Want to see how your luggage gets from point A to point B when you check it at the airport? Well, sit back and relax, here's a short but sweet video showing one (drug free) bag's journey from Atlanta to New York: more ›

On the eve of the second anniversary of the Christmas Day underwear bomber, a man who helped stop the would-be bomber before he could blow up a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit is suing for $10 million. Theophilus Maranga, a Dutchess County resident, has filed the lawsuit against thwarted terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, Delta Air Lines, and Air France-KLM. In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court yesterday, Maranga says he “risked his life” by jumping on Umar Faroul Abdulmutallab after the Nigerian student lit his shorts on fire. more ›

A Delta flight from Madison, WI to Atlanta, Georgia was aborted on Friday after what appears to be a bat started flapping around the cabin, CNN reports. Here's video of the winged stowaway, taken just moments after a pale-skinned passenger wearing a black cape mysteriously disappeared in a puff of smoke: more ›

Paying through the nose for airline tickets is for suckers. According to prosecutors, savvy travelers like Olajide Oluwaseun Noibi, 24, know that all you need to get from one side of the country to the other is an expired boarding pass. At least, it worked the first time when Noibi allegedly waltzed through security at JFK and managed to talk his way onto a flight to LAX—in a premium seat, no less! more ›

Last night, an Airbus A380 (Air France Flight 007), the superjumbo jet, was taxiing on a runway at JFK Airport when it clipped the wing of a Comair Bombardier CRJ-700 (Delta Connection Flight 6293) that had just come in from Boston. According to NYC Aviation, "It appeared the upper wing fence on the A380′s left wing was embedded into the CRJ’s left horizontal stabilizer." Or as a passenger on the commuter plane told the Daily News, "It was pretty damned scary. You could hear things breaking, almost like glass breaking." Another said the plane "almost tipped over." See video of the collision below—the Bombardier nearly rotates 90 degrees! more ›

Yesterday afternoon, a fuel truck collided into a Delta Airlines plane at LaGuardia Airport. According to NY1, Delta said "all 106 passengers aboard flight 2879 were sitting down and the plane wasn't moving when the accident occurred." However, the flight, which was scheduled to fly to Fort Lauderdale, was canceled. more ›

An angry Frenchman named Franck Lebrun was sentenced yesterday to time served (six days), a $500 fine and probation after he drunkenly assaulted an air marshal aboard a Delta flight last month. When he was caught smoking in a bathroom the contractor (who had washed down a pill with a liter of Bailey's Irish Creme and a vodka because of a "fear of flying") allegedly screamed at a stewardess, "I'm French, fuck you!" Since the incident Lebrun has been out on $10,000 bail but unable to leave the country, which his lawyer claims has cost him $4,500 in hotels and meals. more ›

Break out the "In Russia, drunks fly you!" jokes: The Russian junior hockey team, which won the World Junior Hockey Championship last night in Buffalo, was kicked off a flight from Carl Paladino's hometown to Atlanta (with a stopover at JFK) for unruly behavior. A Delta spokeswman told the Buffalo News, "The crew of a flight from Buffalo to Atlanta denied boarding to 30 passengers as a result of unruly behavior. This was an effort to ensure safe operation of the flight. They will be rebooked on a future flight." more ›

Though all 193 passengers and 11 crew members on yesterday's Moscow-bound Delta flight 30 were unharmed after the plane was forced to dump fuel and land back at JFK because of a blown engine, most of them were pretty spooked about the incident. Irine Dokuchaeva of Moscow told the Post, "We felt [a bump], and the airplane stopped going up. It was flying straight. The captain said, ‘There is a problem, and we need to dump fuel. Don’t worry if you see fuel in the window'...Everybody stayed calm, but everybody wanted to drink something." Which would be the only way to stay calm if you saw your plane's fuel through the window. more ›

A Moscow-bound Delta flight had a scare this evening after a blown engine forced it to land back at JFK. Initial reports claimed that Delta Flight 30 had an engine fire, and some of the 193 people on board called 911 claiming to see flames or sparks. The plane circled around JFK dumping fuel; although the plane could fly with just one engine working, it was told to come back to the airport. Nobody was hurt, and now reports say that the blown engine may have been caused by a "bird strike," similar to what happened to U.S. Airways Flight 1549. more ›

On November 5th, Kanye West was on a Delta flight to New York City and decided to give his fellow passengers an impromptu concert. According to Hollywood Life, Kanye was sitting in First Class and after about 30 minutes in the air he came on the loud speaker and rapped The Good Life and Gold Digger. One passenger on board told them, “He was like, ‘Yo, this your n***a, Kanye.' Then he couldn’t decide if he wanted to do The Good Life or Gold Digger, so he was like, ‘I’ll just do a little bit of both.’ It was awesome… but I still have no idea how he got into the cockpit.” (Note: it's unclear if he actually was in the cockpit or not.) more ›

Yesterday, a tipster told Gawker that actress Minka Kelly had "caused such a fucking scene about her dog not being able to be on seat w/ her that the pilot had to come out before we even left the gate" at JFK Airport, while heading to Los Angeles on a Delta flight. And the tipster claimed the Friday Night Lights starlet called her boyfriend, Derek Jeter, to talk to pilot! Luckily Kelly's lawyer Marty Singer was able to set the story straight, "I know that the story that was reported in Gawker is a complete lie. If someone threw a fit on a plane, they'd be thrown off the plane in 30 seconds." more ›

Delta Airlines didn't have a very good day at JFK Airport yesterday. Over 600 passengers on three different 767 aircraft were delayed due to mechanical problems. According to the NY Post, all three flights were schedule to depart for Europe; one headed to Barcelona had to turn around once in the air, and the flights to Dublin and Istanbul never even took off. One passenger, who spent 10 hours in the airport, told the paper, "The delays are incredible, there are no supervisors to talk to and my luggage is held hostage." Allegedly the problems ranged from a faulty indicator light to engine issues. Well, at least there were no epic tarmac strandings. more ›

Delta ticket agent Billy Hsin, 54, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Flushing apartment last month, and friends believe it may have been sparked when he was ordered to take time off after a confrontation with an airplane cleaning crew. After their 2008 merger with Northwest Airlines, Delta had reportedly been pushing out unionized workers like Hsin, who was ordered to go home on May 29th after the confrontation. He was told he would be contacted when he could return to work, but Delta never called him before his death. more ›

Yesterday a Delta flight bound for JFK had an in-air nightmare when a 58-year-old woman was declared dead. According to the Daily News the passenger died of natural causes, and was attended to by two doctors who happened to be on the flight. They were alerted after the passenger next to the woman was unable to get a reaction when nudging her. A Bronx local who witnessed the scene told the paper, "They tried to revive her. They brought her up to first class, next to me, to try to help her. They put something in her chest. The flight attendants told everyone to stay seated. It was scary." Allegedly protocol for an in-flight death is to cover the deceased with a white sheet until the plane lands. Creepy. more ›

There was quite a bit of nastiness aboard a Delta flight from Atlanta to LaGuardia on Sunday night, according to an FBI complaint obtained by the Daily News. The cause of the disturbance was one Kimberly Goodwine, who was "heavily intoxicated" when she boarded the plane, says G-Man Michael Lewis. The aptly-named Goodwine, originally from Staten Island but now employed at an Atlanta hotel, passed out peacefully in an aisle seat. However, the seat she snoozed in belonged to a pregnant woman, and Goodwine was not happy about being woken up and asked to ride bitch in the middle seat. more ›

A sad story comes over the Craigslistwire, where a poster says a 19 month old English Bulldog died on a Delta flight Wednesday night. They posted photos of the dog, postmortem, and say the NY ASPCA refuses to get involved, claiming it's a civil matter and they don't handle airport deaths. The dog was found dead, allegedly having froze to death, after the plane landed at JFK airport. more ›

The body of a man whom investigators believe may have been a stowaway was found in one of the landing gear compartments of a plane in Tokyo. Last night a mechanic found the man's body while performing maintenance on the Boeing 777-200; the plane had originated in New York as Delta Flight 59. There's little information about the dead man, who has been identified only as a 5'7" male with dark skin, clothed in a long-sleeved plaid shirt and jeans. The area he was found in is inaccessible from the inside of the plane, and does not have any air conditioning or pressurization. more ›

Just one day after a man attempted to explode an airplane before landing, Ivana Trump blew up at passengers before take-off, launching obscenities at children aboard the flight to New York and police officers. Her outburst caused a two hour delay for other passengers headed from Palm Beach International Airport to LaGuardia. more ›

Sigh: Apparently a passenger aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit tried to set off an explosive as the plane was landing. ABC News reports, "Federal officials and police are interviewing a Nigerian man, who allegedly tried to 'explode' a powdery substance...injuring himself and two other passengers." more ›

There haven't yet been any reports of police dispatched to JFK for crowd control today, so perhaps things are back to their normal level of infuriation. The Sunday snowstorm really created a nightmare for holiday travelers, some of whom are still stuck at the airport! Melissa Ferber, a 29-year-old schoolteacher from Buffalo, has been at JFK since Saturday, when her connecting flight to Fort Myers, Florida was canceled. She's been sleeping on the airport floor ever since, and the stalemate seems to have driven her so completely mad that she's just finally given up and accepted her lot in life. more ›

[UPDATE BELOW] There's probably some sort of holiday travel nightmare situation unfolding everywhere today, but we're hearing that the Delta terminal at JFK airport is particularly hellish. A report over the newswire bleats: "LARGE UNRULY CROWD DELTA TERMINAL WEST GATE #12. PAPD UNITS ON SCENE REQUESTING ADD'L UNITS." Who'll be tased for Christmas? Twitter user Joel Clare says, "Whoa, JFK is a NUT HOUSE! If you are flying Delta out of JFK today expect 1.5+hours for the security line." more ›

One more incident like this and Delta is going to get a reputation. Just weeks after a mouse was found on board one of their planes, causing an evacuation and serious delay... it's happened again! more ›

On Thursday, a 20-pound engine tail cone fell from a Boeing 777 plane headed from JFK Airport to Tokyo and onto the front yard of Michelle Russell in Roosevelt, Long Island. The Delta crew only realized the four-foot piece of metal was missing after it landed in Tokyo—14 hours later. While airline officials say the tail cone isn't necessary for the plane to operate (it helps with fuel efficiency), Russell said, "I'm a firm believer if you take off with something you should land with the same parts you took off with." more ›

It's been a rough week for newsman Dominic Carter. First, the embattled NY1 political commentator was accused of "punching, choking and kicking" his wife, then he was put on leave from his longtime TV gig before being castigated by a judge for namedropping. To top it off, he was thrown off of an airplane yesterday after allegedly bumping into a flight attendant before take-off at LaGuardia Airport. more ›

The animals scored another point against the humans at JFK this past Sunday. Reportedly a mouse (eek!) was running rampant around a Delta aircraft waiting to depart for London. Upon being spotted, the captain refused to operate the flight, "fearing the rodent might gnaw through some critical wiring and put the entire aircraft at risk high over the Atlantic." And now we have a new reason to fear flying. more ›

A flight that had taken off from JFK heading for Tel Aviv was quickly diverted after a passenger charged at the cockpit trying to get in. The plane and its 206 passengers landed safely at Logan International Airport in Boston. 22-year-old Israel citizen Itay Atmor was charged with interfering with a flight after the incident which an official emphasized was "not an act of terrorism." A Massachusetts Port Authority spokesman told reporters, "He was making some noise and banging on doors, possibly the cockpit. But he was subdued by some passengers who wrestled him to the ground." Delta Flight 86 had left JFK at 7:55 p.m. and touched down at Logan around 10. more ›

Passengers who boarded a Delta flight to Las Vegas at JFK airport at 10:30 a.m. yesterday had plenty of time to catch up on their Sudoku, because they ended up being stuck on the plane for over 7 hours. The flight never left JFK due to scattered thunderstorms on Sunday. Passengers were placated with water and “warm Sprite,” according to one account, and were finally permitted off the plane sometime after 5:30 p.m. A Delta spokesman could not explain why passengers were not allowed to return to the gate, and promised to refund their money. Which is a nice gesture, since airline passengers still have no rights. more ›