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American Eagle Airlines Fined a Whopping $900,000 for Keeping Passengers Stuck on Tarmac

Shauna Wright — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:27:59 +0000

A Department of Transportation rule implemented in April 2010 prohibits airlines from keeping passengers sitting on a tarmac for more than three hours — a rule it says an American Airlines affiliate has since violated so frequently that it’s now been slapped with a $900,000 fine, the first such fine handed down since the edict took effect.

Man Caught at Swiss Airport Trying to Smuggle Tarantulas

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:48:25 +0000

A Swiss man returning home from the Dominican Republic was busted by custom officials at the Zurich airport with a whopping 261 endangered Mexican tarantulas, which he had packed into individual plastic bags and stuffed in his luggage.

35 Dead In Moscow Bomb Blast

Aaron Galloway — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:09:30 +0000

35 people are dead and about 130 are wounded, officials said, after an explosion ripped through the arrivals hall at Moscow's busiest airport on Monday.

Two suicide bombers were reported to have blown themselves up as people emerged from the international arrivals zone