6 d. ago Arizona dust storm engulfs Phoenix, bringing power outages and flight delays

Haboob swept through capital, rattling homes, terrifying drivers and leaving tens of thousands without powerA powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through the city of Phoenix, Arizona, on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and damaging one of the nation’s busiest airports.The dust storm, known as a haboob, is pushed by the wind and produced by a weather front or thunderstorm. It typically occurs in flat, arid areas. The storm came from the south-east, and was followed by heavy rain, wind and lightning. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Giant wall of dust surges through Phoenix, leaving thousands without power

The dust storm, known as a haboob, delayed flights at the city’s airport

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7 d. ago Phoenix is blanketed in thick wall of dust as major monsoon hits desert valley

Phoenix, Arizona was blanketed with a thick wall of dust that darkened the skies and knocked out power to thousands as a major monsoon hit the area Monday night.

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7 d. ago United Airlines pilot cancels flight on runway over passenger's selfish act in toilet

Passengers were horrified to discover their United Airlines flight was delayed because of one passenger's selfish act as they waited on the tarmac in San Francisco

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9 d. ago Furious TUI holidaymakers 'abandoned' at airport with kids sleeping on floor

Mum Rio, 41, her husband, and their twin daughters, 11, were forced to sleep on the floor at Larnaca airport in Cyprus after a string of delays stopped them catching their TUI flight home

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1 week ago United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11

United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11-hour delay — then got to the UK after their original plane  Yahoo News Canada

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1 week ago United Airlines Flight to Nowhere Delayed London Passengers 11 Hours

United Airlines Flight to Nowhere Delayed London Passengers 11 Hours  Business Insider

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1 week ago United Airlines flight reportedly delayed after passenger smokes cannabis in plane toilets

Crew did not want to risk being affected by secondhand smoke, so they deplaned and requested a new crew

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1 week ago A flight delay, a jazz band and a viral moment: How Dave Koz and fellow musicians lifted spirits

Passengers plagued by delays on a flight from St. Louis to Seattle got an unexpected pick-me-up when jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and bandmates held an impromptu jam session on the plane

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1 week ago Train outages and flight delays: Simon Calder’s big bank holiday travel guide

Exclusive: All CrossCountry trains, serving England, Wales and Scotland, are cancelled due to a strike

Transport

2 w. ago Manchester airport flight delays after easyJet planes ‘clip wings’ on runway

Passengers are facing delays at Manchester Airport on Friday morning after two easyJet planes appeared to clip wings while taxiing.

Transport

2 w. ago Seven vital tricks to help you get the compensation you deserve if your flight is delayed or cancelled

Holidaymakers facing delays or cancellations to their flights this summer may not get the full compensation they are owed due to a series of sneaky pitfalls.

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3 w. ago Terrifying moment lightning strike causes tower of flames in South Carolina as hurricane weather threatens US

A lightning strike in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, exploded a transformer into a tower of flames, causing widespread power outages and traffic chaos. The dramatic moment was caught on police dash cam

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3 w. ago Two blind women left as only people on flight after other passengers rebooked onto earlier journey

Unlike their fellow passengers, the two women were not re-booked onto a new flight amid their delayed journey

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3 w. ago Popular airline slammed as staff told two disabled women 'we forgot about you'

Southwest Airlines is being criticised for failing to communicate changes to its five-hour delayed flight as two disabled women were left behind as the flight took off without them

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3 w. ago Flooding cancels last day of Wisconsin State Fair as authorities make water rescues in Milwaukee

Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states has led to water rescues, power outages and road closures

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3 w. ago Southwest Airlines apologizes after two blind passengers left behind by plane

‘Nobody told us anything,’ one of women said after all other passengers were rebooked on earlier flight amid delaysThe US’s Southwest Airlines has publicly apologized after two women who are blind were both left behind by a plane flying to Orlando that the pair evidently should have had the opportunity to be on.Southwest eventually ended up flying the women, Camille Tate and Sherri Brun, on another flight for which they were the only two passengers, with the rest being rebooked on a plane that left earlier, according to recent reporting from the Orlando news stations WSVN and WOFL. Nonetheless, as WSVN noted, the two friends from Florida remained outraged at their experience, which resulted from their not being able to see information about the rebooked flight and not being verbally notified of the switch by the airline. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago easyJet, British Airways and Wizz Air travellers to Spain facing major disruption

The union UGT has already announced repeated walkouts in Ryanair's baggage handling department, starting on August 15 - with the prospect of delays and flight cancellations made worse by another strike

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3 w. ago EasyJet passenger slams £21 compo offer and demands proof of bird strike

Melvyn Chazen's flight home from Turkey was delayed when birds are said to have struck the plane's engine.

Economics

3 w. ago Furious tourist 'offered £21 by easyJet' after being stranded in Turkey

Melvyn Chazen, from Wavertree, is demanding 'proof' after easyJet told customers a bird strike was the reason behind their flight from Bodrum being delayed until the next day

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