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'Crew Is Vomiting:' Listen To Soundbite From Flight Diverted To VA Airport Due To Medical Issue 'Crew Is Vomiting:' Listen To Soundbite From Flight Diverted To VA Airport Due To Medical Issue
'Crew Is Vomiting:' Listen To Soundbite From Flight Diverted To VA Airport Due To Medical Issue "We need to get this plane on the ground ASAP." A soundbite from a Boston-bound flight briefly diverted to a Virginia airport over the weekend due to a customer experiencing a medical issue has been released. And it's not pretty. The incident happened on Flight UA2477, which departed Houston on Sunday, July 28, a United Airlines spokesman said.  While United did say a medical issue suffered by a passenger caused a quick diversion to Washington-Dulles Airport in Loudoun and Fairfax counties, the airline did not specify the nature of the episode. A soundbite from someone on the f…

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JetBlue Flight Narrowly Avoids Run-In With LearJet Plane At Boston Airport: Feds JetBlue Flight Narrowly Avoids Run-In With LearJet Plane At Boston Airport: Feds
JetBlue Flight Narrowly Avoids Run-In With LearJet Plane At Boston Airport: Feds The pilot of a Learjet plane took off without clearance at Boston Logan International Airport, forcing a JetBlue flight to take "evasive action," officials say.  A Learjet 60 flight was instructed to line up and wait before taking off while a JetBlue Embraer 190 landed on an intersecting runway on Monday, Feb. 27 around 7:00 p.m., according to a preliminary statement by the Federal Aviation Administration.  VERY CLOSE CALL: FAA says Learjet Hop-A-Jet took off without clearance at Logan Airport Monday forcing JetBlue 206 to take evasive action and go-around. JetBlue flight may have touch…

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by Morgan Gonzales