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Nutley Man Hits 21 Million Frequent Flier Miles, Sets Record
A Nutley man who already held the record for most miles flown outdid himself this month, breaking his own record by reaching the 21 million-mile mark. "I'm a flying junkie," Tom Stuker, 65, told The New York Post. “If I spend more than a week in one place, I’m like, ‘I gotta get back in the air.’ I’m more afraid to be on the ground than in the air.” Today we celebrated United’s #1 flyer for achieving 21 million miles!!! Congrats Tom! @united @mcgrath_jonna @MikeHannaUAL #unitedglobalservices pic.twitter.com/TH49nUebsj — Tim Rakowiecki (@TimRakowiecki) July 23, 2019 Ruker, who racks…
Newark, NJ
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Emergency Landing Delays Flights At Newark Airport
Flights were delayed at Newark Liberty International Airport after a plane en route to Houston made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from LaGuardia Saturday morning, passengers and airport officials said on Twitter. Inbound and outbound flights were halted after the 8:45 a.m. incident. The airport reopened an hour later but reported heavy delays. United Airlines passenger John Murray told CNN his plane was diverted to Newark due to an emergency with the aircraft shortly after taking off from LaGuardia Airport. A passenger on another flight who was waiting on the runway said th…
Newark, NJ
News
Plane Crawling With Ants Lands At Newark Airport
A United Airlines flight from Italy was infested with ants when it landed Monday in Newark, WABC 7 reported. The insects are believed to have emerged from a passenger's bag on the flight back from Venice, the station reported. The plane landed around 2 p.m. and was taken out of service, United said. "We are concerned by the experience our customer reported on United flight 169 from Venice to Newark," United said in a statement. "We have been in contact with the crew and they have advised the ants have been isolated from a customer's bag. At this time, the aircraft will continue to it…
Hackensack, NJ
News
Elderly Woman Dies On Transatlantic Flight To Newark
A 71-year-old woman suffering breathing problems died on a Newark-bound flight from Frankfurt, reports say. United Airlines crew members administered oxygen and used a defibrillator on the woman, with several people taking turns doing CPR for nearly 40 minutes last Wednesday, passenger Adam Lisberg told the Irish Sun. The plane made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in Ireland, where the woman was met by emergency medical crews, Fox News reports. The woman was pronounced dead after the flight landed. It was not clear where she was from.
Hackensack, NJ
News
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: Fat-Shaming Passenger Gets Kicked Off Newark-Bound Plane
A woman got the boot from a Newark-bound plane after she loudly began fat-shaming fellow passengers on her cell phone. The woman was in the middle seat of a United Airlines from departing from Las Vegas Jan. 2, CBS reports. "I don't know how I'm going to do this for the next four hours," she said on video footage recorded by passenger Norma Rodgers, which quickly went viral. "It's just impossible because they're squishing me. "At least I'm keeping warm." Rodgers -- refusing to be "verbally abused by this b***h or anyone else -- asked the flight attendant to find the woman another se…
Hackensack, NJ
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Newark Passengers Desperately Tweeted For Help During 14 Hours Trapped On Freezing Plane
United Airlines passengers on a flight from Newark spent nearly 14 hours stuck on a freezing tarmac in Canada. The Hong Kong-bound flight made an emergency landing at Newfoundland's Goose Bay Airport at 9:31 p.m., six hours after taking off from New Jersey Saturday, several media outlets reported. Just as the plane was preparing to depart, a door of the Boeing 777-200 got stuck open. Because Goose Bay is a Royal Canadian Air Force base and there were no customs officer on duty to process travelers, the passengers were trapped inside the aircraft. They spent 14 long and painful hours hud…
Newtown, CT
Police & Fire
Passenger From Sandy Hook Arrested At Bradley After Creating Disturbance On Flight, Police Say
A 31-year-old Sandy Hook man was arrested for creating a disturbance on an inbound flight to Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, state police announced Thursday. The incident occurred on Tuesday, Oct. 16 when BIA dispatch was notified by Air Traffic Control of the disturbance on a flight due to land in about 10 minutes. It was reported that United Flight 1887 from Denver had an intoxicated male passenger that was disrupting the flight attendants and other passengers, according to Connecticut State Police. Troopers were in the terminal and met the plane on its arrival at the gat…
Hackensack, NJ
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'Outrageous': Woman Delayed Newark-Bound Flight Five Hours For Ridiculous Reason
A Newark-bound flight from Indianapolis was delayed for five hours Monday night because of one woman's ridiculous antics. Crew members of United Airlines flight 3708 sent passengers back inside the airport as they explained to the woman she had to check her oversized bag, and then asking her to disembark, WTHR reports. The flight was originally scheduled to leave at 7:05 p.m. Instead, a different aircraft took all other passengers to Newark at 12:17 a.m., the article says. One passenger suffered a medical condition while waiting in the terminal, WTHR says. Passenger Jason Kowalsky told WT…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Passenger Bridge Wheel Rolls Over Worker's Leg At Newark Airport
A United Airlines employee was hospitalized after the wheel of a passenger bridge rolled over his leg at Newark Airport. The 34-year-old employee had to be extricated after the wheel of the "jet bridge" at Terminal C's Gate 88 rolled over his leg just after 7 p.m. Wednesday, the Port Authority's Steve Coleman said. He was taken to University Hospital in Newark in serious condition, Coleman said. An investigation was continuing, he said.
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Newark: Passenger Deploys Emergency Exit Chute, Says He Got On Wrong Plane
A passenger who said he'd boarded the wrong plane at Newark Airport opened an emergency door and deployed an exit slide, said police who arrested him Sunday night. United Airlines Flight 1640 flight bound for Tampa was still at the Terminal C gate when 25-year-old Troy Fattun of Minnesota became disorderly around 10 p.m., the Port Authority's Joseph Pentangelo said. The incident held up the flight for nearly five hours, with passengers having to get off and then later reboard, he said. Charges were pending, Pentangelo said.
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Who Groped Girl On Newark Flight Gets 90 Days In Fed Pen
An Indian national who admitted that he groped a teenage girl on a flight to Newark from Seattle was sentenced Friday to 90 days in federal prison. Vijaykumar Krishnappa, 29, got the maximum Friday after pleading guilty in early November to assault in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States in exchange for a sentence of 30 to 90 days. Krishnappa didn't know the girl, 16, who was seated next to him on the United Airlines flight from Seattle to Newark this past July 23, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He admitted that while the victim was asleep, he "intentionally to…
