Muhammed Ihsanullah was overjoyed when he received a $3,000 scholarship to spend the summer working at a camp in Minnesota. But after several travelers from Western nations were detained or deported as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration, the 20-year-old British citizen from Leicester, England, is planning …
Read More »3 Americans in Belize died from carbon monoxide in hotel room, officials say
Three American women who were discovered dead in a Belize resort hotel room last month died from carbon monoxide poisoning, their families said. A joint statement this week from their families cites the U.S. Embassy in Belize and says the women died from “acute carbon monoxide poisoning, likely caused by …
Read More »United Airlines flight to China diverted to San Francisco after pilot forgets passport
A United Airlines flight headed to Shanghai, China, had to turn around over the weekend after the pilot forgot to bring a passport, the airline company said. The mishap happened Saturday afternoon on United Flight 198 from Los Angeles International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport. Data on FlightAware.com showed the …
Read More »Belize authorities eye carbon monoxide in deaths of 3 American tourists
Authorities in Belize are taking a closer look at the possibility that carbon monoxide poisoning may have played a role in the deaths of three Americans last month. As the families of the dead released a statement Monday seeking answers one month since their bodies were discovered in their hotel …
Read More »How passengers affected by the Heathrow outage can get reimbursed
Passengers affected by the power outage that shut down London’s Heathrow Airport Friday are not automatically entitled to compensation for their flight disruption, experts say. Instead, different rules will apply if a passenger was set to fly on a U.S. carrier into Heathrow. For travelers whose flights on U.S. carriers …
Read More »Heathrow Airport Fire: Thousands of passengers stranded
LONDON — From Las Vegas to Frankfurt to Dubai, hundreds of thousands of stranded passengers waited for news about flights to and from London’s Heathrow Airport after it was closed by a massive fire at a nearby electricity substation. As firefighters tackled the blaze that took down Europe’s busiest transport …
Read More »International travel thrown into chaos after power failure shuts down London’s Heathrow Airport
The airport said that it also expected “significant disruption over the coming days” and that it would notify the public as more became known as it urged passengers not to go to the site until it reopened. “We know this will be disappointing for passengers and we want to reassure …
Read More »Plane that landed upside down in Toronto was descending at a high rate of speed, preliminary report shows
A preliminary report into the Delta Air Lines flight that flipped upside down in a crash landing at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport last month shows the plane had been descending at a high rate of speed. Twenty-one people were injured in the botched landing on Feb. 17. The flight, which …
Read More »Plane’s wing hits runway during landing attempt at New York’s LaGuardia Airport
The wing of a passenger plane landing at LaGuardia International Airport in New York struck the runway surface Sunday as it attempted a “go-around” because of an unstable approach, officials said. There were no injuries, and the plane landed safely after the left wing struck the runway surface at around …
Read More »More Canadians avoid setting foot in the U.S., ‘without even a connection or layover’
Michael Mortensen was looking forward to spending two weeks in Hawaii with his family last month, but his patriotism wouldn’t let him. The Vancouver-based development consultant and urban planner said he’s refusing to spend money south of the border while President Donald Trump “levies idiotic tariffs and rains chaos” on …
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