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British plane turns back after pilots feel 'light-headed' Breitbart.com 01/09/2012 | Visitors flock to New York in greater numbersGeraldine Baum Gulfnews.com 01/03/2012 |
New York OK, quickly name America's top tourist destination. Orlando, Florida? Las Vegas? The Grand Canyon? Try New York. By New Year's Eve, New York expected to have made history by snaring more than 50 million tourists in one year, considerably surpassing a deadline that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg set early in his administration for 2015 and then moved up to the end of 2012. | |
Delta Adding LaGuardia Flights in Bid to Dominate NYC TravelNatalie Doss and Mary Schlangenstein Bloomberg.com 12/16/2011 | F.A.A. Approves iPads in Cockpits, but Not for PassengersNICK BILTON The New York Times 12/14/2011 |
The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday that pilots on American Airlines flights would be allowed to use iPads instead of paper flight manuals in the cockpit starting Friday, as reported by ZDNet, even during takeoff and landing. But passengers are still required to shut down anything with the slightest electronic pulse from the moment a plane leaves the gate until it reaches an altitude of 10,000 feet. | |
Utah Professor Charged With Watching Child Porn On Flight To Boston CBS Boston 11/28/2011 | Off-duty NYPD cop subdues, handcuffs JetBlue passenger who punched flight attendant The Washington Post 11/27/2011 |
Air France cancels flights as five-day strike hitsBrian Love Reuters 10/29/2011 | |
The Department of Homeland Security is recruiting hotel guests to join the fight against terrorism. Starting today, the welcome screens on 1.2 million hotel television sets in Marriott, Hilton, Sheraton, Holiday Inn and other hotels in the USA will show a short public service announcement from DHS. The 15-second spot encourages viewers to be vigilant and call law enforcement if they witness something suspicious during their travels. | |
TSA removes security screener for note telling passenger to 'get your freak on'Keith Laing The Hill 10/26/2011 | Dutch trains substitute plastic bags for bathrooms MSNBC 10/07/2011 |
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