Two cargo planes collide in midair, killing 3
Two cargo planes collide in midair, killing 3 — Two cargo planes collided in midair over southeastern Wisconsin on Sunday, with one of them crashing and killing three people and the other able to land, aviation officials said. (AP)
Metro Airport expects post-game passenger deluge — Super Bowl fans were starting to crowd Detroit Metropolitan Airport as they headed home Monday morning. Between midnight and 7 a.m., an estimated 5,000 people, including 1,000 taking charter flights, had passed through security checkpoints, said Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lara Uselding. (AP)
Fans travel thousands of miles to be at game — Here are the tales of some of the wackiest fans at the Super Bowl, some who traveled thousands of miles to be at the game, and for some, just to be in Detroit. (The Detroit News)
Removing time from air travel — Sometime in June, frequent fliers using Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport will be able to spend seconds, not minutes, going through security screening. The catch: It will cost them as much as $100 a year, plus they’ll have to agree to give the government their fingerprints and other personal data, perhaps including information about their credit cards. (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
States and cities lag in bird flu readiness — The nation’s 5,000 state and local health departments are rushing to plan for an epidemic of avian flu, but they say they are hobbled by a lack of money and guidance from the federal government. Only a few places, particularly Seattle and New York City, have made significant progress, experts say. (The New York Times)
Spate of copter crashes prompts concern — A high rate of fatal and near-fatal accidents has prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to take a closer look at rules governing the air tour industry. Even before two recent helicopter emergency landings in Hawaii, the F.A.A. had begun formulating regulations called the National Air Tour Safety Standards. (The New York Times)
Frontier: The little airline that could — The airline’s stock took a nosedive when Southwest moved into Denver, but the plucky small carrier is fighting back with low fares and better service. (BusinessWeek)
Sites help e-daters get from here to e-ternity — For those who meet online and want to meet in a neutral city to get acquainted, last-minute travel website Site59 in October launched a feature called “Meet Me In …” that facilitates exactly that. Travelocity is planning to roll out “Meet Me In …” on its website by the end of March. (The Los Angeles Times)
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