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This photo from video provided by WLS-TV in Chicago shows fire and ambulance crews on the runway at Midway Airport after reports of a medical emergency that led to the quarantine of a Delta airplane Thursday, April 26, 2012, in Chicago. (AP Photo/WLS-TV)

‘Bug bites’ lead to Delta flight being quarantined

CHICAGO — A Minnesota woman who caused a health scare aboard a Delta Airlines flight from Detroit — resulting in the plane being kept on the tarmac at Midway Airport for three hours — says it was all a misunderstanding over bug bites.

Plane headed to SLC lands in Nebraska for pregnant passenger

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. -- A plane had to make an emergency landing in western Nebraska because a pregnant passenger needed to get to a hospital.

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Phone left in restroom triggers Delta bomb scare

DUBLIN -- A Delta Air Lines flight bound for the United States made an emergency landing Monday in Dublin because a passenger left a cell phone plugged into a socket in one of the aircraft's restrooms, police and aviation authorities said.

David Alan Anderson entered a guilty plea to a single count of possessing a dangerous weapon Thursday in Salt Lake City.

Guilty plea in Utah airplane knife smuggling case

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah man accused of smuggling a knife onto an airplane and threatening to kill police has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in federal court.

Muslim clerics kicked off flight sue Delta

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Standing near the Delta Air Lines ticket counter at Memphis International Airport, Muslim cleric Masudur Rahman described what it felt like to be kicked off a flight earlier this year while traveling to a religious conference.

Delta pilot gets locked in john, causing terror scare

NEW YORK -- A pilot accidentally locked himself in the bathroom aboard a flight to New York City and touched off a brief hijacking terror scare that underscored the fears about air travel that still linger more than a decade after 9/11.

Delta plane lands safely after engine blows up

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Ginger Heath and her husband were returning home Thursday from a business trip in Austin, Texas, when she says their plane started to shake violently.

The plane had just taken off from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, and hadn't been in the air more than 10 minutes.

Heath, who lives in Monroe, said she looked out the window, then heard a "huge explosion" coming from the other side of the plane.

Tires on Delta flight deflate upon landing

SALT LAKE CITY -- Maintenance teams are examining a Delta Airlines plane after two of its tires deflated upon landing in Salt Lake City.

This undated handout photo provided by the Weber County Jail, shows David Alan Anderson, who allegedly carried a knife onto an airplane and threatened a passenger and police in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011. Anderson was ordered Friday, Sept. 23, 2011, to stay in jail over the allegations and A federal judge ordered 60-year-old David Alan Anderson to undergo a mental health evaluation. (AP Photo/Weber County Jail)

Man to stay in SLC jail after threats on a plane

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man has been ordered to stay in jail after allegedly smuggling a knife onto a plane and threatening to slit the throat of his seatmate during a tussle over a shared armrest.

Delta passenger accused of threatening seatmate

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Salt Lake City man faces federal felony charges after authorities say he threatened a seatmate on a Las Vegas-bound flight.

The Deseret News (http://bit.ly/qO6bJS ) reports 60-year-old David Alan Anderson was charged Tuesday with having a dangerous weapon on an aircraft and retaliation against a federal law enforcement officer by threat of murder.

Court documents allege that before his Delta flight's scheduled departure Sunday, Anderson elbowed the passenger next to him to "claim" an armrest, then placed his foot on the person's leg, prompting the se

SkyWest Airlines to cut 170 jobs from SLC airport

SALT LAKE CITY -- SkyWest Airlines has announced it will cut 170 positions from its Salt Lake City workforce.

2,000 Delta workers take buyouts

MINNEAPOLIS -- Delta Air Lines Inc. said Wednesday that 2,000 employees will take voluntary buyouts beginning in September as the carrier continues its cost-cutting in the face of high fuel prices.

Jet lands in Omaha after smoky odor reported

OMAHA, Neb. -- A Delta jetliner has landed safely at Eppley Airfield in Omaha after a smoky odor was reported in the passenger cabin.

Children's book author kicked off Delta plane for dropping F-bomb

DETROIT -- A 37-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., man said he's considering legal action after being tossed off his flight in Detroit on Sunday for saying the F-word.

Robert Sayegh was on a Delta Airlines carrier flight home from his cousin's wedding in Kansas City when he said a flight attendant overheard him complaining about a 45-minute delay to a fellow passenger.

Political leaders rip Delta on job loss

Political leaders pounced on Delta Air Lines on Wednesday and accused it of breaking a promise to keep jobs in Minnesota after its 2008 takeover of Northwest Airlines.

The criticism followed Delta's announcement that it would move several hundred training and technical jobs from Minnesota to Atlanta to save money, although employees could keep their jobs if they relocated. The decision underscores fears that the Northwest deal would lead Delta to whittle away at its Minnesota presence, but the airline says it remains committed to its Minneapolis-St. Paul hub.

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