Plane from Mexico held on Md. tarmac as officials examine 2 ill passengers out of caution

September 9th, 2009 Hijackers hold Mexican plane on runwayMEXICO CITY — Hijackers are holding a flight from Cancun to Mexico City. Mexico Communications Secretary Juan Molinar says the plane is sitting on the runway at the Mexico City international airport.

September 9th, 2009 Plane briefly hijacked in Mexico; Passengers freedMEXICO CITY — An airplane was briefly hijacked as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday from the resort of Cancun, but all passengers and crew were released unharmed, officials said. Television images showed police leading at least five men from the plane in handcuffs.

September 9th, 2009 AP source: Americans on hijacked planeWASHINGTON — A U.S. official says American, French, and Mexican citizens were among the passengers aboard a hijacked plane in Mexico.

September 9th, 2009 Plane hijacked in Mexico; passengers freedMEXICO CITY — An airplane was briefly hijacked as it landed in Mexico City on Wednesday from the resort of Cancun, but all passengers and crew were released unharmed, officials said. Television images showed police leading at least five men from the plane in handcuffs.

September 9th, 2009 Passengers freed from hijacked plane in MexicoMEXICO CITY — Passengers have been freed from a hijacked airplane in Mexico City, but the crew remains aboard. Passenger Adriana Romero told the Televisa network that all passengers have been released unharmed from the Cancun-to-Mexico City flight, Aeromexico Flight 576, but the crew is still being held hostage.

September 4th, 2009 Lightning injures 4 workers at Mexico City airportMEXICO CITY — A lightning strike that hit a parked plane at Mexico City's airport has sent four employees working nearby to the hospital. Officials say the workers were apparently injured by the concussion from the afternoon strike, rather than by the electrical charge of the bolt itself.

August 10th, 2009 Continental offers refunds to stranded fliersMINNEAPOLIS —Continental Airlines is apologizing to passengers who were stuck on the tarmac for six hours when a Houston-to-Minneapolis flight was diverted because of bad weather. Continental says the incident was "completely unacceptable." The airline is also offering refunds and vouchers.

August 10th, 2009 47 spend 'nightmare' 6 hours in grounded planeMINNEAPOLIS —Forty-seven passengers were forced to sit in a cramped, smelly plane on an airport tarmac for six hours after their flight was diverted because of bad weather. The Friday night Continental Express flight from Houston to Minneapolis scheduled to take just 2½ hours, but the plane was diverted to Rochester airport because of stormy weather and landed around midnight.

June 3rd, 2009 Airline passengers stuck at LA airport for 2 daysLOS ANGELES — A China Eastern Airlines flight to Shanghai was scheduled to leave Los Angeles on Tuesday after being delayed nearly three days and stranding 279 passengers. Johnny Qian, manager of the airline's local office, said the original flight Sunday afternoon was canceled because a light indicated a nose landing gear problem.

May 11th, 2009 Plane's hijacking alarm flub forces jet escortMIAMI — Authorities say a cockpit hijacking alarm was mistakenly tripped on an American Airlines flight carrying more than 150 people, forcing fighter jets to escort the plane onto the tarmac. Airline spokesman Tim Smith says Flight 535 was arriving Monday afternoon from San Juan, Puerto Rico, when the false alarm was reported.

May 6th, 2009 Mexican citizens quarantined in China arrive homeMEXICO CITY — A government-chartered jet has landed in Mexico carrying dozens of citizens who were quarantined in China despite having no symptoms of swine flu. First lady Margarita Zavala and officials from the Foreign Relations Department waited to greet the passengers as they deplaned at Mexico City's international airport just before dawn Wednesday.

May 2nd, 2009 SHANGHAI - China Saturday suspended all flights from Mexico where over 300 confirmed cases of swine flu have been reported. The foreign ministry said the government is also trying to trace 11 passengers who had travelled on the same flight to Sanghai as a Mexican man infected with swine flu.

April 20th, 2009 NEW MEXICO - At least 167 passengers on board a Canjet plane were released while two were being held hostage at the Scangster International Airport in Jamaica, a media report said. Police and security personnel were handling the incident, the CNN reported Monday.

April 20th, 2009 KINGSTON - An armed hostage-taker Monday released all passengers aboard a charter plane at an airport on the Caribbean island of Jamaica, media reports said. The news channel CNN reported that the man was still holding five crew members of the Boeing 737 stationed on the tarmac at Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.

April 20th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - A man took hostages on a plane late Sunday at the airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica, television reports said. The BBC reported that up to 140 people were being held.