Weekend Beyond Cars Roundup January 06, 2024
Here we present our weekly Jalopnik series that recaps the latest in beyond cars. We’ve showcased our most read offerings as well as some you may have missed. Delta’s Luggage …
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GPS Transponder Could Have Prevented Japan’s Fatal Plane Crash
On January 2, a Japan Airlines Airbus A350 with 379 people on board crashed into a Japanese Coast Guard plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. It left five of the six …
Extreme Turbulence Hospitalizes 11 Passengers On Flight
Photo: kickers (Getty Images) A flight carrying British cruise-goers from Barbados to Manchester was forced to divert to Bermuda after an incident of extreme turbulence two days before Christmas. There …
Southwest Fined $140 Million For 2022 Holiday Travel Disaster
Southwest Airlines has been hit with a record-setting $140 million fine for pretty much shitting its pants during the 2022 holiday travel season. The civil penalty leveraged against Southwest is …
Florida Flight Diverted After Passenger Says ‘Bomb’ In Argument
Two Breeze Airways passengers were arrested on Tuesday after an argument aboard a flight caused a bomb scare that led to a flight diversion. After one of the passengers said …
Taylor Swift Saved Public Transport And Airlines Too
Airlines will usually stop at nothing to squeeze every penny from you when you book to fly with them. But there’s one person who can force their hand and encourage …
Complaints About Accessibility On Airplanes Doubled In 2023
Complaints from disabled travelers doubled at the start of this year. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Getty Images) There aren’t many people that legitimately enjoy flying, and I’m sure there’s a …
Mother Says American Airlines Held Her Kids In ‘Jail-Like’ Room
We all know air travel can be miserable, but two children may have experienced a hell that adults will never see. One Florida mother has accused American Airlines of leaving …
Flight Attendants Win $1 Million After Saying Their Uniforms Made Them Sick
After American Airlines introduced a new uniform for its flight attendants in September of 2016, multiple attendants began to suffer from mysterious illnesses: violent nausea, respiratory distress, and skin sensitivities …
Armed Delta Co-Pilot Allegedly Threatened To Shoot Captain
Photo: Urbanandsport/NurPhoto (Getty Images) A former Delta Air Lines co-pilot is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to shoot a captain during a flight. The two pilots were arguing over …