TSA inspections follow arrest of two airport workers
TSA inspections follow arrest of two airport workers — The Transportation Security Administration began intense random inspections of airport workers in Florida and Puerto Rico on Monday after the arrest of two Orlando-based airline employees who allegedly carried 14 guns onto an airplane. (USA Today)
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Vegas’ famous Stardust imploded to make room for new hotel — The Stardust is now just a memory. The casino-hotel on the Las Vegas Strip was imploded early Tuesday in a hail of fireworks to make way for Boyd Gaming Corp.’s $4.4 billion megaresort Echelon. (AP)
14 injured on takeoff; Dubai airport closed — The wheel of a Bangladesh airliner malfunctioned during take off Monday, and the plane’s nose and engines slammed into the ground. Fourteen passengers were injured and the Middle East’s busiest airport closed for eight hours. (AP)
Plane with landing gear stuck lands safely — An All Nippon Airways passenger plane with 60 people aboard made a successful emergency landing Tuesday after circling an airport in western Japan for nearly two hours when its front landing gear failed to descend. (AP)
Helicopter crash kills one in Hawaii — One person was killed and three people were seriously injured in a tour helicopter crash Sunday on Kauai, the second fatal helicopter accident on the island in four days, authorities say. (AP)
British party discovers air travel taxes — The opposition Conservative Party said Sunday it is considering proposing new taxes on air travel as a way to fight global warming. British Airways and Virgin Atlantic both criticized the idea. (AP)
Cancun’s resorts battle nature over beaches — Mexico spent $19 million to replace beaches washed away by Hurricane Wilma in 2005, but erosion has shrunk Cancun’s sandy playground to the point where waves at high tide lap against some hotel patios. (AP)
A chic night’s sleep in Milan — Italy’s fashion and design capital has three new boutique hotels — and though each caters to a different budget, all of them more than meet the city’s stringent style codes. (Travel + Leisure)
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