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Ford Ecoboost 1.0L 3-cylinder engine block in a carry-on. (Photo by Ford)
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Ford Demonstrates How To Pack An Engine Block In Your Carry On

Posted November 17, 2012 by Matt Molnar

From snow globes to cranberry sauce, the TSA has rules prohibiting all sorts of items, but it seems they left engine blocks off the list.

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TSA X-Ray Body Scanners Sit Idle in Warehouse

Posted November 16, 2012 by Michael Grabell, ProPublica

It turns out that more than 90 of the controversial scanners removed from major airports will sit in a Texas warehouse indefinitely.

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On This Day in Aviation History

On this Day in Aviation History: February 5th

Posted February 5, 2012 by NYCAviation Staff

The world’s first airline launches passenger service, US starts inspecting baggage, a B-47 loses a nuke, TWA starts transatlantic flights, two transcontinental flying speed records are set and more…

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A Burkhart Grob glider (N404DW) basks in the sun at Katama Airpark, Marthas Vineyard, Mass. (Photo by Matt Molnar)
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Final Call

Europe Bans X-Ray Scanners, Lady Gaga Channels Pan Am Flight Attendant: Final Call

Posted November 16, 2011 by Matt Molnar

Europe bans x-ray scanners, Gaga catches Pan Am fever, TSA under congressional scrutiny, and more…

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Final Call

Virgin America’s Website Disaster Continues: Final Call

Posted November 11, 2011 by Matt Molnar

Virgin America’s tech debacle reaches its third week, a collector accidentally ships a bomb through O’Hare, an American MD-80 hits a firetruck at DFW, and more…

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Aviation News

Boston Bomber Planned Remote Control Plane-Bomb Attacks on Pentagon and U.S. Capitol

Posted September 28, 2011 by Matt Molnar

A Massachusetts man was arrested and charged Wednesday with plotting to launch airborne bomb attacks on the Pentagon and U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

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Aviation News

New York Cops Able to Shoot Down a Plane Says Commissioner

Posted September 25, 2011 by Matt Molnar

In a television interview first aired on Sunday, New York City Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly said that his department would have the ability to shoot down a plane if needed.

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Airline News

Bomb Threats Against Pakistan Airline Force Two Emergency Landings

Posted September 8, 2011 by BNO News

Two passenger planes operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) landed safely in Turkey and Malaysia on Wednesday after a bomb threat was received, officials said on Thursday morning.

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Three Arrested with Explosives in Luggage at Indonesian Airport

Posted August 8, 2011 by BNO News

Three South Korean nationals were arrested in Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta International airport on Monday for carrying explosive materials, officials said.

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Video: Cops Remove Disruptive Woman from Spirit Airlines Plane

Posted August 7, 2011 by Matt Molnar

Video of a July 6th incident in which an allegedly incoherent woman was forcibly removed from a Spirit Airlines flight after refusing to deplane herself.

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