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Top 10: The World's Weirdest Festivals
Forget Lollapalooza. Mardi Gras is for the birds. St. Patty's? Bugger off! Let the dull and unoriginal flock to these busted gatherings. If you want to have a real great time, if plunging into the world's odd and wacky is your flavor, then check o...
The captain of a Continental Airlines plane died during a flight from Brussels to Newark Liberty International Airport, according to an FAA official.
Airline sends girls to wrong cities ... twice; Parents want changes
After mistakenly sending two different unaccompanied minors to the wrong cities, Continental says it has procedures in place to prevent that from happening again. However, the parents of the two girls that were separately sent to the wrong cities ...
North Korea has suspended visas for tourists from Britain, a Beijing-based travel agency said, citing the state-run travel company.
Thailand has recently been named the cheapest long-haul holiday destination by a leading industry watchdog.
United Air to Charge Obese Fliers Twice on Full Jets
United Airlines, the third-largest U.S. carrier, may force some obese travelers to buy a second seat when flights are full and other passengers complain about being cramped.
Pilot's Missing Laptop Causes Security Scare at 17 Airports
A pilot's laptop, filled with top secret security information was reported missing at Dulles Airport and the ripple effects were felt across the country. The Mesa Airlines employee couldn't find the personal laptop he brought with him while co-pil...
Amazing Photos of Isolated Indonesian New Guinea's "Tree People"
(...) The Korowai and Kombai live in tree houses that stand in clearings they have carved out of the forest. Beyond the pacification line we found people without clothing, metal, or any form of cooking vessel. This reality was made clear by the st...
Capsule Hotel: A Pod of One's Own
From Amsterdam to New York, travelers seeking refuge from soaring hotel rates have an alternative: pods with little space and, sometimes, no windows. What it's like to spend a night in 84 square feet. Forget a room with a view -- or even much room...
Airline's passengers punk'd - April fool's flight of fancy
We call this a stupid jet trick: Canada's second largest airline this week offered passengers a small "sleeper cabin" in its planes' overhead luggage bins, available for a modest extra charge of $12. Continuing its irregular tradition of April Foo...
Landscapes around the world
Spectacular photos from around world by Chris Gordaneer
Fetus found in airplane bathroom
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A human fetus was found on a Continental airlines flight that landed at Bush Intercontinental Airport. And right now, the FBI is involved, trying to find out what happened. Investigators say the flight was from New York to Housto...
U.S. increases fingerprints IDs at airports
NEW YORK - International visitors flying into New York now face being identified by all ten fingerprints, part of a heightened security system aimed at identifying potential terror suspects and visa fraud, officials said on Tuesday.
Dozy pilots sacked after falling asleep and overshooting airport by 15 miles - despite panicked calls from controllers
It's one thing for passengers on a short flight to grab 40 winks. But it's quite another for both the captain and his co-pilot to take a power nap at 21,000 feet. Last night, two pilots were accused of falling asleep at the controls of a passenger...
Woman files lawsuit against AMR because passenger next to her masturbated while she slept
A 21-year-old Harris County woman filed a $200,000 lawsuit against American Airlines alleging employees on a flight to Los Angeles from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport failed to protect her while she slept from another passenger who masturbated to her a...
The Hidden Truth Behind Hotel Drinking Glasses
A disturbing video uncovering a nasty hotel practice.
Pilots fall asleep during 214-mile flight, miss airport
The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report of its investigation into a go! airlines flight that flew past the Hilo airport on Feb. 13, apparently because the two pilots fell asleep.
Amazon nuts help fuel first biofuel flight
LONDON - Nuts picked from Amazon rainforests helped fuel the world's first commercial airline flight partly powered by renewable energy on Sunday. A Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet flew from London to Amsterdam with one of its fuel tanks filled with a b...
American woman dies on plane with 2 empty oxygen tanks
A passenger returning home to New York from Haiti collapsed and died aboard an American Airlines flight after a flight attendant first told her that he could not give her any oxygen, and then brought her an oxygen tank that was empty, a relative s...
Images of the Chinese Lantern Festival
