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French man accesses US Airways cockpit by impersonating pilot

By AOL Travel, Mar 22, 2013

A French man has been arrested after allegedly posing as an airline pilot and gaining access to the cockpit of a US Airways flight bound for Philadelphia on Wednesday. Philippe Jernnard...
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Smoke in cockpit grounds US Airways plane during take-off

By AOL Travel, Jan 31, 2013

A US Airways plane was forced to land moments after take-off on Wednesday afternoon after smoke in the cockpit was detected by cabin crew. Flight 876 was taking off from Charlotte Douglas...
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Facebook spat sparks plane bomb hoax

By Roshina Jowaheer, Sep 10, 2012

A man was charged for falsely reporting explosives aboard a US Airways plane after he saw a compromising picture of his girlfriend on her former lover's Facebook page. Kenneth Smith...
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Four flight attendants injured on three planes in one day

By Ruth Doherty, Aug 10, 2012

Four flight attendants on three different planes were hurt and taken to hospitals on Wednesday. Two of the incidents were caused by turbulence, while the other two were the result of a...
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Three planes narrowly avoid midair collision at Washington Airport

By Roshina Jowaheer, Aug 03, 2012

Three US Airways planes came too close to each other in the air near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport avoiding a mid-air collision. Air safety regulators are investigating the near...
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Plane diverted as 12 passengers fall sick from foul odour

By Ruth Doherty, Jul 11, 2012

A US Airways plane flying from Charlotte to Rome, America, had to make an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport because at 12 passengers and crew became sick from an odour...
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Flight delayed as plane wheels sink into melting runway tarmac

By Ruth Doherty, Jul 09, 2012

A US Airways flight was delayed for three hours after its wheels sank into the runway tarmac. Extreme heat reaching 100C at the Reagan National Airport in Washington caused the melting,...
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Flight delayed after passenger prompts cabin crew drugs tests

By Ruth Doherty, Jul 02, 2012

A flight was delayed for six hours this weekend after a passenger asked whether the staff had been partying too hard - prompting the airline to administer drug tests on the cabin crew. The...
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