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United Airlines Fined $1.9M For Tarmac Delays United Airlines Fined $1.9M For Tarmac Delays
United Airlines Fined $1.9M For Tarmac Delays The US Department of Transportation fined United Airlines $1.9 million for violating runway delay statutes -- the largest fine issued for this particular violation. Two of the violations occurred at Newark Liberty International Airport and one at Lehigh Valley Airport. An extensive investigation by the Department’s Office of Aviation Consumer Protection (OACP) found that between December 2015 and February 2021, United allowed 20 domestic flights and five international flights at various airports throughout the United States to remain on the tarmac for a lengthy period of time without provid…

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Lawsuit: Essex County NFL Player Sexually Assaulted By Woman On Flight To Newark Lawsuit: Essex County NFL Player Sexually Assaulted By Woman On Flight To Newark
Lawsuit: Essex County NFL Player Sexually Assaulted By Woman On Flight To Newark An unnamed NFL player from Essex County is suing United Airlines saying he was groped by a drugged up woman in his row -- and crew members did little to stop it. The athlete, listed in the lawsuit filed in Los Angelos Superior Court Monday as John Doe 1, and a Philadelphia man who was in the same aisle and listed as John Doe 2, are seeking compensatory and punitive damages "as they were unnecessarily put at risk and harmed by [two flight attendants] and UNITED's common course of misconduct," the lawsuit states. The unnamed, "disheveled and unbalanced" woman took the window seat next to…

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by Cecilia Levine