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Turbulence on Paris-China flight injures 26
At least 26 people were injured, four seriously, when turbulence hit a China Eastern Airlines flight from Paris on Sunday, state media reports. The turbulence struck as flight MU774 was on its way to Kunming, in the southern Yunnan province. Passengers suffered broken bones, cuts to the scalp and soft tissue injuries, the Xinhua state news agency reported.
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U.S. might ban laptops on all flights into and out of the country
The United States might ban laptops from aircraft cabins of all flights into and out of the country, John Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security, said on Sunday.
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TSA’s two-minute pat-down of a boy at the airport was ‘horrifying,’ his mother says
A Transportation Security Administration official is drawing heavy criticism after a video that shows him patting down a boy at DFW Airport went viral on social media over the weekend. Jennifer Williamson, the boy’s mother, posted the video to Facebook on Sunday morning, writing that she was “livid” at the TSA agent.
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Lufthansa grounds long-haul flights as strike drags on
More than 100,000 Lufthansa passengers are facing disruption as a strike by pilots dragged on for a third day. The German airline cancelled about 830 flights on Friday, with long-haul journeys facing disruption over the weekend as the dispute intensifies. Lufthansa has cancelled more than 2,600 flights since pilots first went on strike on Wednesday. The pilots' union said 88 long-haul flights leaving Germany on Saturday would be hit.
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TSA Lines May Soon Get Shorter, Thanks to a New Bill
Finally, some good news about TSA lines: you can likely expect them to be shorter soon, thanks to a new bill. Earlier this year, we warned you about longer wait times at airports this year, primarily because the TSA has become incredibly understaffed.
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Why Flying is So Expensive
Flying is expensive, really expensive, but only kinda, and it's only partially the airlines' fault. Big thank you to Real Engineering for the collab in this video.
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