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Video Shows Westchester Man Going On Tirade At Orlando Airport Video Shows Westchester Man Going On Tirade At Orlando Airport
Video Shows Westchester Man Going On Tirade At Orlando Airport A New York man who threw an allegedly drunken tirade at a Florida airport had to be tased after getting verbally abusive and physically violent with staff members before being arrested. On Thursday, Feb. 24, 34-year-old Westchester County resident Ryan Martin, of Yonkers, became belligerent before boarding his United Airlines flight from the Orlando International Airport back to New York in a video that went viral after being caught on camera and shared online. “Don’t touch me! Don’t (expletive) touch me!” Martin screams into the void as fellow passengers stare at their phones. “You want a …

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: FDA Grants Full Approval For Pfizer Vaccines, With More Mandates Now Expected COVID-19: FDA Grants Full Approval For Pfizer Vaccines, With More Mandates Now Expected
Covid-19: FDA Grants Full Approval For Pfizer Vaccines, With More Mandates Now Expected The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 16 and older. On Monday, Aug. 23, the FDA announced that the Pfizer vaccine has been granted full approval, which is expected to potentially open the door for more COVID-19 vaccine mandates. The Pentagon will mandate vaccines for its 1.4 million active-duty service members, following the FDA approval Monday. United Airlines recently said its employees will be required to show proof of vaccination within five weeks of regulatory approval.  Pfizer is the first COVID-1…

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by Zak Failla
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COVID-19: Virus Risk Extremely Low On Airplanes If Passengers Follow Mask Rule, Study Shows COVID-19: Virus Risk Extremely Low On Airplanes If Passengers Follow Mask Rule, Study Shows
Covid-19: Virus Risk Extremely Low On Airplanes If Passengers Follow Mask Rule, Study Shows The odds of contracting COVID-19 on an airplane is “extremely unlikely” provided travelers wear marks, according to a new study from the Department of Defense. Researchers conducted hundreds of tests on United Airlines Boeing 777 and 767 planes on the ground and in the air, simulating flights as long as 12 hours to determine the odds of spreading the virus among potential passengers. During the study, researchers released tracer aerosols from a mannequin that was the equivalent of thousands of coughs and they traced how they moved through the cabin using ultraviolet lights. "Testing assume…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Upstate NY Man Goes Berserk, Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs, Authorities Charge Upstate NY Man Goes Berserk, Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs, Authorities Charge
Upstate NY Man Goes Berserk, Beats Flight Attendant, Breaks Officer's Ribs, Authorities Charge An upstate New York man went berserk on a flight to Newark,  barreling into the cockpit door and pummeling a female attendant before injuring one of six Port Authority police officers in a brawl on the tarmac, authorities said. United Airlines Flight 4965 from Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. had almost reached Newark Liberty International Airport shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9 when passengers said Matthew Dingley went off. Dingley, 28, of Wynantsville, in Rensselaer County, sprinted to the cockpit door and began banging on it, then attacked the much smalle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Newark Passengers Desperately Tweeted For Help During 14 Hours Trapped On Freezing Plane Newark Passengers Desperately Tweeted For Help During 14 Hours Trapped On Freezing Plane
Newark Passengers Desperately Tweeted For Help During 14 Hours Trapped On Freezing Plane United Airlines passengers on a flight from Newark spent nearly 14 hours stuck on a freezing tarmac in Canada. The Hong Kong-bound flight made an emergency landing at Newfoundland's Goose Bay Airport at 9:31 p.m., six hours after taking off from New Jersey Saturday, several media outlets reported. Just as the plane was preparing to depart, a door of the Boeing 777-200 got stuck open.  Because Goose Bay is a Royal Canadian Air Force base and there were no customs officer on duty to process travelers, the passengers were trapped inside the aircraft. They spent 14 long and painful hours hud…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police: Area Man Arrested At Airport After Creating Disturbance On Flight Police: Area Man Arrested At Airport After Creating Disturbance On Flight
Police: Area Man Arrested At Airport After Creating Disturbance On Flight A 31-year-old Sandy Hook man was arrested for creating a disturbance on an inbound flight to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, state police announced Thursday. The incident occurred on Tuesday, Oct. 16 when BIA dispatch was notified by Air Traffic Control of the disturbance on a flight due to land in about 10 minutes. It was reported that United Flight 1887 from Denver had an intoxicated male passenger that was disrupting the flight attendants and other passengers, according to Connecticut State Police. Troopers were in the terminal and met the plane on its arrival at the gat…

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by Joe Lombardi
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'Outrageous': Woman Delayed Newark-Bound Flight Five Hours For Ridiculous Reason 'Outrageous': Woman Delayed Newark-Bound Flight Five Hours For Ridiculous Reason
'Outrageous': Woman Delayed Newark-Bound Flight Five Hours For Ridiculous Reason A Newark-bound flight from Indianapolis was delayed for five hours Monday night because of one woman's ridiculous antics. Crew members of United Airlines flight 3708 sent passengers back inside the airport as they explained to the woman she had to check her oversized bag, and then asking her to disembark, WTHR reports. The flight was originally scheduled to leave at 7:05 p.m. Instead, a different aircraft took all other passengers to Newark at 12:17 a.m., the article says. One passenger suffered a medical condition while waiting in the terminal, WTHR says. Passenger Jason Kowalsky told WT…

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by Cecilia Levine