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Miami airport reopens after evacuation

Four of the six concourses were emptied and roadways closed after a screener saw something suspicious in a checked bag.A passenger was detained and four of Miami International Airport's six concourses along with an onsite hotel were evacuated after a screener spotted something suspicious in a checked bag, authorities said.

Source: 2 arrested at airport may have been on test run

Two men held in the Netherlands may have been trying to test U.S. airport security by putting bottles with electronic devices attached in checked bags, a source said.

Van Gogh theft suspects nabbed in Egypt; painting still missing

Egyptian authorities stopped two people suspected in the theft of a painting by Vincent Van Gogh, nabbing them just moments before they were to board a plane and flee the country, according to Egypt's official news agency, MENA.

Fed-Up Flight Attendant Makes Sliding Exit

A JetBlue flight attendant unleashed a tirade, pulled the emergency-exit chute and fled Kennedy International Airport.

Senh: It's always those unruly passengers who refuse to obey the rules. I'm on the side of the flight attendant here. It's a thankless job. What are you supposed to do when a passenger refuses to obey the rules? I was on a flight once when a family just decided to seat wherever they wanted and refuse to move even though those seats belong to another family. The flight attendant took care of that by asking the other family if they mind seating elsewhere; they reluctantly obliged after some arguing with the unruly family. The jerk won, but bad karma's gonna get him eventually.

Plane hits building in Phoenix

A plane has crashed into a building near an airport runway in Phoenix, Arizona, a Phoenix fire department dispatcher said Wednesday.

Russia foils plane hijacking in Moscow: TASS

Russian special forces detained a man on Thursday who had taken control of an aircraft on a domestic flight to Moscow's Domodedovo airport, ITAR-TASS news agency cited a police spokesman as saying.

UFO Over Chinese Airport

On July 9, 2010, an unexplained phenomenon appeared over the Xiaoshan Airport in Hangzhou, China, causing massive flight delays.

U.S.-Russia spy swap is complete

The speed of the exchange has some wondering what was behind the deal. The sun was up Friday when two airplanes, one coming in from the West, the other from the East, touched ground and circled toward each other on the tarmac of Vienna International Airport.

Western lawmakers target D.C. airport rule

For the first time, regular nonstop air travel would expand from National Airport to L.A., San Francisco, Phoenix and other distant cities.

India Unveils $3 Billion New Airport Terminal

Officials unveiled a glittering new multibillion-dollar airport terminal in the Indian capital Saturday, a steel-and-glass structure intended to show that the country's infrastructure is finally catching up with its rapid economic growth.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh dedicated the ultramodern, $3-billion terminal at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. Terminal 3 or T3 was built in just 37 months and will open for international passengers on July 14. Domestic passengers will shift to the new terminal on July 30.

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