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There are fatal midair plane and helicopter crashes
An investigation into the mid-air collision between an American Airlines airliner and an Army helicopter in which the plane fell into the Potomac river near Washington DC’s Reagan National Airport has been launched. Officials said the tower at Reagan National Airport had alerted the helicopter on two occasions: once two minutes before the crash, the…
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There was a midair crash near Washington D.C
A plane carrying US Figure skating team crashed in Washington, DC on Wednesday night after colliding with a military helicopter. Authorities believe that there will likely be no survivors in the mid-air crash involving an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter. The plane was flying from south to north and lining up to…
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It took down computers around the world with the help of Microsoft
The worldwide outage of Windows 10 on Friday was caused by a software update released by CrowdStrike, CEO George Kurtz said on Friday. Kurtz also apologised for the damage the update had caused. The US Federal Aviation Administration said that flights from Delta, United, and American Airlines are grounded due to a “communication issue”.
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Travelers behaved badly in the year 2022
NFL player Odell Beckham Jr was removed from a Los Angeles-bound American Airlines flight at Miami International Airport in November after refusing to comply with safety protocol, according to a police statement. The incident happened after Beckham refused to follow safety protocols. Earlier this year, an American Airlines flight attendant had used a coffee pot…
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Tourists avoid high-end hotels when inflation goes up
American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the carrier can become “much more efficient” because demand is ” regularly high at all periods”. “We can become much more efficient because demand is regularly high at all periods,” he added. However, he also said that there are some routes where demand is lower due to the COVID-19…
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In the year 2022, 22 ways flying had a bumpy ride.
The last of Boeing’s 747 airplanes rolled off the assembly line in Washington state on Tuesday. After 53 years and more than 1,570 planes, the last Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line in Washington state on its way to serve as a cargo plane. American Airlines agreed to buy 20 of the jets from…
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Thursday flights were canceled top nationally, disrupting holiday travel.
Airlines in the US have been forced to cancel and delay flights over de-icing due to a winter storm. American Airlines, which has the highest number of cancellations at Atlanta International Airport, said that it had to cancel almost all of its flights to and from North Carolina’s Charlotte Douglas International Airport because of de-icing.
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Airlines are giving away travel waivers ahead of a big storm.
American Airlines and JetBlue have also issued travel waivers for people flying between December 21 and December 24 amid a “bomb cyclone” forecast in the US. American has also waived flight change fee waivers for travellers booked between December 19 and Christmas Day. JetBlue is waiving waiver for customers flying through the Northeast, including cities…