Air travel

Federal officials are investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines jet flew as low as 150 feet over water while it was still about five miles from its intended landing spot in Tampa, Florida.

Airlines, including Delta Air Lines, continued to struggle to restore operations two days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and resulted in several carriers grounding flights.

Fort Worth-based American Airlines has reached a tentative labor deal with the union representing its 28,000 flight attendants.

Thousands of flights have been canceled after a worldwide internet outage hit many leading airlines, forcing passengers to scramble to save their vacations and other trips.

An Air India flight from Delhi to San Francisco was diverted to an airport in Russia after the pilots “detected a potential issue in the cargo hold area,” the airline said Thursday.

A United Airlines flight landed in Denver Monday after losing a wheel on takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport.

Agents for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration on Sunday screened 3 million airline passengers in a single day for the first time ever. The record topped the June 23 mark of more than 2.99 million screened passengers.

Air travel is getting more miserable. That’s the verdict from travelers, based on the number of them who file complaints with the U.S. government last year.

Officials say a flight to Manchester, New Hampshire was diverted to Buffalo, New York, after a man allegedly exposed himself and urinated in the aisle of the airplane.

Delta said it was serving pasta only on about 75 international flights on Wednesday after a ‘spoiled meal’ forced an Amsterdam-bound flight to divert.

About 30 passengers were injured on their way from Madrid, Spain to Montevideo, Uruguay.

It’s not clear how many passengers consumed the tainted food, nor were details on the spoilage known.

An Air Europa flight bound for Uruguay made an emergency landing in Brazil on Monday after at least 30 people were injured by “strong turbulence.”

Amid rising uncivility, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways outline the behaviors that constitute “customer harassment” of their staff members.

TSA is predicting record screened passengers for the July 4th period of travel, and if it’s anything like recent years, flight delays will be an issue.

TSA forecasts that it will break the 3-million barrier on Friday, when many people will be getting an early start on their July 4 holiday travel plans.

A United Airlines flight that took off from Bradley Airport on Thursday morning had to return to the airport after an issue with an engine and part of the plane ended up on the runway.

A United Airlines flight that took off from Bradley Airport on Thursday morning had to return to the airport after an issue with an engine and part of the plane ended up on the runway.

United said Flight 325, an Airbus A320, was heading from Bradley International Airport to Denver International Airport and it returned safely to Bradley to address an issue with one engine

New Zealand’s fire service says a passenger plane landed safely after a fire shut down one engine shortly after takeoff.