Category - United States

Southwest Airlines grounds 128 aircraft after missing inspections – CNN.com// // (CNN)Southwest Airlines grounded 128 of its Boeing 737 aircraft on Tuesday after discovering it had missed some required inspections. The airline was overdue for a required maintenance check on the standby hydraulic system for the planes, both the Federal Aviation Administration and Southwest said. […]

Winter Storm Quantum is glazing over roadways in the South and the Rockies Monday morning, leaving one dead and spawning a major pileup among many other accidents in Texas.  As NBC 4 reports, at least 25 vehicles collided on I-40 near the New Mexico/Texas state line and shut down eastbound travel on the highway.  In […]

Another Monday and another winter storm is causing problems for air travelers.  A massive storm is dumping snow and ice throughout the Northeast region and, according to Weather.com, may leave behind up to 2 feet of new snow in and around Albany, N.Y., and central and eastern Massachusetts.  As of 10:40 a.m. ET, flight-tracking service […]

Heavy rain will inundate coastal Oregon and northern California late this week into early next week, threatening serious flash flooding, mudslides and travel delays and cancellations. A Pineapple Express will help to fuel the heavy rain as a storm plows into the Pacific coast Thursday into Saturday. The heaviest rain will soak Northern California during […]

Banks: Park-n-Fly Online Card Breach — Krebs on Security // // // // <http-equiv=”pragma” content=”NO-CACHE”> Multiple financial institutions say they are seeing a pattern of fraud that indicates an online credit card breach has hit Park-n-Fly, an Atlanta-based offsite airport parking service that allows customers to reserve spots in advance of travel via an Internet-based […]

La Guardia Airport// // La Guardia Airport (LGA) Real-time Status The status information provided on this site indicates general airport conditions; it is not flight-specific.  Check with your airline to determine if your flight is affected. Due to WEATHER / LOW CEILINGS, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for traffic arriving La Guardia […]