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An Australia-bound Qantas A380 that suffered an engine shutdown safely returns to Singapore airport.

Authorities in Utah evacuated a passenger plane Thursday morning after receiving a bomb threat, an spokeswoman for the Salt Lake City airport said. The SkyWest plane, carrying 46 passengers and three crew members, was en route to Salt Lake City from Helena, Montana, when the threat was "called in," said airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann.

A pilot who refused to submit to a full-body scan or the alternative pat down going through airport security said the procedures violate his rights.

A US Airways flight to Bermuda has been grounded before takeoff from Philadelphia International Airport over a security problem. Passengers were removed from US Airways Flight 1070 on Thursday morning and the plane was towed to a remote location to be searched.

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

Delta is close to announcing the renovation of its outdated terminals at New York's JFK International Airport amid an intensifying competition for the city's business-travel market.

New eruptions send volcanic ash cloud toward Britain and threaten plans to resume flights.

A piece of a Jet Blue plane fell off while the jet was in the air, MyFoxNY reported. The portion of the plane, which appeared to be an engine cover, was found Monday on the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport, the site reported.

At one point, food supplies aboard the plane were so low that Pringles chips had to be rationed: four chips apiece, furious passengers told The Post. They were supposed to be taking a direct flight from LAX to JFK -- but wound up on a 16-hour nightmare ...

More air travelers may soon be scanning their smartphones instead of paper slips at airport gates.