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United Airlines Temporarily Grounds 96 Aircraft

United Continental Holdings Inc. said it voluntarily grounded 96 United Airlines aircraft temporarily Tuesday so that maintenance checks could be completed. The grounding caused 15 flights to be canceled and an unspecified number of delays. The airline had earlier said there were 25 cancellations. A spokeswoman said the...

Arianna Huffington in Airplane Blackberry Dispute

Media mogul Arianna Huffington experienced some pre-flight turbulence when she "defied" a United Airlines request for travelers to shut down all electronic devices, leading one incredulous male passenger "to get up from his seat in protest of her continued chatting and texting," the New York Post reported. A testy...

2 Yemeni Men Arrested in Terror Probe Are Freed

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Sept. 1) -- Two Yemeni men arrested on arrival from the United States on suspicion they may have been conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack were released without charge Wednesday after investigations turned up no evidence to link them to a terror plot, Dutch prosecutors said. The...

Dutch Question 2 Men Arrested in US Terror Probe

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Aug. 31) -- Dutch investigators on Tuesday questioned two men arrested at Amsterdam's airport after U.S. authorities found suspicious items in their checked luggage, including a cell phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle and a knife and box cutter. The pair were arrested Monday morning at Schiphol...

Two Men Arrested for Possible Terror 'Dry Run' on United Flight

(Aug. 30) -- Two men who authorities said were carrying "mock bombs" and may have been on a "dry run" for a terrorist attack have been arrested in Amsterdam after their flight landed from Chicago.

Background on United Airlines

United Air Lines, Inc., (), operating as United Airlines, is a U.S. airline and the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees and operating the second-largest fleet with 702 aircraft.

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