The US Transportation Department said airlines will be required to provide automatic cash refunds within a few days for cancelled flights and “significant” delays.
A spokesperson for the American Airlines said that the sudden drop in altitude was done due to a pressurisation issue in the plane.
The aim of the rules would be, for the first time, to require airlines to pay compensation beyond a ticket refund and to cover expenses that consumers incur, including rebooking on another flight, if the airline causes a cancellation or significant delay.
The exact reason for the crash is yet to be ascertained but a winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service in Reno for large swaths of Nevada, including parts of Lyon County.
Flights operating below 26,000 feet are prohibited in the Kabul Flight Information Region, which largely covers the country of Afghanistan, unless operating in and out of Hamid Karzai International Airport.
An American traveller boarded a flight from the US to Japan carrying a gun which was undetected in airport security check, according to an official statement.
Flying to the United States is about to get more inconvenient, all in the name of security. New security measures take effect Thursday at airports around the world.
Emirates, the Middle East's biggest airline, today said it is cutting flights to the United States because of a drop in demand caused by heightened US security measures and Trump administration attempts to ban travellers from Muslim-majority nations.
Veerabhadrarao Kunam of Visakhapatnam, pleaded guilty to molesting a sleeping woman on a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport in the US.
Honolulu: A 16-year-old boy stowed away in the wheel well of a flight from California to Hawaii, surviving the trip halfway across the Pacific Ocean unharmed despite frigid temperatures at 38,000 feet (11,500 meters) and
Toronto, Oct 27 : Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan was taken off a New York-bound plane here and claimed that he was questioned by American officials about his stance on US drone strikes in Pakistan.Khan, Chairman
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