Ruby Franke, the Utah mother of six who branded herself as a parenting expert and garnered millions of subscribers to her now-defunct YouTube channel, “8 Passengers,” was driven by “religious extremism” in the way she meted out punishment to two of her young children, prosecutors say in a trove of newly released records that includes Franke’s … Read more
A Texas man was arrested after boarding a Delta Air Lines flight in Salt Lake City on Sunday without a ticket by using a photo he took of another passenger’s boarding pass while they were not looking, according to court documents. Wicliff Yves Fleurizard, 26, is facing one count of stowing away on a vessel … Read more
The mother of a 14-year-old was among several passengers who intervened when a woman started rubbing her daughter’s head and leg on a Breeze Airways flight, according to federal prosecutors. While sitting next to the teen, Susan Holliday not only rubbed the girl, but “also placed the child’s hand on (her) chest” during the May … Read more
LONDON — Weighing yourself can be an uncomfortable experience for many people. Would you do it at the airport? Finland’s national airline carrier, Finnair, is asking its passengers to step on the scales along with their carry-on luggage to record their weights at the departure gate, as part of an effort to improve airplane balance … Read more
Two occupants of a Tesla that drove off an Oslo pier into the freezing fjord below were quickly rescued Thursday — by a floating sauna. Video shot by onlookers and obtained by Agence France-Presse shows two people crouching on the roof of the electric vehicle, which drifts in the water about 20 yards from the … Read more
Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds of prisoners Wednesday, exactly a week after Russia accused Ukraine of shooting down a military plane that Moscow claimed was carrying dozens of Ukrainian POWs being transported to a swap later that day. Ukraine has not denied shooting down the aircraft, an Ilyushin Il-76, but says that Russia has provided … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave MOSCOW — Over the first eight days of December, civilian Russian airplanes experienced at least eight serious mechanical failures, terrifying many passengers as pilots were forced to make emergency landings in cities across the country. The incidents did not kill anyone, but they illustrate the rising peril … Read more
Play video content A prankster was arrested in Europe earlier this month for dumping buckets of dog feces onto unsuspecting metro passengers in Belgium — all for some clicks on YouTube. Authorities in Belgium have had enough of his crap … arresting and charging the individual they named as Y.D. with assault and battery, damage … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave A Japan Airlines passenger jet and a coast guard plane collided on an airport runway in Tokyo on Tuesday, killing five of the six people on board the coast guard aircraft. The Airbus A350 landed in flames. But all 379 people on board, including 12 crew members, … Read more
TOKYO — A passenger plane collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officials said. NHK TV reported that all occupants of Japan Airlines flight JAL-516, believed to total 379 people, got out safely before the plane was entirely engulfed in flames. The … Read more