety Board said it no longer needed to use a reconstruction of the plane brought down in one of the deadliest crashes in U.S. history. Source: New York Times
2 Passengers, Dog Slide Out of Moving Plane at La Guardia Airport
By Gotham Rex on December 21, 2020
Delta Flight 462 was delayed for hours after a male passenger forced open a cabin door while the plane was taxiing. He and his companions slid their way out of the plane. Source: New York Times
C.D.C. Pleads With Americans to Stay Home on Thanksgiving
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2020
Even as the White House downplays the coronavirus threat, health officials warned against traditional gatherings with those from outside the immediate household. Source: New York Times
The Mom and Pop Factory With an Atomic Secret
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2020
Those trays that macarons come in? Plaxall makes them. But since the pandemic, it has pivoted to medical face shields. It’s not the first time the family business has done its patriotic duty. Source: New York Times