Forgotten Tot Left Behind At Vancouver Airport Posted: 5 months ago by jhordie
An immigrant family left a 23-month-old boy in the Vancouver airport and learned he was missing only when contacted during the next leg of the trip.
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Airport tannoy mischief {NSFW} Posted: 1 year ago by rambler
Two guys have wasted their time at airports, in this case, London’s Heathrow, by writing down strange names and asking the airport Information Center to locate these people by calling out their names on the airport’s PA system. ... After the fifth recording, they had to leave Heathrow as airport security figured out what was going on. The last recording is from Gatwick.
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Unfortunate Airport Codes Posted: 2 years ago by gnikgnok
It would be a bummer to fly from Korea to North Dakota if you were from Honduras.
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Wayward Airport Wallaby Returns Home Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A wallaby that wandered the Salt Lake City airport after getting out of its kennel during a flight change is at its new home in the Black Hills. Somehow the 5-pound, 7-month-old male broke free Thursday and was rounded up by airport and SkyWest Airlines workers.
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Qantas passenger viewed child porn in airport lounge Posted: 5 months ago by 2manyusernames
Mark Stephen Heers, 45, of St Leonards, NSW, pleaded guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday to three counts of using the internet to access child pornography, including on a public computer at the Qantas Club last September.
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Car on fire crashes into Glasgow Airport terminal Posted: 1 year ago by spocksmyhomeboy
A blazing car crashed into the terminal building at Glasgow Airport in Scotland on Saturday, police said.
The incident came just a day after police foiled car bomb attacks in London.
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Video: Plane lands on top of another at Texas airport Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
This was the amazing scene at a Texas airport today after a plane trying to land ended up touching down on top of another plane waiting to take-off.
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Denver Airport Conspiracy Posted: 12 months ago by beckinacea
A wonderfully thorough and interesting look at the mystery and conspiracy theory surrounding the Denver International Airport.
*Inspired by deepcleanfun's earlier post.
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World's Biggest Airport Opens in Beijing Posted: 4 months ago by karenben
After 4 years the Beijing Airport -currently the biggest one in the world- is finished, just in time for the 2008 Olympics.
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Sippy cup sets off airport security battle Posted: 1 year ago by Moe
And in a second news article this week that uses the term "sippy cup", TSA is denying allegations that an airport screener seized a toddler's sippy cup and mistreated his mother. The accused woman is actually a former Secret Service officer. She allegedly said she was immune to the "stupid rules" about liquids in airports.
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Beijing's New Olympic Airport Is the World's LARGEST Building! Posted: 7 months ago by tdiggity
They made this bad-boy for the Olympics, and apparently it is unreal.
"From the sky, the new airport terminal is designed to look like a Chinese dragon"
Things are getting NUTS in Beijing with everything they are building for the Olympics - very interesting article!
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No Long Airport Lines for YOU!!! You are 'Clear' to proceed, Sir! Posted: 7 months ago by fugazi
I just made up an ad slogan for "Clear", a program that allows you to "Fly Through Airport Security".
note:i don't really work for them
Follow Up to this:
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Tased and Arrested at the Airport - for Riding a Bike! Posted: 1 year ago by gnikgnok
Airport police once again prove their commitment to safety.
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World's best and worst airport hotels Posted: 7 months ago by maxriter
IT'S like visiting the dentist without painkillers. Uncomfortable, painful and dull. Airports can be noisy, airport chairs are uncomfortable and security guards are growing ever-more suspicious.
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Missing man may have died while digging for buried treasure Posted: 7 months ago by muppet
Investigators think a Vancouver man may have been accidentally buried and killed while he was digging for treasure in Clark County.
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Severed foot found #5 on B.C. coast Posted: 4 months ago by bevissimo
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - A fifth human foot in a year has washed ashore off the coast of British Columbia, and this time it's a left one.
Police said two people out for a walk spotted the left foot floating in water off Westham Island on Monday morning.
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Toddler left at new baby hatch - reports Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
THE first unwanted child has been dropped off at Japan's new "baby hatch", outraging the conservative Government after reports that it was boy aged three or four.
Follow up on this story.
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Police probe anti-gay message on airport PA Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Authorities in Fort Lauderdale are trying to figure out who broadcast a biblical message against homosexuals over the public announcement system in the Florida city's international airport. The verse states: "If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death."
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Backlash over removal of Christmas tree display from airport Posted: 2 years ago by Wingnut
The display was removed from Seattle's SeaTac International Airport after a rabbi requested that a menorah be displayed as well.
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Terror plot foiled at JFK airport Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
Three people were arrested and one other was being sought Saturday in connection to a plot to set off explosives at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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In-flight maps misplace airport Posted: 1 year ago by murphyz
What we need to find out is whether whoever was responsible for the maps intended for a little village with a population of 200 to be highlighted as the airport. Probably not.
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