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  1. The Air France Pilot Poser and Famous Impostors Who Got Caught

    Fri, 22 Mar 2013

    Frenchman allegedly impersonating an Air France pilot was arrested after a flight white button-down shirt with an Air France logo on it. A suspicious flight credentials, a makeshift ID badge and Air France decals in his luggage. Jernnard

  2. 5 Things to Know This Morning

    Fri, 22 Mar 2013

    involved in the killing of a Denver Domino's pizza driver. 3. Man Arrested for Impersonating Pilot A man who posed as an Air France pilot was removed from a plane at Philadelphia International Airport. The man reportedly boarded the plane on Wednesday

  3. Finnair Catches Up to Social Seating

    Thu, 21 Mar 2013

    said, automatically assign a seat next to the closest match, without disclosing any personal information. In January 2012, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced their social seating program "Meet and Seat," which allows fliers to access other passengers

  4. Airlines Face $6 Million Lawsuit for Wrongful Death of 'Morbidly Obese' Woman

    Thu, 31 Jan 2013

    three airlines named are Delta Airlines, KLM and Lufthansa. They are being charged with return from Hungary to the U.S. on a KLM flight departing from Budapest on Oct Five hours later, the lawsuit states, KLM employees told the couple the airline had

  5. Husband of Obese Woman Blames Airlines For Her Death While on European Vacation

    Mon, 26 Nov 2012

    City to Budapest by way of Amsterdam on KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Soltesz, who had the couple had "no issues at all." " KLM asked them when they would be flying home went to the airport on Oct. 15 to board a KLM night flight home to New York, they were

  6. Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle, Stranded in Holland, Released on Texas Coast

    Fri, 9 Nov 2012

    health by staff members at a Dutch aquarium. She was then flown from Amsterdam to Houston - the aquarium staff is quick to thank KLM , the Dutch airline - in a special container that kept the water around her at 22 degrees Centigrade (about 75 degrees Fahrenheit

News

  1. If Presidential Candidates Adopted Airline Slogans

    Thu, 11 Oct 2012

    bragging because service on Braniff flights started falling off a cliff. The airline flew its last flight in May 1982. Reliable ( KLM ) Very nice. Very dull, too. Next? We Really Move Our Tail for You (Continental) This is almost as bad as the old National

  2. NBA's Royce White Refuses to Fly, But Team Accommodates

    Fri, 5 Oct 2012

    families, take precautions before they fly. a 34-year-old Swedish mother and her 5-year-old son perished in the Air France flight that crashed over the Atlantic Ocean. Her husband and 3-year-old survived, precisely because they took a

  3. Turbulence in the Airline Industry Through the Years

    Fri, 28 Sep 2012

    maintenance difficulties reported by either the KLM 747 or the Pan Am 747 that smacked together already fading Pan Am, and it sure didn't do KLM any good. The latter ultimately merged with Air France in 2004. But don't be afraid to fly. You

  4. Mood Lighting, Gadgets and More New In-Flight Amenities

    Fri, 14 Sep 2012

    which amounts to the same thing. Got a spare $14,000? Then you too can fly first class from New York to Paris on Air France this fall, and if you wind up on one of their monster aircraft - the A380 can hold 853 passengers - you can spread out

  5. Airline seating policy on unaccompanied minors causes stir

    Wed, 15 Aug 2012

    an "unaccompanied minors zone" near the galley. And Air France says it seats unaccompanied minors together and without adjacent seats, except when a plane is fully booked. Air France says it opened in 2009 a lounge for unaccompanied minors

  6. 5 Stages of Airline Fee Grief

    Fri, 20 Jul 2012

    disguising fees with 'games' such as Etihad Airways' online auction for better seats (yes, you pay for this privilege) or KLM 's Meet & Seat so you can find simpatico seatmates on Facebook (no fee but you pay by wading through endless legalese where

  7. How the beer industry could save the airlines

    Tue, 17 Jul 2012

    would be huge cost savings. To their credit, the Europeans allow cross-border mergers within Europe, as when Air France bought KLM , although both brands were maintained separately. And antitrust regulators have allowed multi-national joint

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  1. Air France Crash Report Released

    Sun, 17 Mar 2013

    revealing clue more than three years after that devastating air france crash into the atlantic. We learned more this evening incapable of stalling, basically pilot-proof. But air france flight 447 traveling from rio de janiero to paris, ended

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    a new and revealing clue more than three years after that devastating air france crash into the atlantic. We learned more this evening about the captain from the black box recorder. And he talks about his lack of sleep, flying the jumbo jet on just one hour of sleep. Abc's reena ninan tonight. Reporter: The plane was designed to be incapable of stalling, basically pilot-proof. But air france flight 447 traveling from rio de janiero to paris, ended in the atlantic ocean in 2009, killing all 288 on board. Only
  2. 'Catch Me If You Can'-Style Breach at Philadelphia Airport

    Fri, 22 Mar 2013

    easy as it looks. Jernnard was wearing an air france pilot's uniform when he tried to board a Jernnard reportedly SAID HE FLEW 747s FOR AIR France . Showed what appeared to be an air france crew member i.D. And sat down in one of

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    way it's not as easy as it looks. Jernnard was wearing an air france pilot's uniform when he tried to board a flight in philadelphia. He was a ticketed passenger and asked to are an upgrade. Portrayed himses a pilot and made -- gained access to the cockpit. Reporter: Jernnard reportedly SAID HE FLEW 747s FOR AIR France . Showed what appeared to be an air france crew member i.D. And sat down in one of the cockpit jump seats but when the real pilot boarded the flight he
  3. Man Posing as Pilot Makes It Into Cockpit

    Fri, 22 Mar 2013

    tonight. Authorities tell us jernnard was wearing an air france logo shirt and leather jacket. He asked for an upgrade are call and they discover jernnard has a crude fake air france i.D. Well, it's concerning because we don't know

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    philippe a jail cell tonight. Authorities tell us jernnard was wearing an air france logo shirt and leather jacket. He asked for an upgrade at the gate. He was denied and said, "that's why I hate americans." He then boarded the plane, but instead of going to his seat, entered the cockpit and sat down in one of the airplane's jumpseats. In the cockpit, the co-pilot started asking questions. JERNNARD SAYS HE FLIES 747s. Then, the gate agent enters the cockpit, recognizing the passenger and tells the frenchman to leave. Police are call and they discover jernnard has a crude fake air france i.D. Well, it's concerning because we don't know what his designs were. Reporter: Aviation experts say the security system worked. The suspect
  4. World News 3/22: Evan Spencer Ebel Suspected in Colorado Prison Chief Murder

    Fri, 22 Mar 2013

    cell tonight. Authorities on Wednesday was wearing an Air France logo shirt and a leather jacket. He asked for an upgrade called and they discovered that Denard has a crude fake Air France ID. Well it's concerning because we don't know what

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    a jail cell tonight. Authorities -- -- on Wednesday was wearing an Air France logo shirt and a leather jacket. He asked for an upgrade at the -- he was denied and said. That's why hate Americans. He then boarded -- plane but instead of going to his seat he ended the cockpit he sat down when the airplanes jump seats in that cockpit the co pilot starts asking questions. -- -- says he fly 740 sevens. Then the gate agent enters a cockpit recognizing the passenger. And tells the Frenchman to leave police are called and they discovered that Denard has a crude fake Air France ID. Well it's concerning because we don't know what his -- war. Aviation experts say the security system -- the suspect wasn't
  5. Close Call at JFK Airport: Planes Clip Each Other on Tarmac

    Sat, 9 Mar 2013

    just how common are these kind of taxiway accidents? Maybe the most famous incident was just two years ago, when an air france airbus violently struck a deltar jet. And last may, a taiwanese jet hit an american airline. In fact, there have

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    Maybe the most famous incident was just two years ago, when an air france airbus violently struck a deltar jet. And last may, a taiwanese jet hit an american airline. In fact, there have been seven
  6. Air France Faces Manslaughter Charges

    Thu, 5 Jul 2012

    seconds before impact they still that Air France jet around. Those passengers might was coming down. And this evening Air France and the plane's manufacturer Airbus finally answered what happened to Air France flight 447. A fatal combination

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    the three pilots twenty seconds before impact they still -- -- that Air France jet around. Those passengers might never have known they were hurtling toward the ocean because of the way the jet was coming down. And this evening Air France and the plane's manufacturer Airbus are now facing manslaughter charges are aviation consultant John Nance a veteran pilot is standing by with. How this could change the training for every pilot. And we -- tonight our pilots too dependent on their computers on their auto pilot but first the moments that flight disappeared from the Scott. Today's report finally answered what happened to Air France flight 447. A fatal combination of mechanical failure. And devastating human error three and a half hours into the fateful flight captain
  7. Air France Crash: What Really Happened?

    Thu, 7 Jun 2012

    history. What really happened to Air France 447 falling right out of the that and as you said what happened to Air France for a Forsett. It was unprecedented picture of chaos in the cockpit. Air France flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to

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    of the most mysterious plane crashes in history. What really happened to Air France 447 falling right out of the -- that went from Paris from Brazil to Paris has baffled authorities. Until now -- twice Elizabeth Vargas is here and you really looked into this -- spent a year looking into this Robin and as you said what happened to Air France for a Forsett. It was unprecedented. As stated they are commercial jets simply vanished in mid flight over the Atlantic Ocean. Next month's French authorities will issue their final report on the accident that killed 228. People. But ABC news got access to cockpit voice recordings and black box data that French authorities have never revealed. And -- paint a harrowing picture of chaos in the cockpit. Air France flight 447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris disappears over the Atlantic. It was a midair mystery a plane that simply fell from the sky. But hundreds of hours of an ABC news investigation reveals what probably happened on board that doomed Jack. -- three and a half hours into Air France flight 447. Heading from Rio to Paris. 228. People on board the wide body jet it is cruising at 35000. Feet over
    ABC news he was accompanied on that flight by an off duty Air France flight attendant raising troubling questions that he may have been distracted. There's no sign anybody on board knew they were going to
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