Category: passenger

Passenger Gets Entire Plane to Himself After an 18-Hour Delay and Befriends the Flight Crew

When all passengers but one cut their losses after their flight was delayed by 18 hours, one man found himself on the plane alone with a disgruntled flight crew. But by bonding over their odd situation, the group had fun and the footage he took on the flight went viral. Phil Stringer had to get…


26 People Die in Fiery Crash of Freight Truck and Passenger Van in Northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY—A fiery highway crash involving a passenger van and a freight truck killed 26 people in northern Mexico on Sunday, authorities said. Prosecutors and police in the northern border state of Tamaulipas said the death toll was a preliminary count, apparently because of the sheer volume of the wreckage and the fire that consumed…


Sinners in Paradise

A passenger aircraft crashes in the mid-Pacific and some of the survivors reach an island inhabited only by an American, Jim Taylor, with his Chinese servant, Ping. He declines to help them, telling them to build their own shelter and gather their own food. The reason why he wants to remain undisturbed, we learn, is…


‘Miracle’: Missing Cruise Ship Passenger Found OK in Water

NEW ORLEANS—The U.S. Coast Guard says a passenger who went overboard from a cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico was rescued on Thanksgiving after likely being in the water for hours. The 28-year-old man was reported missing at noon Thursday while the vessel, the Carnival Valor, was heading to Cozumel, Mexico. According to Carnival…


US Screened 2.49 Million Air Passengers Sunday, Highest Since Early 2020

WASHINGTON—The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screened 2.49 million air passengers on Sunday, the highest daily number since February 2020. The number was, however, below the 2.61 million screened on the same day in 2019. The Sunday checkpoint traffic was the highest since Feb. 11, 2020, when TSA screened nearly 2.51 million passengers and comes as…


Biden Touts US Crackdown on Airlines Over Passenger Treatment

WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden said on Monday his administration had cracked down on U.S. airlines to improve treatment of passengers, a claim rejected by the carriers. Biden said prior to changes made in customer service plans by major airlines “if your flight was canceled or delayed, no top airline guaranteed covering your cost of hotels and…


London Heathrow Records Lowest Annual Passenger Numbers for Nearly 50 Years

Heathrow has revealed it was the only hub airport in Europe to see a reduction in passenger numbers in 2021, due to the UK’s tougher coronavirus travel rules. Just 19.4 million people travelled through the west London airport last year. That was down 12.3% on the previous 12 months, and represents the lowest annual total…


Passenger Found Alive on Greece-Italy Ferry

A passenger listed as missing after a blaze swept through a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy has been found alive by rescuers, a Greek shipping ministry official said on Sunday (Feb. 20). The Greek coast guard rescued 280 out of 292 passengers and crew who were onboard when the blaze broke out on the…


Greece Reports First Fatality After Blaze on Ferry, 10 Still Missing

CORFU, Greece—Firefighters battling for a third day a blaze on a ferry sailing from Greece to Italy recovered on Sunday the body of a passenger listed as missing, Greek authorities said. It is the first reported fatality after rescuers managed to take at least 281 out of 292 passengers and crew to safety from a…


Flight Diverted to Kansas City Due to Unruly Passenger

KANSAS CITY, Mo.—A plane flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., was diverted to Kansas City after an unruly passenger reportedly tried to open a door on the aircraft. American Airlines said flight 1775 landed safely Sunday afternoon at Kansas City International Airport and law enforcement met the plane upon arrival. The FBI said in…