Fort Lauderdale man hid in JetBlue plane bathroom, found asleep hours later
Samuel Lackey entered a parked JetBlue plane through an open door and hid in the bathroom before falling asleep, police say.
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Samuel Lackey entered a parked JetBlue plane through an open door and hid in the bathroom before falling asleep, police say.
The expansion is expected to provide 370 connecting opportunities for travelers passing through the airport.
Carriers including Avianca, Breeze, and JetBlue are rapidly expanding routes and capacity to capitalize on the newly available space.
Air traffic control also referred to the pilot of a small plane as "Mad Max."
After Spirit Airlines shutters operations, other discount airlines move quickly to add new routes from Fort Lauderdale.
The South Florida-based airline, which had been operating for 34 years, advised customers not to go to the airport.
Shortly after all JetBlue flights were grounded by the FAA due to what the agency said was a JetBlue request, the carrier said it had resumed operations.
Airlines including JetBlue, Breeze and Allegiant are expanding service at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Officials say at least 15 JetBlue passengers were injured after a sudden drop in altitude forced an emergency landing in Florida.
Airlines are donating meals to unpaid federal aviation workers during the government shutdown as air traffic controllers missed their first paychecks.
The nationalities of the two stowaways haven't been released since their bodies were found on Jan. 6.
Police are confirming the identities of Elvis Borquez Castillo and Jeik Anilus Lusi as stowaways found in the landing gear of a JetBlue plane in January 2025.
Their bodies were found when the plane landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport late Monday.
According to the FAA, over 75% of stowaway attempts in aircrafts from 1947 to 2020 ended in death.
Morgan Rynor reports before landing in Fort Lauderdale, the plane had made stops in Salt Lake City, New York, the Dominican Republic and Kingston, Jamaica.
Broward sheriff's deputies and a medical examiner descended on Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport overnight after bodies were found in an aircraft compartment on a JetBlue Airways plane.
Morgan Rynor reports the bodies of two males were found when a flight from New York landed at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
The bodies were found when the plane landed Monday night at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Morgan Rynor reports the bodies were found during a routine inspection of the plane after it landed on a flight from New York.
Morgan Rynor reports the bodies were found during a routine inspection of the plane after it landed.
American Airlines is no longer resuming its daily service out of Miami into Port-au-Prince's Toussaint Louverture International Airport.
Morgan Rynor reports a new FAA notice prohibits U.S. civil aviation operations in Haiti airspace below 10,000 feet for the next 30 days after reports of three jets were fired upon.
U.S. airlines are barred from flying to Haiti for a month after 3 American carriers' planes are hit by gunfire amid relentless gang violence in the Caribbean nation.
CBS News Miami's Tania Francois reports the FAA is prohibiting all flights to Haiti after three jets were struck by gunfire Monday, including an American Airlines flight leaving Port-au-Prince bound for Miami International Airport that was announced Tuesday by the airline. The others were a Spirit flight from Fort Lauderdale and a JetBlue headed to JFK.
If you plan on traveling to the state capital take JetBlue off your list.
