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An American Airlines Boeing 777 is framed by utility wires as it prepares to land at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Miami. An American Airlines flight landed safely in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, after the flight crew reported a potential mechanical issue with the plane. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Removal of several Black passengers from American Airlines flight was ‘unacceptable,’ CEO says

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Honeywell test pilot Joe Duval pulls a Boeing 757 test aircraft out of a landing approach demonstrating runway hazard warning systems over the airport in Tyler, Texas, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Could a cockpit warning system prevent close calls between planes at U.S. airports?

By David Koenig - Associated Press

FILE — This undated inmate photo provided by the Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority shows Estes Carter Thompson III. Police arrested Thompson, an American Airlines flight attendant, Thursday, Jan 18, 2024, on suspicion of trying to secretly record a 14-year-old female passenger using a bathroom aboard an airplane he was working on last September. Thompson was indicted Thursday, April 25, 2024, by a federal grand jury. (Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority via AP, File)

Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record teen girl in airplane bathroom

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

An American Airlines grounds crew unloads a dog from the cargo area of an arriving flight, Aug. 1, 2012, at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. American Airlines is relaxing part of its pet policy to let owners bring their companion and a full-size carry-on bag into the cabin. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

A big airline is relaxing its pet policy to let owners bring the companion and a rolling carry-on

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A commercial airliner approaches Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, Feb. 21, 2024, in Norridge, Ill. Cracked windshields on jetliners and engine problems that cause flight delays don't normally attract much attention, but routine and rare problems with passenger planes are attracting an unusual amount of news coverage. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

With all the recent headlines about panels and tires falling off planes, is flying safe?

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Hundreds of flight attendants protest at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. They represent three different unions and work for several airlines including Southwest, American, and United. Each of the unions are in contract negotiations with the airlines and pushing for fair contracts. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Southwest Airlines solidifying pact with flight attendants’ union

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

An American Airlines Boeing 777 is framed by utility wires as it prepares to land at Miami International Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Miami. An American Airlines flight landed safely in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, after the flight crew reported a potential mechanical issue with the plane. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Federal officials say they’re investigating a tire problem on an American Airlines flight to L.A.

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American Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, Jan. 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

American Airlines to buy 260 new planes from Airbus, Boeing and Embraer to meet growing demand

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Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, as he and others appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on online child safety on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024 in Washington. Sen. Cruz introduced a bill Tuesday that would block Federal Air Marshal Service agents from going to the southern border unless Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas verifies that a border crisis exists. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Sen. Cruz calls for ban on air marshals at border unless Mayorkas admits to crisis

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Juan Chavez handles baggage as is comes off a United Airlines aircraft upon landing at George Bush Intercontinental Airport on Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Houston. United Airlines said Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, that it is raising its fees for checking bags, following a similar move earlier this week by American Airlines. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) **FILE**

Checking a bag will cost you more on United Airlines, which is copying a similar move by American

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American Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, Jan. 11, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

American Airlines flight pulls U-turn after passenger tries opening exit door

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the law firm Lewis & Llewellyn LLP, an iPhone is taped to the back of a toilet seat on an American Airlines flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Boston, Sept. 2, 2023. Estes Carter Thompson III, an American Airlines flight attendant arrested on suspicion of trying to secretly record a 14-year-old female passenger using an airplane bathroom last September 2023, is being held in custody until his trial.(Lewis & Llewellyn LLP via AP, File)

Flight attendant accused of trying to video record teen girl in airplane bathroom held until trial

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

American Airlines planes sit on the tarmac at Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport, Jan. 11, 2023, in New York. A man who was arrested earlier in the week in Amarillo, Texas, for assaulting and American Airlines flight attendant and arresting police officers is facing a charge of interfering with a flight crew, punishable by up to 20 years in prison if convicted, according to an FBI agent's account unsealed Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Flight attendant faces child porn charges after attempting to record girl using plane bathroom

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A line of Spirit Airlines jets sit on the tarmac at the Orlando International Airport on May 20, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. A federal judge is siding with the Biden administration and blocking JetBlue Airways from buying Spirit Airlines, saying the $3.8 billion deal would reduce competition. The Justice Department sued to block the merger, saying it would drive up fares by eliminating Spirit, the nation’s biggest low-cost airline. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)

Federal judge blocks JetBlue’s $3.8 billion buyout of Spirit Airlines

By David Koenig - Associated Press

An American Airlines plane lands at Logan International Airport, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in Boston. American Airlines earnings are reported on Thursday. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Woman ordered to pay American Airlines nearly $39,000 for interfering with flight crew

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