Report: U.K. bomb suitcase found
Report: U.K. bomb suitcase found — British police investigating an alleged plot to bomb trans-Atlantic airline flights are reported to have found a suitcase containing items which could be used to construct a bomb, according to the British Broadcasting Corporation. (CNN)
Ryanair issues luggage ultimatum — Ryanair has issued the government with a seven-day ultimatum to restore airport security measures to normal or risk being sued for compensation. (BBC News)
Carry on with flight plans, ladies — New carry-on regulations have left female fliers in a cosmetics conundrum. With common products banned, this writer went in search of liquid-free alternatives, from foundation to face wash. (USA Today)
Vermont woman on diverted flight long a critic of U.S. — Catherine T. Mayo was charged yesterday with intimidating flight crew members and interfering with the crew, a federal felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Her court-appointed lawyer, Page Kelley, said Mayo suffers from mental illness, and authorities plan to determine if she is mentally competent to stand trial. (The Boston Globe) (Registration required.)
Northwest faces Aug. 25 strike — Flight attendants at Northwest Airlines won the right from a bankruptcy court judge to go on strike on Aug. 25 at the nation’s No. 5 airline. Northwest said it plans to appeal the decision and that it would work on contingency plans that will allow it to keep flying. (CNNMoney.com)
Northwest apologizes after cost-cutting advice irks workers — Northwest Airlines Corp. is apologizing to workers offended by company suggestions on how to save money, including buying jewelry at pawnshops, getting auto parts at junkyards and taking shorter showers. (Bloomberg News)
Cargo carriers monetize mail — Decades after it underwrote the creation of U.S. commercial aviation, the Postal Service continues to reduce its reliance on the nation’s passenger airlines — and the switch is costing the domestic carriers hundreds of millions of dollars. (TheStreet.com)
Small cities get in on condo-hotel boom — Hotel-condos are proliferating into mid-size and smaller cities across the nation and, in some cases, transforming the places where they’re being built. (AP)
Know when to wear’em, know when to bare’em — Up to 200 strip poker players will compete Saturday to see who will lose their shirts — and more — and who will scoop 10,000 pounds by retaining their clothes and modesty. (Reuters)
Sick bag note causes U.K. airliner bomb scare — A bomb threat scrawled on a sick bag caused a British passenger plane from London to Egypt to be diverted to southern Italy on Friday, but police said it appeared to be a false alarm. (Reuters)
Letter threatens to blow up Taj Mahal — Soldiers were on 24-hour guard at the Taj Mahal after officials received a letter threatening to blow up the monument, officials said Friday. (AP)
More people checking luggage after bomb plot — A week after the London terrorist scare, U.S. airlines and airports have largely returned to normal with one notable exception: a spike in the amount of checked luggage. (The Arizona Republic)
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