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United Passenger Pleads With Feds As Babies Cry On Tarmac At Newark United Passenger Pleads With Feds As Babies Cry On Tarmac At Newark
United Passenger Pleads With Feds As Babies Cry On Tarmac At Newark Passengers at Newark Liberty International Airport faced travel disruptions Wednesday night, Aug. 6, due to a system outage impacting United Airlines, the airport posted to X. The tweet advised: “Due to a system outage affecting United Airlines, #EWR is experiencing flight disruptions. Please check with your airline to determine the status of your flight.” One passenger tweeted at USDOT Secretary Sean Duffy pleading for help We’ve been stuck on the tarmac at EWR for over an hour after landing early, and there are crying babies on board with parents unable to do much to comfort them. To mak…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Flight Crew Demanded Toddler Be Removed From Ventilator, Says NJ Mom Now Going Viral Flight Crew Demanded Toddler Be Removed From Ventilator, Says NJ Mom Now Going Viral
Flight Crew Demanded Toddler Be Removed From Ventilator, Says NJ Mom Now Going Viral Melissa Sotomayor, a Phillipsburg resident, was flying United Airlines from Tampa to Newark on Saturday, March 8 with her 2-year-old son when she says the trouble began. Sotomayor documented her plight in a TikTok that has since gone viral, generating more than 1.2 million views. @missysoto0 @United Airlines Do better and be better! You tried to deny my child the right to fly HOME stating his vent and portable oxygen concentrator are a danger to my son and other passengers?! The captain of flight number UA1349 tried saying my son shouldn’t be allowed to fly because of his special need…

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by Sam Barron
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CT Contractor To Pay $3.2 Million To Resolve Criminal, Civil Investigation CT Contractor To Pay $3.2 Million To Resolve Criminal, Civil Investigation
CT Contractor To Pay $3.2 Million To Resolve Criminal, Civil Investigation A Connecticut electrical contractor has been fined $3.2 million for alleged fraud connected with public construction contracts. Ducci Electrical Contractors, Inc., of Farmington, was ordered to pay the fine, along with internal reforms to as part of a criminal and civil investigation into its business practices, said John Durham, U.S. States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. According to the state attorney, in April 2007, the state of Connecticut Department of Transportation selected Ducci Electrical to be the prime contractor for a construction contract valued at $79,234,692 to rep…

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by Kathy Reakes