Travel News – Blinded Pilot Lands Safely, Bus Hijacked to Disney, Ducked Taped Passenger

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This story sounded like one right out of the movies.

Pilot blinded by stroke is guided safely to ground

LONDON (AP) — A British pilot who was suddenly blinded by a stroke during a solo flight was talked safely down by a military pilot, the Royal Air Force said Friday.

You’ve just hijacked a bus, what are you going to do next?

Bus driver taken hostage at gunpoint; forced to drive to Downtown Disney

A man took a tour bus driver hostage briefly and forced her to drive to the Downtown Disney entertainment and shopping complex, authorities said Saturday.

What has a light side, a dark side and holds the universe together. Hint: it’s not the force.

FBI: Airline passenger restrained with duct tape

An airline crew used duct tape to keep a passenger in her seat because they say she became unruly, fighting flight attendants and grabbing other passengers, forcing the flight to land in North Carolina.

I appreciated that they managed not to say that air travel was falling. I like to not use those phrases together.

Air travel declines at alarming pace

The global aviation industry is facing its largest drop in passengers since the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.

The Montreal-based airline group said global international traffic results for September show passenger traffic declined 2.9 percent while cargo traffic dropped 7.7 percent compared to the same month in 2007.