Pittsburgh woman says she was sexually assaulted on flight to Chicago
A Pittsburgh woman says she was sexually assaulted by a man sitting next to her on a United Airlines flight to Chicago last month.
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A Pittsburgh woman says she was sexually assaulted by a man sitting next to her on a United Airlines flight to Chicago last month.
The plane was headed from Las Vegas to Newark on Saturday when a flight attendant spotted what appeared to be a reference to hijacking on a passenger's phone. Police arrested 25-year-old Dante Milne, charging him with making a false terrorism threat.
Chicago O'Hare International Airport broke its summer passenger record in 2026, the city said, while its biggest airline is warning flights caps could persist for years as construction continues.
United Airlines ' top corporate brass warned that flight caps and restrictions at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, imposed by the FAA, could last through 2034 when the airport modernization and expansion project is completed.
Participants got a rundown of the airport's amenities, went through security, boarding and even got to sit in the cockpit.
Four planes have blown tires while landing at or leave Chicago O'Hare International Airport in the last month. CBS News Senior Transportation Correspondent Kris Van Cleave joined us to talk about the FAA's investigation, why plane tires can be vulnerable, and how the aviation industry addresses these kinds of safety issues.
The new overseas routes represent the largest expansion in the airline's history, United said.
A United Airlines flight from Chicago to Phoenix had to abort its takeoff at O'Hare International Airport on Thursday afternoon when it blew a tire.
United Airlines has scrapped plans to start offering flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to 10 regional airports, blaming the move on an order to cap flights at that airport.
United Airlines has scrapped plans to start offering flights from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to 10 regional airports, blaming the move on an order to cap flights at that airport.
Travel Editor Peter Greenberg has analysis of security concerns in the air, as well as Tampa Bay International Airport starting to privatize most of its security operations, and a United Airlines employee threatening to call U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on a man trying to correct his daughter’s ticket.
United Airlines has a solution to passengers squabbling over who gets the armrest: empty middle seats.
Since 1985, the local chapter of the foundation has granted 19,000 wishes across the state.
Authorities say the 25-year-old man used a real boarding pass to get through TSA, but he went to a different gate for a different flight, and officials say he waited until United employees were distracted.
According to air traffic control audio, security came to inspect the aircraft after someone named their Bluetooth device a "certain four-letter word."
Law enforcement officers traveling on the plane restrained the 75-year-old man mid-air.
The Dane County Sheriff's Office said that a 75-year-old man's behavior caused the flight to divert. The sheriff's office also said that the man appeared confused and in a "Mental Health crisis."
A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport from Chicago diverted to Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday night to address a "security concern with an unruly passenger," the company said.
A beloved United Airlines pilot stationed in Chicago received a very special sendoff into retirement this weekend.
Capt. Jolanda Witvliet was honored with a water cannon salute at O’Hare International Airport on Saturday.
Sens. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin say their concern is there may be more emergency exit doors than flight attendants in the event of an evacuation.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
An investigation is underway after a United Airlines plane struck a light pole and truck on the New Jersey Turnpike as it was coming in for a landing at Newark Liberty Airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said.
A United Airlines plane struck a light pole and truck on the New Jersey Turnpike as it was coming in for a landing at Newark Liberty Airport Sunday afternoon, officials said.
United Airlines will cut more than 100 daily departures out of O'Hare International Airport this summer to meet a federal mandate to avoid delays.
