Airports Gear Up For Hectic Holiday Travel
As the clock kicks down toward Christmas, Miami and Ft. Lauderdale's airports are gearing up for the annual crush of holiday travelers.
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As the clock kicks down toward Christmas, Miami and Ft. Lauderdale's airports are gearing up for the annual crush of holiday travelers.
An American Airlines passenger allegedly caused a flight out of Guatemala to be put on lockdown as it traveled to Miami International Airport on Tuesday.
South Florida health officials are gathering more information about a passenger, who may be suffering from cholera, that landed at Miami International Airport. As they investigate, they are warning people that even if the person has the disease, there is virtually no chance of it spreading here as it has in Haiti.
No major delays are being reported at Miami International Airport as thousands of people line up to catch flights out of town for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The dreaded holiday travel season is upon us. And besides packing bags, navigating through parking lots and dealing with enhanced security procedures here's another thing to think about -- South Florida's two major airports received low marks in a new online report.
As one of the busiest travel times of the years is less than a week away, anyone traveling through the nation's airports better get ready for heightened security and delays during their trips.
In the nine years since the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, the federal government has spent billions of your tax dollars supposedly to create better security and aviation safety. But a six month I-Team investigation into security at our airports raises serious questions about how much safer we really are. I-Team investigator Stephen Stock digs up the truth behind what critics call "Security Theater" at our airports.
A Miami-Dade police Disciplinary Action Report says Miami-Dade Police Canine Officer Farah Lormestoir improperly got onto international Air France flight #3959 going to Haiti on April 14th carrying insect repellant. You can read the entire DAR and attachments by clicking on this link. The I-Team found Officer Lormestoir leaving for work, after six weeks of unsuccessfully trying to find her on the job at Miami International Airport. What's the problem with insect repellant?
Yet another near collision on a runway was reported in South Florida, coming less than a day after an exclusive CBS4 investigation into close calls in our skies and on our airport runways. The CBS4 I-Team has learned that only hours after our I-Team investigation aired, it happened again. This time it happened at Miami International Airport. This latest close call involved a twin engine turboprop and a Boeing 757. Sources tell the CBS4 I-Team that around 10 a.m. Tuesday, an American Eagle Airlines AT-72 made a wrong turn onto runway 26 L. At the same time the 757, operated by UPS, was being cleared for take off, doing 50 knots down the very same runway 26L--headed straight for the turboprop when air traffic controllers intervened and stopped both planes.
