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Rashmika Mandanna shares harrowing experience as flight makes emergency landing; says, “This is how we escaped death today” : Bollywood News

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Popular actor Rashmika Mandanna encountered a nerve-wracking ordeal as the Air Vistara flight she boarded faced technical complications, leading to an emergency landing. The incident occurred during her journey from Mumbai to Hyderabad, accompanied by fellow actor Shraddha Das. Within just 30 minutes of takeoff, turbulence and technical glitches compelled the flight to return to … Read more

WestJet CEO apologizes for accessibility failures

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WestJet chief executive officer Alexis von Hoensbroech apologized Thursday for incidents where the airline failed to accommodate people living with disabilities, saying he hopes to improve travel accessibility. “To our guests who didn’t have a good travel experience with us, we are sincerely sorry, and we are committed in doing better,” von Hoensbroech said during a House of Commons transport committee … Read more

A wedding party had their suitcases ransacked. They want Sunwing to take responsibility

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Lisa and Dave Parsons were in Jamaica for their son’s destination wedding, a week-long dream vacation that was picture perfect — until they unpacked their bags. Travelling with 40 wedding guests from Ocho Rios, Jamaica, to Lindsay, Ont., on Monday, the couple says that nearly half the group had expensive gadgets, fragrances and clothing stolen … Read more

Air Canada found liable for chatbot’s bad advice on plane tickets

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Air Canada has been ordered to pay compensation to a grieving grandchild who claimed they were misled into purchasing full-price flight tickets by an ill-informed chatbot. In an argument that appeared to flabbergast a small claims adjudicator in British Columbia, the airline attempted to distance itself from its own chatbot’s bad advice by claiming the online tool … Read more

‘Shocking’: Air Canada CEO blasted over accessibility services at House committee

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Lawmakers took Air Canada’s CEO to task on Monday over “shocking” and “scandalous” failures to accommodate passengers living with disabilities. At a House of Commons committee hearing on services for Canadians with disabilities, chief executive Michael Rousseau faced a barrage of questions over reports of passenger mistreatment during the past year. Vice-chair Tracy Gray cited … Read more

This robotic, solar-powered plane might be NASA’s new way to explore Mars

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Last week, the Ingenuity Mars helicopter made its final flight, far exceeding the expectations of a mission that began nearly three years ago. Now, NASA may be looking at a fixed-wing aircraft to hit the red planet’s skies next. In 2021 the Perseverance rover landed on Mars carrying a small helicopter under its belly named … Read more

US-Bound Plane From Japan Forced To Return After Man Bites Flight Attendant’s Arm

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A US-bound flight was forced to return to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after a passenger on board bit the arm of a flight attendant. The alleged incident took place on Tuesday on All Nippon Airways flight 118 over the Pacific Ocean. The authorities have not yet revealed the identity of the 55-year-old American man accused of … Read more

Moment passenger slaps pilot into cockpit over 13-hour IndiGo flight delay | World | News

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A fuming passenger slapped a pilot back into the cockpit as his flight was delayed for 13 hours over dense fog. The incident happened Sunday aboard an IndiGo flight from New Delhi to Goa, India. Footage shows fellow passengers watching in horror as the man charges at the front of the plane and attacks the … Read more