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United Airlines delays flight for man to see dying mother

United Airlines

If Kerry Drake missed his connecting flight, he wouldn't get to the hospital in time to say goodbye to his mother. Drake got the news on the morning of January 24 that his mother, who had been ill for years from rheumatoid arthritis and had been especially sick the last four months, was dying.

 

New TSA rules on knives draw fire from 9/11 kin

Some family members of Sept. 11 terror victims are angry over new flight-safety rules that will permit small knives on planes. The head of the Transportation Security Administration said Tuesday that air passengers will now be allowed to carry folding knives with blades that are 2.36 inches or less. The rules go into effect next month. They'll also permit souvenir baseball bats, golf clubs and other sports equipment. Debra Burlingame says small pocketknives can be just as lethal as the box cutters that are still banned.

 

Diverted: JetBlue flier 'unruly' because seatmate paid less

JetBlue

A cross-country JetBlue flight diverted to Denver after a passenger reportedly became unruly because a flier moved to a seat next to her paid less for the seat.

 

Passenger has baby aboard flight over Armenia

Armavia Airlines

A passenger has given birth to her first child aboard an Armenian airline and named her daughter after one of the flight attendants who helped with the delivery.

 

'Unruly' man restrained with tape on flight to NYC

Unruly Passenger

A man on a Thursday Icelandair flight to NYC was retrained with tape and plastic.

 

Unruly passenger duct-taped to seat

CNN's Sandra Endo has the details behind a viral photo of a man who was duct-taped to his airplane seat.

 

Flying Is Safest Since Dawn of Jet Age

Safer Skies

Deadly jetliner crashes are at their lowest since the mid-1960s. But turboprops remain less safe and parts of Africa and Latin America face safety problems.

 

United Airlines has another large computer outage

United Airlines

United Airlines says it has fixed a computer problem that led to widespread delays for thousands of its passengers. The outage lasted for about two hours Thursday morning. The problem was that dispatchers couldn't send flight information to about half of the United's mainline flights.

 

Box Office Report: 'Wreck-It Ralph' Opens to Record $49.1 Mil, 'Flight' Strong No. 2

Wreck-It Ralph

Moviegoing solid in Northeast as families look for relief from superstorm Sandy; "Flight" grabs $25 million, kung fu pic "Man With the Iron Fists" places No. 4 with $8.2 million.

 

Box Office Report: 'Wreck-It Ralph' No. 1 With $13.5 Mil Friday; 'Flight' Takes Off With $8.2 Mil

Wreck-It Ralph

Moviegoing surges in the Northeast as people look for a distraction from Superstorm Sandy; most movie theaters now reopened. Disney Animation Studios' Wreck-It Ralph rushed to the top of the box office chart on Friday with an opening day gross of $13.4 million.

 

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