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12 July 2024: En route from Miami to Newark, New Jersey

United Airlines had to divert a flight from Miami to Newark, N.J. to Orlando, Fla. after a passenger bit a flight attendant and became “aggressive and disruptive” according to the airline. The incident was captured by another passenger on their cell phone and shows the woman on United Flight 762…

3 July 2024: En route from Oregon to New Hampshire.

A flight en route to Manchester, New Hampshire diverted on July 3 after a man allegedly dropped his pants and urinated in the aisle of the aircraft. 25-year-old Neil McCarthy from Oregon was arrested and charged with indecent exposure upon arrival at Buffalo Niagara International Airport. He was released after…

2 July 2024: San Francisco, California

A pilot for United Airlines was arrested on suspicion of revenge porn against his ex-girlfriend, a work colleague at the airline. More than ten years after pilot Andrew Hill, 36, and his girlfriend broke up his ex-girlfriend told police he sought revenge by “making online profiles pretending to be her…

12 June 2024: En route from Glasgow to Tenerife

A 20-year-old man was handcuffed, restrained and dragged off Jet2 flight LS155 from Glasgow to Tenerife after attacking crew members. He was dragged off a Jet2 flight in handcuffs and with a seatbelt tied around his legs after he allegedly attacked crew members and passengers. The flight left Glasgow headed…

5 June 2024: Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria

Electricity was cut and major airports were forced to close in Nigeria in early June. The country’s largest labor unions began a strike to demand salary increases. The country is experiencing the worst cost of living crisis in decades, reports say. Government workers failed to show up and in some…

21 May 2024: En route from London to Singapore

71 people were injured in severe turbulence during a Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore and a 73-year-old British man died in the incident from a suspected heart condition, according to the general manager of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Kittipong Kittikachorn. The turbulence tossed passengers and crew around the…

23 March 2024: Olathe, Kansas

A man in Kansas pleaded guilty to illegally exporting sensitive aviation technology to Russian companies in violation of U.S. sanctions. Douglas Edward Robertson was the second Kansas business executive to plead guilty to charges after being accused of smuggling, money laundering, violating U.S. export regulations, submitting false or misleading information…

1 March 2024: En route London to Newark, New Jersey

Alexander MacDonald, 30, of Chelmsford, England, a passenger who yelled and became physically aggressive on a United Airlines flight from London to Newark caused the crew to divert to Bangor, Maine, in March. United Airlines Flight 883 left Heathrow Airport near London on March 1 and headed to Newark Liberty…

17 February 2024: En route from Phuket to Israel

“Hostile elements” apparently attempted to take over the communication network of an El aircraft flying from Phuket to Ben-Gurion Airport on February 17. The group attempted to divert it from its destination, Israel’s national airline confirmed. The plane was able to continue to its destination safely. This was the second…

16 February 2024: Winnipeg, B. C.

WestJet flight 710 diverted to Winnipeg after a passenger tried to open the plane door. An 18-year-old man from B.C. allegedly tried to open the door of an aircraft during the flight. This caused the plane to be diverted to Winnipeg, a spokesperson for Winnipeg Airports Authority said. The RCMP…

7 February 2024: En route from Bangkok to London

A man was arrested after appearing to punch an attendant on board a Thai Airways flight from Bangkok to London Heathrow Airport on February 7. The 35-year-old man was charged on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and endangering an aircraft, London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement. Witnesses on the…

24 January 2024: En route from Seattle to Las Vegas

A man was arrested and is facing federal criminal charges after allegedly attacking another passenger on a flight to Las Vegas in January. Julio Lopez was taken into custody following the incident during a Jan. 24 Alaska Airlines flight headed from Seattle to Las Vegas. He now faces one count…

17 April 2024: Toronto

Canadian law enforcement announced the arrest of nine people, one is an Air Canada employee, in connection with the $20 million Canadian ($14.5 million) theft of gold bars and $2.5 million Canadian, ($1.8 million) in bank notes. The items were taken from a warehouse at Toronto Pearson Airport in April…

17 March 2024: Atlanta, Georgia

A Texas man was arrested after records show he tried to stow away on a Delta flight on March 17, federal court documents say. Wicliff Yves Fleurizard, of George, Texas, was caught on surveillance video taking photos of multiple people’s phones and boarding passes — “including a minor female.” The…

9 March 2024: En Route from Jordan to London

A pregnant woman gave birth on a Wizz Air flight from Jordan to London. A British doctor on board helped deliver the baby inflight and then the aircraft diverted to get the mother and infant to more medical assistance. The crew chose Brindisi Airport, in southern Italy, so the 38-year-old…

28 June 2024: Canaan, Vermont

A woman from China was arrested at a Vermont lake that borders Quebec for trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, into Canada by kayak, according to Border Patrol agents. Wan Yee Ng was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan, Vermont,…

18 June 2024: The Mediterranean Sea

The Greek coast guard is being accused of causing the deaths of dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean over a three-year period, according to a scathing report by the BBC. The deaths include nine who were deliberately thrown into the water, eyewitnesses said. Those nine were among 40 people the…

17 June 2024: South China Sea

A Chinese ship and a Philippine supply ship collided Monday, June 17, close to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. The incident is said to have heightened tensions between the two countries, especially regarding territorial disputes. The Philippine ship entered waters near Second Thomas Shoal which is a…

12 June 2024: Baltimore, Maryland

Governor Wes Moore and the United States Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and others announced the full reopening of the Port of Baltimore following the reinstatement of the Fort McHenry Federal Channel earlier in June. “After the bridge fell, we laid out four key directives: bring closure to the…

15 May 2024: Galveston, Texas

A barge rammed into the structure of a bridge near Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday, May 15. The crash caused oil to flow into waters in the busy shipping channel. The accident also closed the sole road to a neighboring island. No injuries were reported. Pieces of the bridge connecting Galveston…

April 2024: Luxembourg, Belgium

The BBC reportedly tracked down a smuggler who organized a small boat crossing to the U.K. in which five people died. A seven-year-old girl identified only as Sara was among five killed in a crush on board an overcrowded inflatable boat, which set off from a beach in northern France…

15 April 2024: Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducted a medevac for a Disney Fantasy cruise ship passenger, Monday, in the Atlantic Ocean 180 miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. The medevac patient was a 35-year-old pregnant woman, U.S. citizen, who experienced health complications and required a higher level of medical…

13 April 2024: Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz

Commandos from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down ropes from a helicopter onto an Israeli-affiliated container ship in the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel April 13. This was the latest in a series of attacks between the two countries. A special forces unit…

19 February 2024: Yemen

The crew of a cargo transport abandoned ship after it came under attack by Houthi militia in Yemen. The Houthi have been firing missiles at ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The group says it is a campaign to pressure Israel to end its war in the…

12 February 2024: Off the Coast of Libya

A wooden boat was sighted at night in international waters north of Libya by a team from Doctors Without Borders. The small wooden fishing boat contained people waving lights from their cellphones to attract attention after the boat’s engine quit. They had been drifting for hours in the pitch black,…

26 November The Aegean Sea

A cargo ship sank off the coast of Greece near the island of Lesbos Sunday, November 26. One person was rescued, one body was recovered but twelve crewmembers were still missing according to Greek authorities. The ship was en route from Alexandria, Egypt, to Istanbul with a 6,000-ton load of…

20 November The Red Sea

Houthi rebels from Yemen seized what they referred to as an Israeli cargo ship in the Red Sea. The group then warned that all vessels connected to Israel “will become a legitimate target for armed forces.” The Houthi rebels released a video showing what they say is the attack and…

9 November

The captain of a dive boat has been convicted of criminal negligence after 34 people were killed on board the boat. Jerry Boylan, the captain, was found guilty of misconduct/neglect of a ship officer in a trial in Los Angeles, Calif. The fire occurred in 2019 on the commercial scuba…

24 October The North Sea

One person died and four others went missing after two cargo ships collided in an incident that took place in the North Sea off the coast of Germany. An additional two crewmembers were rescued, according to German officials. The British-flagged Verity is said to have collided with the Bahamian-registered Polesie.…

14 September Alpefjord, Greenland

The cruise ship MV Ocean Explorer was pulled free three days after running aground in Greenland. The cruise ship ran aground above the Arctic Circle in Alpefjord in Northeast Greenland National Park, the northernmost national park in the world. The ship had 206 people on board at the time of…

16 July 2024: Toronto, Canada

Flooding in Toronto caused power outages and general chaos in July. A major highway as well as other thoroughfares were flooded as the torrential rains tormented the city. Toronto Fire Services said it rescued 14 people from flooding on highways. “We’re actively rescuing people that are trapped in their cars…

12 July 2024: Cotulla, Texas

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to Cotulla Station discovered and rescued another 20 migrants stowed away in a locked train compartment. On July 12, Border Patrol agents in Cotulla, Texas, conducted a train check and discovered undocumented non-citizens in a train compartment. The compartment was locked and all subjects…

11 June 2024: Pardubice, Czech Republic

Four people were killed and at least 27 others were injured when two trains collided in the Czech Republic on June 5, according to local authorities. One train was a passenger train and the other was a freight train. Rescue operations were conducted and ended the next day. The authorities…

22 May 2024: New York

Multiple issues caused delays in the New York rail system in May. A wire that transmits traffic signals fell and struck an electrical power cable at Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor in Kearny, N.J., just west of New York City. The incident caused a situation that halted service on Amtrak and New…

17 May 2024: North Tonawanda, New York

A train hit a pickup truck in western New York state killing three people, according to local officials. Amtrak train 281 was traveling north from New York to Niagara Falls when it hit the vehicle on the track, Amtrak said in a statement. The incident happened Friday, May 17. All…

2 March 2024: Los Angeles, California

An estimated 55 people were injured when a bus and a train collided in Los Angeles near the campus of the University of Southern California. Officials said the collision, between a USC campus bus and a Metro E Line train, took place on Exposition Boulevard between Normandie Avenue and Figueroa…

2 March 2024: Lower Saucon Township, Pennsylvania

Three trains were involved in a collision and derailment in eastern Pennsylvania but there were no reported injuries or evacuations. The accident left some railroad cars scattered along the riverbank and at least one partially submerged in the river. Officials there said the derailment was reported in the morning in…

22 April 2024: Los Angeles, California

A woman died after being stabbed in the throat Monday, April 22 on a Metro train before she got off at the Universal/Studio City station, and a suspect was arrested, according to police. The attack was reported shortly after 5 a.m. in the 3900 block of Lankershim Boulevard, a Los…

3 April 2024: Manhattan, New York

Eight men were charged on April 3 with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of Modelo and Corona beer that is imported from Mexico. The group worked by robbing train yards and warehouses in dozens of thefts across the Northeast during the past two years. An indictment unsealed by…

26 March 2024: Brussels, Belgium

A group of protesting farmers sprayed manure and threw projectiles and clashed with police during a demonstration in Brussels, Belgium. At the same demonstration, on Tuesday, March 26, protesters set the Maelbeek metro station on fire. Two police officers were injured in the melee with protesters, according to the Brussels…

26 February 2024: Jammu, India

Rail authorities in India are investigating an incident where a freight train was able to travel more than 80 km without a driver. The train was pulling 53 wagons full of chip stones and began rolling downhill along the tracks at Kathua in Jammu, northern India. The train reached a…

8 February 2024: Ragland, Alabama

A railroad crossing in St. Clair County, Alabama, reopened after a train derailed in Ragland on Thursday morning, February 8. The incident closed part of Highway 144. The incident happened around 2:30 a.m., according to James Brown, Ragland police chief. Chief Brown said loaded cars from the nearby cement plant…

3 February 2024: Paris, France

A man went on a stabbing spree at 7:35 a.m. on March 2 at the Gare De Lyon station. This station operates domestic trains as well as those heading to Switzerland and Italy. One person suffered life-threatening injuries to the abdomen while two others were lightly wounded, according to Laurent…

22 November Rockcastle County, Kentucky

A chemical fire caused by a train derailment in Kentucky has been extinguished. People had been encouraged to evacuate but now are able to return to their homes, according to rail operator CSX late last week. “The fire is completely out,” CSX spokesperson Bryan Tucker said in a statement. The…

8 September Aberdeen, Scotland

Network Rail was fined £6.7m in the high court in Aberdeen after admitting guilt over a rail crash in which three people died. The driver of the train, Brett McCullough, 45, Donald Dinnie, 58 (the conductor), and a passenger, Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died in the derailment near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, on…

12 July 2024: Simaltal, Nepal

Buses carrying more than 50 people fell into the Trishuli river which was overflowing after days of rain as the monsoon season raged. Conditions made it difficult to see the wreckage. Rescuers in Nepal were able to recover the first body the next day after a landslide swept the two…

11 July 2024: China

A man tried to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into China by placing them in canvas bags and then hiding those bags in his trousers, custom officials said. The man was stopped after passing through a gate stating he had “nothing to declare” at the crossing between Hong Kong…

11 July 2024: Otay Mesa, California

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry discovered 4.62 pounds of fentanyl powder, 7.71 pounds of black tar heroin, 2.46 pounds of brown powder heroin, and 2.11 pounds of cocaine concealed within the muffler of a vehicle. CBP officers conducting primary operations encountered…

1 July 2024: Chiriaco Summit, California

During a traffic stop, U.S. Border Patrol agents from the El Centro Sector seized a cache of weapons, magazines, and ammunition hidden within a vehicle. Late in the evening on July 1, Indio Station agents conducted a vehicle stop on Interstate 10 in Chiriaco Summit. After a Border Patrol K-9…

30 June 2024: Tamaulipas, Mexico

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at Pharr International Bridge this weekend seized more than $5.1 million in methamphetamine in a single enforcement action. “Our frontline CBP officers continue to deploy a strategic combination of inspections experience coupled with technology and that effort yielded this significant…

12 June 2024: Atlanta, Georgia

A gunman hijacked a commuter bus in Atlanta, Georgia on June 12. There were 17 people on board the bus. The hijacker shot one of them with the passenger’s own gun, according to local authorities. Other passengers frantically texted loved ones and called 911 for help. 39-year-old felon Joseph Grier…

13 May 2024: Baltimore, Maryland

March 26, a ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse and killing six construction workers. On Monday, May 13, a demolition crew broke apart chunks of the collapsed bridge. The scheduled demolition was delayed by several days due to bad weather. The cargo ship Dali,…

5 May 2024: Provo, Utah

Prosecutors in Utah filed an aggravated murder charge against a truck driver who is accused of intentionally killing a police officer during a traffic stop. The Utah County attorney’s office said it has not yet decided whether to pursue the death penalty for the capital offense. Michael Aaron Jayne, 42,…

28 April 2024: Near Bend, Washington

Four zebras broke free from a trailer they were being transported in, near Bend, Washington, on Sunday, April 28. Kristine Keltgen purchased the zebras from a farm in Washington State and was transporting them on Interstate 90 to a petting zoo she runs in Anaconda, Mont. She became aware that…

26 April 2024: London, U.K.

Cavalry horses that were spooked by noise from a construction site in April threw off their riders and galloped through London, injuring themselves and a number of pedestrians along the way. The horses were rehearsing with members of the Household Cavalry — the unit that performs ceremonial duties around Buckingham…

17 February 2024: Toronto

Two people were shot within 24 hours at the same Toronto bus stop while they were waiting for a bus alone. One of the victims died. The Toronto Police Service said the same car was also seen fleeing the scene after the shootings. Police said they responded to a call…

20 April 2024: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

An Oklahoma City man punched and tackled a city bus driver causing the bus to crash into a building. A 23-year-old suspect, Tihron Harrison, was arrested and charged with assault and battery. Police said Harrison became enraged when the bus driver wouldn’t stop the bus at an earlier stop. “The…

15 April 2024: Blackburn, U.K.

Saleem Chaudhri, who was arrested for smuggling cocaine in blocks of gouda cheese during a raid on an industrial unit in Blackburn in May 2023, has been sentenced. The cocaine had a street value of more than £17m. Chaudhri has been jailed since police found the drugs hidden in the…

13 April 2024: Balochistan Province, Pakistan

Gunmen killed 11 people in two separate attacks in the Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, April 13. This province borders both Afghanistan and Iran. Police were searching for the assailants who killed nine people after abducting them from a bus on a highway on Friday. The same attackers…

12 April 2024: Benham, Texas

A man stole a semitrailer in Texas on April 12 and crashed it into a state government office where he had been denied a commercial driver’s license the day before. The crash occurred after a police chase. The accident killed one person and injured 13, according to authorities. Clenard Parker…