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Bird Strike Forces Emergency Landing at JFK

Rob Quinn — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:27:21 CDT

Another bird strike over New York City, but this time, the pilot didn't have to attempt to land in the Hudson River. A Delta Air Lines flight to Los Angeles made an emergency landing back at JFK airport after a bird was sucked into the engine soon after takeoff yesterday,...

Jack the Lost JFK Cat Dies

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:20:00 CST

Jack the heart-stealing cat who was lost—then found after 61 days —at JFK Airport has died. “It is with tears that I must tell you that Jack has gone over the rainbow bridge,” reads a statement posted on a Facebook page launched in his honor. The tabby escaped from...

Missing Cat Spent Months in JFK Airport

Matt Cantor — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:36:37 CDT

Perhaps he found inspiration in Willow . Jack the cat escaped his cat carrier at JFK Airport when his family was moving to California, prompting a Facebook campaign , an American Airlines search, and numerous sweeps of the airport and local areas. Finally, two months later, Jack has been found: Turns out...

Probation for Slater Over Emergency-Chute Stunt

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:00:26 CDT

The folk hero and former flight attendant who popped off at a rude passenger then slid down the emergency chute with a beer has been sentenced to a year probation. "That was one moment, that was not indicative of who I am," said Steven Slater, who now plans to move...

Flight From JFK Crashes: All 163 Survive

John Johnson — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 13:59:24 CDT

You probably wouldn't guess as much from the photos, but all 163 people aboard a plane from JFK to Guyana survived a disastrous landing. Dozens of people required medical attention, however, including four with serious injuries, reports AP . After the plane touched down on a rainy runway during the night,...

Randy Turtles Shut Down JFK Runway

Tim Karan — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:21:30 CDT

Apparently, nothing can stand in the way of a turtle's libido—not even a 747. Turtles crawling to breeding grounds across a tarmac at JFK airport have forced the shutdown of a runway several times this week, delaying flights, reports the New York Post . "Running over turtles is not healthy...

Jumbo Jet Clips Plane at JFK

Rob Quinn — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:44:00 CDT

All passengers escaped without injury after two planes collided on the ground at New York's JFK airport last night. A wing of an Air France Airbus A380—the world's biggest passenger jet—clipped the tail of a commuter Delta Connection plane while taxiing to the runway for takeoff, AP reports....

Travelers Still Stranded as Airports Struggle With Snow

Kevin Spak — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 07:39:59 CST

The Northeast struggled for the second day to dig itself out from the weekend’s blizzard today, as travelers around the country cursed the snow. Though all three major New York airports have begun accepting flights again, the three have amongst them canceled a total of almost 1,500 flights, the...

I'll Get Home Next Christmas: Thousands Still Stranded

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:13:31 CST

Thousands of travelers are still sitting bored and bleary-eyed in airports, stuck buses, and subways today, a day after parts of the Northeast got slammed by more than 2 feet of show. "People are exhausted. They want to get home," sighed a Tel Aviv-bound traveler who had been marooned at...