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JetBlue passengers stuck on plane for 7 hours

For seven hours, the passengers on JetBlue flight 504 were stranded on the plane with no bathrooms and no water, according to passengers who tweeted or contacted NBC Connecticut.

Plane cleared to fly after ’security threat’ in NM

Two domestic airline flights were diverted Sunday in separate incidents.

Delta flight lands in N.C. due to odor in cabin

A Delta Air Lines Inc. flight made an unscheduled landing in North Carolina after an odor in the cabin made some of the passengers sick.

Authorities: Up to 48 dead in Christmas Island shipwreck

Australian authorities on Monday raised the death toll of asylum-seekers killed last week in a shipwreck on Christmas Island to 48, possibly more than half of the passengers on the boat.

Japan’s 98th airport opens to fanfare, criticism

Tokyo’s third international airport opened Thursday with festivity — and heavy criticism that it’s a wasteful project expected to serve just a fraction of the passengers forecast. Tokyo – Japan – Airport – Aviation – Transportation and Logistics