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Marlon Wayans felt ‘targeted’ before getting kicked off United Airlines flight

so freakin’ pissed.Comedian and “White Chicks” star Marlon Wayans took to Instagram on Saturday, claiming he was “mistreated” and “targeted” Friday by a United Airlines flight attendant, which resulted in him being removed from a flight and cited by police for disturbing the peace. “I don’t know what kind of corporate culture there is: your customers are always right,” Wayans said in a video in which he claimed he received a call from United customer service defending the attendant, whom Wayans called “rude and wrong.” In several previous Instagram posts, the 50-year-old claimed that an attendant asked him to consolidate his three carry-on bags into two, per the airline’s policy.Wayans claimed he complied — but was still asked to check one of his bags.
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Fifth 9/11 plane investigated as terrorist target: ‘There’s a good chance’
attack.“There is a good chance that somebody was plotting to try to use our airplane as a weapon of mass destruction,” pilot Tom Mannello says in “TMZ Investigates: 9/11: The Fifth Plane,” premiering Monday at 9 p.m. ET on Fox.TMZ said it spent six months investigating the “suspicious and alarming activities” aboard Flight 23, a Boeing 767 that was due to leave JFK Airport for LA at 9 a.m.Among the claims: Mannello said he learned two box cutters had been found in the first class seat pockets of the plane parked next to Flight 23 — which had a tail number one digit off.“If somebody was on the ground cooperating with them, they just simply made a mistake and put the box cutters on the wrong airplane,” Mannello said, claiming it “wouldn’t be the hardest thing in the world” to plant them at the time.In the hourlong special, flight attendants aboard the plane that day share their suspicions about four people in first class — two men, a child and a person who was dressed in a hijab, with the crew believing it was a man pretending to be a woman — and a man profusely sweating in business class.“It was odd because it was 8 o’clock in the morning, and airplanes are cold anyway, but it was a cool morning,” flight attendant Sandy Thorngren said of the man’s supposed perspiration.The flight crew reported struggling to get fruit plates for their first class flyers, who didn’t eat meat, igniting an argument between the passengers and the first class attendant, a woman identified in the documentary as “Deborah.”“I could hear them say, ‘We do not want to eat, we don’t need food.
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Terrifying moment bird strike knocks out plane's engine 30,000ft above Heathrow
bird strike that blew out the engine of a jumbo jet at 30,000-feet after take-off.The flight, which set off from Heathrow, was forced into making a dramatic turnaround after one of the engines on the plane shut down following a bird strike.Police officers and firefighters were on hand upon the emergency landing, which saw the United Airlines jet make a touchdown back at Heathrow some time after it had jetted off.READ MORE: Bob the Builder's UK No.1 singles lasted longer than Liz Truss' mini budget disasterThe plane, which had been hoping to make it all the way to New York, United States, ended up back on the runway an hour after take off.One source said: "It was horrible for everyone. No-one knew what happened, then panic broke out."Flight UA883 had made the surprise U-turn after a bird strike occurred just after take off at 8:10am, with the U-turn and return to Heathrow marked at 9:20am.Heathrow staff are on hand to deal with birds that pose a threat or hazard to aircraft, and according to the Federal Aviation Authority, there were 16,000 wildlife strikes in 2018.That marks a total of 40 incidents a day for those hoping to take to the skies.Speaking to The Sun, United Airlines said: "Our team at London Heathrow is providing assistance to customers of United flight 883 (London Heathrow-New York/Newark) today, which returned to Heathrow following a bird strike."The aircraft landed safely and passengers disembarked normally.
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World's biggest airline stumps up £24 billion for 20 Concorde-like supersonic jets
Concorde plane – which was retired in 2003 – could be taking passengers across the world by the end of this decade.Made by Boom Supersonic, the Overture craft has been bought by America Airlines.But the world's biggest airline hasn't just bought one, it has spent a whopping £24 billion on purchasing 20 of the aircraft.READ NEXT: Tesla car repeatedly runs over 'toddler' doll as people question AI's safetyAnd it has the option of buying another 40 more any time it wants.Each one of the machines will be able to take around 65 to 80 passengers around the world in lightening fast times.For example, it can fly to Miami from London Heathrow in just under five hours – it currently takes nine long hours in today's planes.Impressively, the beastly machines have already had more than 26 million hours of designing and testing put into them, and it will fly on 100% sustainable aviation fuel – which is great for the environment.It will have four engines, and does look a lot like Concorde in shape and aesthetic.A spokesman for Boom Supersonic, which also sold 15 aircraft to American Airlines' rival United Airlines last year, said: “Overture is the first airliner in a new era of sustainable, supersonic flight. “Flying at twice the speed of today’s passenger airlines, Overture opens the door to a dramatically more accessible world, where we can experience first-hand more people, places, and cultures.“The new Overture design is the culmination of 26 million core-hours of simulated software designs, five wind tunnel tests, and the careful evaluation of 51 full design iterations.“It will fly Mach 1.7 over water with a range of 4,250 nautical miles.
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