Posts Tagged ‘transportation’
United flight turned around after report of passenger making a terroristic threat
A United Airlines flight was diverted back to Las Vegas shortly after takeoff over the weekend due to what police said was a report of a passenger making a terroristic threat. Las Vegas police said they detained a 25-year-old passenger after the report on the Saturday night flight headed to Newark, New Jersey. The man…
Read MoreSaudi airport passenger terminal is struck again, a day after 12 were killed
A projectile struck a passenger terminal at the international airport in Riyadh on Sunday, a day after a missile hit the same terminal and killed 12 people, the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said. The Houthis claimed responsibility for those attacks and others. Saudi authorities said one person, described as a Pakistani…
Read MoreEarly indications suggest Flydubai co-pilot acted alone in attack, officials say
Early indications suggest the Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking his captain and trying to seize control of an Israel-bound plane acted alone, rather than as part of a larger organization or on behalf of a foreign government, multiple U.S. officials briefed on the investigation and a former Israeli security official told NBC News. The U.S.…
Read MoreAttacker’s motive remains unknown after FlyDubai flight to Israel escapes disaster
The motive of the Omani copilot who stabbed his captain on a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously and forcing it to land in Saudi Arabia, remained unknown on Thursday as investigators across the region raced to learn more. Israeli passengers who were on the FlyDubai aircraft carrying 174 people from the…
Read MoreA commercial plane traveling from Dubai to Israel is diverted to Saudi Arabia after a distress call
A commercial plane traveling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising concerns about a possible hijacking and prompting Israel to scramble warplanes. Israeli media, citing security officials, said the incident stemmed from a feud between the plane’s two pilots,…
Read MoreSuspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption
Parts of the Netherlands, including Amsterdam, were hit by major rail disruption after suspected sabotage to the tracks on Tuesday morning, the country’s railway infrastructure operator said. ProRail said pipes and cables were laid on tracks at multiple locations in the country’s centre and north in more than 35 incidents. It added the acts appeared…
Read MoreMyanmar resistance group says it hit a military air base at Mandalay airport with drones
Myanmar’s main pro-democracy resistance group said Friday its armed wing launched drone attacks on a military air base that shares a compound with an international airport serving the country’s second-largest city, forcing the airport to shut down. It was the latest attack in Myanmar’s more than five-year conflict between the military and armed resistance groups…
Read MoreSouth Germany train station reopens after morning explosion injured two, police say
An explosion near a German train station followed by the discovery of a suspicious object caused police to temporarily close the transport hub in the southern city of Augsburg on Wednesday morning. Later in the morning, police said the suspicious object had been identified as harmless and that the train station was reopened again at…
Read MoreEU summons Russian envoy over failed Leipzig drone attack
The European Unions’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday that she summoned Russia’s envoy in Brussels over the alleged attempted hybrid attack involving an explosives-laden drone at Leipzig/Halle Airport last month. Germany’s foreign and interior ministers said in a joint press conference on Tuesday that the government in Berlin had concluded that Russia…
Read MoreYemen government says its forces attacked Sanaa airport
Yemen’s internationally recognised government says its forces have carried out an attack at Sanaa airport to prevent an Iranian aircraft landing. The Yemeni capital Sanaa – and much of northern Yemen, including the port city of Hodeidah on the western Red Sea coast – is controlled by Houthi rebels aligned with Iran, while the government,…
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