Security checkpoints at Houston airport briefly shut after passenger goes up a down escalator

September 14th, 2009 Plane in accident at Stuttgart airportSTUTTGART, Germany — A passenger jet suffered landing gear problems on landing at Stuttgart airport on Monday, but there were no significant injuries, airport authorities said. The Fokker 100 was on an internal flight from Berlin's Tegel airport, the airport said on its Web site.

August 20th, 2009 Naked passenger arrested on flight from Calif.OAKLAND, Calif. — Authorities say a St.

August 17th, 2009 Continental opens flights to EdmontonHOUSTON — Continental Airlines said Monday it plans to begin nonstop flights from Houston to Edmonton International Airport beginning Nov. 1. The plan is awaiting government approval.

August 10th, 2009 47 spend 'nightmare' 9 hours in grounded planeROCHESTER, Minn. —Passengers whose flight from Houston to Minneapolis was diverted because of storms had to spend nine hours on the cramped plane on an airport taxiway while a new crew was flown in.

August 3rd, 2009 Turbulence slams Continental jet, at least 26 hurtMIAMI — A Continental Airlines jet carrying 179 people from Brazil to Texas hit severe turbulence over the Atlantic early Monday, injuring at least 26 — including four seriously — and forcing an emergency landing in Miami, officials said. One passenger said he felt Continental Flight 128 drop without warning while flight attendants were in the aisles.

July 10th, 2009 Appeals court questions DC police checkpointsWASHINGTON — A federal court that refused to block a police checkpoint program in a crime-plagued Washington neighborhood has been told to reconsider. The ruling Friday by the U.S.

July 4th, 2009 TSA agent arrested after avoiding screening in NJNEWARK, N.J. — A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after authorities say she avoided a pre-flight screening and boarded a plane.

June 4th, 2009 AP source: 2 held after gun found on Philly planePHILADELPHIA — A US Airways employee let a passenger he knew avoid security at the Philadelphia airport Thursday and accepted a bag containing a gun, which was later found on a flight destined for Phoenix, a law enforcement official said. The employee and passenger were in FBI custody after the plane was called back to the gate at Philadelphia International, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because details hadn't been announced.

April 24th, 2009 Atlanta airport tower cleared after lightning hitATLANTA — Many flights bound for Atlanta's airport were being diverted Thursday night after a tower was briefly evacuated after a lightning strike, which was followed by a power failure, a federal spokeswoman said. Workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport were evacuated at 8:49 p.m.

April 24th, 2009 Ga. airport tower evacuated after lightning strikeATLANTA — A Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman says an Atlanta airport tower was briefly evacuated after a lightning strike, but workers are now heading back inside. FAA spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen says the workers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport were evacuated at 8:49 p.m.

April 22nd, 2009 Jamaican airport: Guards followed proceeduresKINGSTON, Jamaica — The unarmed security guards who allowed a gunman to seize a Canadian jet near Montego Bay were following procedures, the airport's operating company Wednesday. Airport security guards followed procedures and kept visual contact with the gunman until Jamaican police responded, according to a spokeswoman for MBJ Airports Ltd.

March 17th, 2009 MANILA - A Philippine man nearly caused a disaster in an eastern city when he used an airport runway to teach his girlfriend to drive just as a passenger plane was about to land, an official said Tuesday. A Cebu Pacific Air flight carrying 80 passengers was descending at the weekend at the airport in Legazpi City, 360 km south-east of Manila, when the pilot quickly pulled up after he saw a passenger van moving fast on the runway.

January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Security forces rushed to the Delhi airport after the pilot of an Indigo aircraft Sunday evening reported suspected hijackers on board, an official said. 'The pilot said he is suspecting a hijacker on board and asked for priority landing.

January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - An emergency landing at Delhi airport Sunday afternoon created a scare as the pilot reported suspected hijackers on board after a passenger's misbehaviour, but the crisis blew over later in the evening. Security forces rushed to the Indira Gandhi International Airport after the pilot of an Indigo aircraft reported suspected hijackers on board, an official said.

January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - An alert was declared at the Delhi airport Sunday evening after a plane on a domestic flight requested an emergency landing apparently to contain a unruly passenger on board, official sources said. Indigo flight E-664 from Goa to Delhi landed at 5.15 p.m.