25 h. ago Savannah International Airport evacuated after bomb threat as passengers stranded

Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport in the US has been evacuated after a reported bomb threat with passengers saying they are stranded on the tarmac and have seen sniffer dogs on site

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3 d. ago Snake on a train line: Japan’s busiest bullet train route brought to a halt

Outage occurred between Maibara and Gifu-Hashima stations after the snake appeared to have climbed an electricity poleJapan’s busiest bullet train line was brought to a halt on Wednesday after a metre-long snake wrapped itself around a power line, shorting the electricity supply and stranding hundreds of passengers.Shinkansen trains running between Tokyo and Osaka were brought to a standstill by the snake, with news reports showing footage of people inside trains waiting for services to resume. Power did not appear to have been cut inside trains, with lights and air conditioning still functioning, according to passengers. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago EasyJet issues Spain and Portugal update as passengers stranded after power outage

Spain declared a 'major incident' due to the outages on Monday, April 28

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5 d. ago Manchester Airport passengers among THOUSANDS left stranded in Spain and Portugal after power cut chaos

A huge power outage in Spain and Portugal caused travel chaos after impacting airports and train lines

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5 d. ago Spain and Portugal flight chaos: Stranded passengers bid to reach UK after power outages

Thousands of passengers were stranded after dozens of flights to the UK were cancelled on Monday

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5 d. ago Stranded passengers try to return to UK after power cuts in Spain and Portugal

Twenty-five flights from Portugal to the UK were cancelled on Monday.

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5 d. ago Electricity restored to 90% of Spain and most of Portugal after massive power outage

The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricityLights flickered back to life across most of Spain and Portugal on Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula, stranding passengers in trains and elevators while millions lost phone and internet coverage.Electricity had been restored to nearly 90% of mainland Spain by early on Tuesday, the grid operator REE said. Power was restored overnight to around 6.2m households in Portugal out of 6.5m, according to the national electricity grid operator. Lights also came on again in Madrid and in Portugal’s capital, Lisbon. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Passengers encouraged to get off hot train to get some air are left stranded

The group of passengers - which included an elderly couple - were 'flabbergasted' after the blunder saw them left at Swindon station, more than 130 miles away from their destination.

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2 w. ago 300 passengers stranded on tarmac overnight after two flights diverted to airport with no customs staff

Passenger tells of 25-hour ordeal returning to US from Mexico vacation

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3 w. ago Delta passengers stranded on Alabama tarmac for seven hours after diversion to airport with no customs staff

Passenger tells of 25-hour ordeal returning to US from Mexico vacation

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3 w. ago Passengers from Mexico stranded on Alabama tarmac for seven hours after diversion to airport with no customs staff

Passenger tells of 25-hour ordeal returning to U.S. from Mexico vacation

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4 w. ago Passengers on Virgin Atlantic flight stranded in Turkey for 40 hours finally reach India

Passengers decry ‘inhumane’ and ‘awful’ situation at remote military airport

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last month Virgin plane passengers stuck at military base with 'no food' after mid

Virgin Atlantic Flight VS358 to Mumbai was forced to land at a military base in Turkey after a woman was taken seriously ill mid-flight - but the 200 passengers onboard were left stranded

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last month More than 200 passengers on London to Mumbai flight stranded at Turkey military base after plane forced to make emergency landing

The flight had left Heathrow for Mumbai at 11.40am but never arrived as a woman started 'shouting and screaming at 30,000ft'.

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