JetBlue plane tips backward as passengers get off at JFK
A passenger said flight attendants told them to spread out to rebalance the plane.
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A passenger said flight attendants told them to spread out to rebalance the plane.
The mechanic could face up to 20 years in prison for possession, smuggling and conspiracy.
Both workers were reportedly trapped in a trench for more than an hour after the incident happened.
The outage, which occurred Thursday in Terminal 1, forced the cancelation or delay of dozens of flights.
About 30 flights were canceled on Friday following an electrical panel failure at JFK's international terminal.
Delta said in a statement that the plane "encountered birds following departure" to the Bahamas.
The incident comes just days after a close call at the same airport, when two planes carrying passengers nearly collided on the runway.
Officials are probing the incident involving an American Airlines plane that was crossing a runway and a Delta Air Lines jetliner that was preparing for takeoff. Both were packed.
Port Authority staff evacuated 167 people from the plane using emergency slides, officials said.
"On the bright side, the cat's out of the bag and safely back home," a TSA spokesperson said.
Authorities said that they apprehended about 6,000 lethal doses of cocaine from the woman's wheelchair.
They claim all passengers who looked Jewish weren't allowed to board a connecting flight after a few Jewish passengers refused to put on masks.
The employees have not returned to work since the attack last year.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared late Wednesday that the city is now under a state of emergency due to "an historic weather event ... with record breaking rain across the city, brutal flooding and dangerous conditions on our roads." He joins CBS New York with the latest. Read more here.
For the first time, a flash flood emergency was issued in New York City as remnants of Hurricane Ida raced up the East Coast late Wednesday. The band of severe weather also caused the FAA to issue a "ground stop" at all three New York City-area airports. CBS New York has complete team coverage. Read more here.
A commercial aircraft carrying medical supplies from China touched down at New York's JFK Airport on Sunday. It's the first in a series of flights containing much needed goods. Meg Oliver reports.
The passenger reportedly received a message during the flight that he tested positive for COVID-19.
Wuhan is the Chinese city at the center of the global coronavirus outbreak.
Customs and Border Protection officers asked Mayor Mohamed Khairullah if he met with terrorists while in Turkey with his family, he says
Some of the airports affected included JFK Airport in New York City, Dulles International Airport and LAX in Los Angeles
"Flight attendants have admitted this is chaos and they know nothing," one passenger tweeted
Investigators said he was about to fly off to join the Taliban, with the goal of killing American soldiers
U.S. Attorney's office said Francis Gurahoo, 39, was traveling into the United States from Guyana on Sunday
Uber Copter will take select "members" on an 8-minute flight to or from Wall St. and JFK Airport -- for a $200-to-$225 price
The Trans World Airlines Flight Center at JFK Airport, designed by architect Eero Saarinen, has been reimagined as a nostalgic trip into aviation's glamorous past