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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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2,500 Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Stranded Passengers Seething In Post-Christmas Mess 2,500 Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Stranded Passengers Seething In Post-Christmas Mess
2,500 Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Stranded Passengers Seething In Post-Christmas Mess More than 2,500 Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled and 8,3072 delayed as of Wednesday, Dec. 28 leaving even more passengers across the US stranded and seething. Processes and computer systems that haven't changed since the 1990s are to blame, Captain Casey Murray, the president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, tells CNN. “It’s phones, it’s computers, it’s processing power, it’s the programs used to connect us to airplanes," he said, "that’s where the problem lies, and it’s systemic throughout the whole airline." The federal government said it plans on investigating. Cu…

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by Annie DeVoe and Cecilia Levine