Eight people were killed early Tuesday afternoon when a small passenger plane crashed near Lynden Pindling International Airport on the island of New Providence in the Bahamas, officials said.
An elderly woman was arrested at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Texas on Wednesday after she managed to get through security and board a passenger plane with a gun, federal officials said.
An estimated 4,000 Southwest Airlines employees officially welcomed the Boeing 737-800 into their fleet on Wednesday during a celebratory event at their Dallas headquarters.