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Bus driver and students escape a burning bus

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122105) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 6 Dec

Passengers who were aboard a school bus in Springville in New York on Friday morning are grateful to be alive when the school bus was going toward Springville Griffith Institute had the actions of the bus driver stopped the bus...

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the flight ladders are interesting in the airports

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 13 Oct

I boarded Indigo flight with my family members including mother wife and two sons. The portable air ladders are interesting. The doors of the flights are at a height. The portable ladders are fixed with the flights for passengers...

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Pan Am Stewardess Heroine

celticeagle @celticeagle (189824) • Boise, Idaho 24 Aug

On September 5, 1986 Neerja Bhanot saved a large number of the 394 passengers, including 9 infants and a crew of 13 Indian flight attendants and an American flight crew. It had been hijacked by four terrorists from the Abu Nibal...

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Amusement park ride experiences a delay on opening day

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122105) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 3 Aug

An amusement park called "Siren's Curse" which is located at the Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky Ohio experience a brief pause on Saturday June 28 when the riders were stuck in a vertical position in their seats for a...

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Airline flew passengers luggages while passengers remain stranded

Emmanuel Adelakun @ogbenishyna44 (1740) 17 Jun

This is one of the funniest news I have read recently. It happened in Nigeria that an airline flew some passengers luggages to their destination where their owners remained stranded at the airport. Could this be a deliberate thing...

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In Mopa International Airport in Goa passengers are boarded comfortably

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 10 Nov 24

Most of the flights like Indigo, Air India are parked in the MOPA Airport or Manohar International Airport in Goa is such a way that there is pathway from where the passengers can board the flight. There is no requirement of...

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An airline pilot with a heart of gold buys pizzas for passengers stranded in New Mexico

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122105) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 10 Oct 24

I like the attitude of a United Airlines pilot who showed a heart of compassion for about 150 passengers who were stranded at the airport in Albuquerque New Mexico on Friday September 13 when the airplane that traveled from San...

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School bus driver saves the lives of her passengers before the bus caught fire

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122105) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 19 Mar 24

Kia Rousseve who is a resident of New Orleans Louisiana is being praised by her employer Community Academies for her quick thinking to evacuate nine passengers who were aboard the school bus that she was driving to get out safely...

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Two Disasters in Japan: January 2024

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 3 Jan 24

It was a sad thing that Japan experienced a killer earthquake on January 1st. The killer earthquake's magnitude was 7.6 and affected the Noto Peninsula. There were five deaths and two injuries yesterday (January 4), but the death...

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Firefighters in New York City rescue passengers aboard a passenger train

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122105) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 25 Oct 23

The New York Fire Department (NYFD) answered calls for help from passengers who were aboard a Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) passenger train that was disabled as it was traveling from Jamaica Center to 121 Street on Tuesday...

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Mosquitos cause trouble aboard a flight in Mexico

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122105) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Oct 23

Passengers who were aboard a Volaris flight that was in Guadalajara in Mexico on Friday afternoon that was supposed to travel to Mexico City was delayed for a period of 2 hours and 29 minutes when a swarm of mosquitos were inside...

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Good afternoon

MandaLee @MandaLee (3804) • United States 3 Oct 23

Good afternoon.. You may recall that my power wheelchair was damaged by American Airlines on a flight this summer. The cost of the repairs, including parts and labor was $998. American has paid for the parts and the repairs....

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His right foot!

Pitstop @pitstop (15551) • Australia 23 May 23

Well, aeroplanes are cramped spaces and it's easy to wander into your co-passengers space without meaning to. My co-passenger decided to cross his legs before take off and I was left with little space - couldn't manspread my legs....

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Would You Switch Airline Seats If Asked by Another Passenger?

DB @dgobucks226 (37621) 14 Apr 23

Reserving seats on a plane flight seems to have gotten much more complicated in recent years. Things like additional fee charges for preferred seats, being unable to book seats together, and overbooked flights can make for a...

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All the Passengers are...

Shavkat @Shavkat (141906) • Philippines 26 Apr 22

...so close to each other in mini-buses or jeepneys in my city (Baguio) lately. Currently, our city is in level 1. It means that local transportations are allowed to let passengers be so close side-by-side. The situation seems...

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Quick thinking employees saves passengers aboard a bus that caught fire

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122105) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 18 Feb 22

Thanks to the actions of First Resources Corporation employees driver Jerry Carder and his fellow employees Elizabeth Cox and Judy Wilt acted in a quick manner to evacuate passengers who were inside a bus that caught fire at the...

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Anyone Flying to Visit Over the Holidays?

James Higgins @JamesHxstatic (29410) • Eugene, Oregon 2 Nov 21

I was reading over the last few days about American Airlines and others canceling hundreds of flights each day due to bad weather and a shortage of employees. Passengers were stranded in many cases. Then too, there seem to...

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Anyone in aviation?

Madalina Mada @MadFit (29) 3 Apr 21

Is anyone working or worked in aviation, considered switching careers since the pandemic? How hard did you find it? And.. What skills do you think are transferable and to which sector?

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What makes you uncomfortable when sitting on an airplane after a long time?

Evaluate @theend (2777) • Gifu, Japan 20 Mar 19

I can understand that many people are tired of sitting for a long time on the plane, but not so they have the right to encroach on space - inherently cramped - by others. This action is not only impolite but also...

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Don't buses like the fog ???

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (11295) • United Kingdom 27 Nov 18

So, this morning it was foggy …. I don't really take much notice of the weather as Monday to Friday I have to get up and go to work anyway … So , this morning was no different ..up I got and trotted down to the bus stop. There...

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