Read more flight stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/788/flight.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:59:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74195/unruly-passenger-booted-from-trans-atlantic-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA flight from Philadelphia to London made an unscheduled stop in Boston last night to eject an unruly Scottish passenger. The man, 50, was arrested for interfering with a flight crew, AP reports. A US Airways spokesman said the man was removed "in the interest of safety." The spokesman didn't...http://www.newser.com/story/74195/unruly-passenger-booted-from-trans-atlantic-flight.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 4:05:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72518/naptime-nothing-new-for-pilots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPilot naps and arguments are hardly unique in airline screw ups, statistics reveal as investigators try to figure out what caused Northwest Airlines flight 188 to overshoot its destination airport by 155 miles. Pilots Timothy Cheney and Richard Cole, who were interviewed yesterday NTSB investigators, claim they missed the Minneapolis...http://www.newser.com/story/72518/naptime-nothing-new-for-pilots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 5:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69605/guinness-heiress-was-randy-not-drunk-on-plane-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSocialite Clare Irby may have stripped down to her underwear on a flight from India earlier this year but she wasn't drunk, a British jury decided yesterday. Irby, a descendant of the Guinness brewing family, downed glasses of wine, stripped, and let another passenger kiss and fondle her—but she...http://www.newser.com/story/69605/guinness-heiress-was-randy-not-drunk-on-plane-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 5:35:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68828/delta-slammed-for-transatlantic-ghost-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDelta Air Lines' practice of flying empty passenger planes almost halfway around the world just to be disinfected has outraged environmentalists, the Guardian reports. Australia requires that inbound planes be sprayed with insecticide to combat malaria and other diseases. But Delta isn't allowed to carry out the treatment in the...http://www.newser.com/story/68828/delta-slammed-for-transatlantic-ghost-flights.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 1:28:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66297/german-airline-offers-sunshine-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe German airline Lufthansa is offering “sunshine insurance” as an incentive for travelers to book tickets in the fall, Stars and Stripes reports. For travel in September in October, the airline will pay passengers 20 euros for every day that it rains more than 0.2 inches at the destination,...http://www.newser.com/story/66297/german-airline-offers-sunshine-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 21:18:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65963/26-injured-by-turbulence-on-flight-from-rio.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour people were seriously injured when a Continental Airlines flight from Rio de Janeiro to Houston experienced extreme turbulence mid-flight early this morning, the AP reports. Continental flight 128, with 168 people on board, was diverted to Miami, where the plane landed safely this morning, says the FAA. In addition...http://www.newser.com/story/65963/26-injured-by-turbulence-on-flight-from-rio.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 7:06:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63799/thirteen-bodies-plane-wreckage-found-near-tanzania.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThirteen bodies found off the coast of Tanzania’s Mafia Island may be the remains of passengers from the Yemen Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean last week, Reuters reports. Tanzanian authorities say that airplane seats and what may be part of an airplane wing were also found in...http://www.newser.com/story/63799/thirteen-bodies-plane-wreckage-found-near-tanzania.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 15:52:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60646/air-france-jet-missing-228-onboard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Air France plane carrying 228 people to Paris from Rio de Janeiro is missing, the BBC reports. “We are very worried,” an official told AFP. “The plane disappeared from the screens several hours ago.” He said a transponder problem is possible, but unlikely. Flight AF-447, which was due in...http://www.newser.com/story/60646/air-france-jet-missing-228-onboard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 5:48:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59613/anti-chemo-dad-son-wife-have-left-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe father of a Minnesota 13-year-old ordered to undergo cancer treatment says his son and wife have fled the US, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “I have an opinion where they are, but I can’t say I know,” said Anthony Hauser, noting that wife Colleen’s disappearance was likely a “spur-of-the-moment”...http://www.newser.com/story/59613/anti-chemo-dad-son-wife-have-left-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 14:06:01 CDT