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United Airlines Flight 24: After arriving at Shannon from Newark on August 19, 2012, Irish police arrested Stephen Herrick, 40, of Houston. He had consumed a prescription Ambien sleeping pill in addition to alcohol before the flight, and consequently became disruptive during it, refusing to follow crew directions and being so verbally abusive ...
James E. "Jimmy" Wilson (born 1903), [1] was an American farmhand who was convicted of violent robbery by an Alabama court in 1958 and sentenced to death. [2] His case became a cause célèbre due to the small amount stolen ($1.95) and that Wilson, as an African-American, was convicted by an all-white jury .
June 23 – Traveling under the name "Robert Wilson" and armed with a submachine gun he smuggled aboard in a trombone case, 28-year-old Martin J. McNally commandeers American Airlines Flight 119 – a Boeing 727 with 101 people on board flying from St. Louis, Missouri, to Tulsa, Oklahoma – as it approaches Tulsa.
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The move came one day before the Austin airport saw its second workplace death this year. OSHA ends investigation of on-duty death of American Airlines employee at Austin airport Skip to main content
A Southwest Airlines flight was delayed on Wednesday, Jan. 15, after its pilot was reportedly arrested and charged with DUI before takeoff at a Georgia airport.. Southwest Airlines, in a statement ...
A Southwest Airlines pilot suspected of being drunk was removed from the cockpit and arrested just before takeoff Wednesday at a Georgia airport, according to airline officials and authorities in ...
United Airlines Flight 93: Shanksville, Pennsylvania, United States 9/11 hijacking by Ziad Jarrah: Jean-Pierre Blanchard: France 1809 Hot air ballooning pioneer Hot air balloon The Hague, Netherlands Died from injuries sustained after falling out of a balloon during cardiac arrest Sophie Blanchard: France 1819 Female ballooning pioneer Hot air ...