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Police are still trying to find out why a 34-year-old man flying from Vancouver International Airport to Ontario had a loaded gun in his carry on bag. The weapon was detected by X-ray machines. The man is known to police.
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Boxing legend Mike Tyson allegedly knocked down a photographer to the floor of Los Angeles International Airport at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday after a scuffle. Now both, Tyson and the photographer have made citizen arrests of each other.
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If you are acting suspiciously at a U.S. airport, it is likely that someone is watching you. TSA behavior-detection officers are on the job at 161 U.S. airports. In 2008 alone, 813 arrests were made based upon detection officers identifying suspects.
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Canada’s privacy watchdog has given the go ahead to a new type of airport security that will be able to see through the clothes of travelers.
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Fugitive Bangkok banker who fought extradition from Canada for 13 years was put on board a plane to Thailand on Thursday. RCMP handed him over to Thai authorities at Vancouver International Airport. He is accused of embezzlement of USD $82 million.
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Footage leaked from "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" reveals that players of the yet-to-be released video game can shoot civilians in an airport in a realistic rendering of a terrorist attack.
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Two Northwest Airlines pilots who overflew their destination airport at Minneapolis-St Pauls have lost their licenses. The FAA told the chief pilot he was engaged in a "frolic" of his own while he was not communicating for 91 minutes.
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Two Northwest Airlines Pilots who flew 150 miles past their destination airport said they were discussing company policy and using their personal laptops in the cockpit. They told NTSB they lost track of time and did not pay heed to ground radio calls.
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Azza Boeing, the Sudanese cargo operator that crashed last week killing all six crew on board, has been stopped from using UAE airspace until further investigations are carried out.
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An Uzbek saleswoman was found with heroin at Dubai International Airport before being sentenced to four years in prison.
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A heated discussion in the cockpit of a Northwest Airlines flight resulted in crew losing "situational awareness." The Airbus A320 with 147 passengers overflew Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport by 150 miles.
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A cargo plane bound for Sudan crashed shortly after take-off from Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates, situated approximately 16 flight miles from Dubai International Airport. All six crew members died in the accident.
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If U.S. airlines and union have their way, more pilots would be napping on long flights. They are urging the Federal Aviation Administration to allow "controlled napping" to ensure the crews are more alert.
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Iraqi officials refused entry to 30 asylum seekers, deported by the U.K government, who are now being held in a detention center near London Gatwick airport, having flown back to the U.K. via Italy.
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Reports are coming in that Luis Armando Pena Soltren has been arrested in New York at John F Kennedy airport. Soltren is the alleged hijacker of Pan American Flight 281 in 1968.
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A Brookings Institution report indicates that flight delays are more common today than they were in 1990. New York cited as worst, Salt Lake City as best. Moreover, economic recovery means "more delays."
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The three men convicted last week of plotting to blow up seven planes departing from London Heathrow airport to destinations in the U.S. and Canada have all been sent to jail for life.
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A Boeing 737 Aeromexico jet from Cancun has been hijacked at Mexico City's airport. The plane was on the runway at the airport. The hijackers have been captured by federal authorities.
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A car bomb exploded Tuesday at Kabul's airport on the military side's front gate. There have been reports that civilians have been killed but no solid details.
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Lawyers participating in the public inquiry into a death at Vancouver International Airport in 2007 are questioning the credibility of the RCMP officers involved in the incident.
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