Middletown, NJ
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American Airlines Passengers Fume Over 1,500 Halloween Weekend Flight Cancellations American Airlines Passengers Fume Over 1,500 Halloween Weekend Flight Cancellations
American Airlines Passengers Fume Over 1,500 Halloween Weekend Flight Cancellations American Airline passengers fumed on Twitter Sunday, after nearly 1,500 flight cancellations made over Halloween weekend. Airline officials cited high winds and staffing conditions at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Thursday, according to a staff note sent Saturday by COO David Seymour obtained by CNBC. Wow @AmericanAir, stranded overnight in ORD last min cancel but issue known well known in advance. 3.5hr 📞 now will be here for days!! Can’t even go back to NYC. Challenge accepted United/Delta! After 30yr with AA this is the end… #totalfail #AmericanAirlines #hell pic.twitte…

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by Cecilia Levine
Allentown, PA
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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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by Cecilia Levine
Pleasantville, NY
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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
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Unruly NJ Man With Meth Subdued With Benadryl After Biting Airline Passenger's Ear, Police Say Unruly NJ Man With Meth Subdued With Benadryl After Biting Airline Passenger's Ear, Police Say
Unruly NJ Man With Meth Subdued With Benadryl After Biting Airline Passenger's Ear, Police Say A flight from Newark to Miami was forced to make an emergency landing when a 45-year-old New Jersey man who had methamphetamine on him bit another passenger's ear and punched him in the face, authorities said. A doctor on the plane then tried to subdue John Yurkovich Jr., by giving him a shot of Benadryl on United Airlines flight 728 last Wednesday, officials told the Raleigh News & Observer. It all began when Yurkovich got up to use the bathroom, and when he sat back down in his seat he became agitated, the outlet says. "The suspect got up from his seat again to retrieve what app…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
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Couple Kicked Off Newark Flight To Israel For Saying Ultra-Orthodox Jews Would Spread COVID-19 Couple Kicked Off Newark Flight To Israel For Saying Ultra-Orthodox Jews Would Spread COVID-19
Couple Kicked Off Newark Flight To Israel For Saying Ultra-Orthodox Jews Would Spread Covid-19 A couple was removed from a United Airlines flight from Newark International Airport to Israel over the weekend after saying the ultra-Orthodox would spread COVID-19, according to recent news reports. The Saturday incident began at the boarding gate where the couple reportedly shouted at an ultra-Orthodox student that he should wear his mask on his nose as well and that he was spreading the disease, the Jerusalem Post reports citing Ynet. The couple then demanded not to be sat next to any ultra-Orthodox passengers and that instead, they should all be sat together because they're "spreading …

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
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Family Reportedly Kicked Off Newark-Bound Flight After 2-Year-Old Girl Refused Face Mask Family Reportedly Kicked Off Newark-Bound Flight After 2-Year-Old Girl Refused Face Mask
Family Reportedly Kicked Off Newark-Bound Flight After 2-Year-Old Girl Refused Face Mask A Colorado mom says her family was kicked off a United Airlines flight to Newark Liberty International Airport after their 2-year-old daughter refused to wear a face mask. Eliz Orban's video from the Dec. 11 flight shows her husband, Erhard Orban, trying to get Edeline to wear her mask as the plane prepared for take off from Denver. Moments later, a flight attendant can be seen coming over to their seats and asking them to get off due to non-compliance. The Orbans questioned the move, but ultimately exited the plane -- frustrated and saddened that they wouldn't be able to make it to t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Torrington, CT
Lifestyle
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
Newark, NJ
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LAWSUIT: Family Of Newark Airport Worker Killed By Propeller Sues Airline, Port Authority LAWSUIT: Family Of Newark Airport Worker Killed By Propeller Sues Airline, Port Authority
Lawsuit: Family Of Newark Airport Worker Killed By Propeller Sues Airline, Port Authority The family of a Newark Liberty Airport worker who was struck by an airplane propeller and killed has filed a lawsuit saying an absentee spotter and failed safety provisions are to blame for her death. Jacqueline Mkalama, 53, of Orange, was walking on the tarmac at Gate 25 in Terminal A when she was struck in the head by the spinning propeller of a Bombardier DHC-8202, on Sept. 2, 2017, according to the suit filed last month. The airport's operator, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, “failed to provide a safe place and means to perform the work, reads the suit, filed by the…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
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WATCH: Entire Newark Flight Ousted From Plane After Toddler, 2, Refuses Face Mask WATCH: Entire Newark Flight Ousted From Plane After Toddler, 2, Refuses Face Mask
Watch: Entire Newark Flight Ousted From Plane After Toddler, 2, Refuses Face Mask An entire Newark-bound flight was forced off the plane after a 2-year-old girl refused to wear a face mask, reports say. Chaya Bruck of Brooklyn, NY, was flying alone from Orlando Wednesday with her six children when her youngest, Dina, refused to keep her mask on, she said in a Facebook post. Flight attendants warned Bruck if her toddler didn't keep her mask on, they'd be kicked off the plane. Other passengers encouraged Bruck to stand her ground -- even arguing with the flight attendants over their face mask policy and the age of the child. Bruck pleaded with flight attendants to let he…

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
North Jersey Flight Attendant Found North Jersey Flight Attendant Found
North Jersey Flight Attendant Found A 24-year-old North Jersey flight attendant missing for more than a week was found unharmed, authorities announced Wednesday. Breyah "Bree" Pruden, of Newark. -- a flight attendant for United Airlines -- had last been seen June 10 in Newark's Ironbound area near Chestnut Street around 11:30 p.m. No further details were released by Newark police.

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
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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
Elizabeth, NJ
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Union City Parks Worker Dies Of Coronavirus, City Cases Rise To 511 Union City Parks Worker Dies Of Coronavirus, City Cases Rise To 511
Union City Parks Worker Dies Of Coronavirus, City Cases Rise To 511 One of Union City's parks department workers died of coronavirus, his nephew said. Marcelo Gonzalez died of coronavirus-related complications on April 4.  "My uncle was a gentle, humble, and strong man who loved all his family," Gio Gonzalez said.  "He will be missed dearly by all who loved him, knew him, spent time with him, and worked With him." There were 511 coronavirus cases in Union City as of Monday night, Mayor Brian Stack said, urging residents to stay home. United Airlines worker Carlos Consuegra  of Union City died of coronavirus last month, despite being "…

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by Cecilia Levine