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Passenger arrested after trying to choke flight attendant and saying plane ‘is going down’ on California flight, DOJ says

By Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — A California man is facing federal charges after he allegedly tried to choke a flight attendant and “said he was going to kill everybody” while on board a Frontier Airlines flight to San Francisco that had to be diverted on Monday, authorities said. Charles Angel Salva, a 30-year-old from

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‘Go around. Go around. Go around’: Pilots who came within 150 feet of a crash share how they deftly averted disaster

By Pete Muntean and Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — The weather was about as bad as it gets, in terms of dense fog. The pilots of a FedEx cargo plane couldn’t see the runway or the airfield at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. But they’re trained for such “Category III” approaches — an automated approach when pilots

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Southwest and Alaska Airlines planes nearly collide on Nashville airport runway, spurring FAA investigation

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are probing a near-collision between two planes on an airport runway in Nashville Thursday morning — the latest close call involving commercial flights. The crew of Alaska Airlines flight 369 “discontinued their takeoff” at Nashville International Airport around 9:15 a.m. CT when Southwest Airlines

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A culture of commemoration is still thriving in this Dutch town 80 years after its liberation

By Blane Bachelor, CNN Margraten, Netherlands (CNN) — On a cold, wet March day, about 20 river cruise passengers, many from the United States, follow their Dutch tour guide through rows of rain-soaked gravestones at the Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial. Located on 65.5 acres in the country’s southernmost province near the town of Margraten,

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These are the world’s best airline rewards programs, according to Point.me

By Marnie Hunter, CNN (CNN) — Having trouble navigating the complicated, often frustrating, world of airline loyalty programs? This might help: Point.me, a points and travel reward search platform, has ranked 62 global airline rewards programs using nine criteria, with ease of earning miles, redemption rates, availability on partner airlines and ease of booking as

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