Bangor Is Used to Surprise Landings
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BANGOR, Maine -- Yusuf Islam, the pop star formerly known as Cat Stevens, was a "perfect gentleman" when he got dumped at Bangor International Airport last month -- unlike most of the passengers who get pitched off their flights here, the local police said.
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Finding the wreck of a 19th-century steamer in Florida has taken special technology and the results have been extraordinary.
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TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Feb. 16 -- A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling water in his face, and about 10 people pounced on him, Spanish officials said...
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In these days of jittery travel, sometimes just a phone call can ground an airplane. Over the past week and a half, false bomb threats have forced at least half a dozen flights to make emergency landings in Europe, frightening passengers, tangling schedules and costing airlines big money.
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By Matt Sabo, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.  Dec. 10--GLOUCESTER -- The day before Thanksgiving, John Boon ran down to York River Yacht Haven at Gloucester Point to check on his boat amid the latest nor'easter.
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Last week, Michael Holman landed his plane on a deserted part of the Koyuktolik Bay shore, hoping to do a little beachcombing.
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Â· Sightseeing flight took place in bad weather  Â· Army team sent in after villagers find wreckage
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A second runway has opened up at Boston&#39;s Logan Airport, where some air travelers have been stranded after an icy weekend storm.
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LONDON  - A bomb threat that mentioned Iraq forced a New York-bound Greek airliner to make an emergency landing Sunday at London's Stansted Airport escorted by military jets, authorities said.
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A Greek plane heading for New York from Athens made an emergency landing in Ireland on Tuesday after a bomb alert, a spokeswoman for the Irish airport authority said, the second such incident in three days.
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WASHINGTON _ It's only a short hop by plane from the remote Aleutian fishing outpost of King Cove to the World War II-era airfield at Cold Bay, Alaska's third-largest airstrip.  If only the weather would cooperate, which much of the time it doesn't.
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Major airlines turn in a surprising industry performance.
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A Greek plane carrying more than 300  people on board and heading for New York from Athens made an  emergency landing in Ireland on Tuesday after a bomb alert --  the second such incident in three days.
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A search and rescue team has reached the site of the crash, and an investigation is being conducted.
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By JILL SCHENSUL, TRAVEL EDITOR "Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible ." Capt.
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A Mauritanian pilot made a rough landing so passengers and crew could overpower a hijacker, Spanish officials say.
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A plane load of British-bound passengers diverted to Amsterdam after a bomb scare was back in the UK. British Airways flight 983 from Berlin&#39;s Tegel Airport was due to arrive at London&#39;s Heathrow Airport at