Airport News & Updates - Page 177

August 27, 2018

Suicidal man causes lockdown at New Mexico airport

Airport officials announced the lockdown around 8:45 a.m. and all incoming flights to the airport were diverted and incoming flights canceled.

August 22, 2018

TSA finds grenade-shaped novelties in checked luggage at Newark airport

The items were intended as wedding gifts for groomsmen, the TSA said.

August 21, 2018

Technical difficulty at London's Gatwick Airport forces staff to write flight info on whiteboards

Kicking it old school.

August 20, 2018

Ryanair flight kicks off 'disruptive' passenger dressed as Tinker Bell

A police officer "adjusted the man’s wings" at one point.

August 18, 2018

Florida doctor has bizarre airport meltdown to 'prove a point' about police use of force: 'If I was a black person, I'd be terrified'

The incident went down at Orlando International Airport.

August 17, 2018

'Suspicious things' found at Los Angeles Airport checkpoint turn out to be WWII replica weapons

Airport police responded to find a man in a truck with multiple firearms as well as "other suspicious things."

August 17, 2018

Ft. Lauderdale airport shooter sentenced to life in prison

The 26-year-old airline passenger who killed five people and wounded eight when he opened fire at the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood airport last year was sentenced to life in prison on Friday.

August 17, 2018

Norwegian Air passenger jailed for making fake bomb threat to avoid missing flight

He was also fined.

August 16, 2018

Airplane narrowly avoids hitting van crossing runway in Missouri airport

A jetliner taking off at Springfield-Branson National Airport narrowly missing hitting an airport van crossing the runway driven by an employee running late to a barbecue.

August 15, 2018

'Suspicious' liquids found at Orlando Airport sicken 4 TSA officers, send 2 to hospital

One of the bags was identified after a female passenger brought it to the airport’s West Checkpoint for a security screening.