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WASHINGTON—A man “randomly” brandishing a firearm shot three people, killing one, in a Wednesday morning rampage in the nation’s capital that started on a city bus and ended in a Metro tunnel after passengers attacked and disarmed him. Authorities were still piecing together the chaotic series of events that left two people with gunshot wounds […]

Airlines have paid more than $600 million in refunds to hundreds of thousands of passengers for canceled or changed flights since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Transportation said. At the same time, federal regulators are cracking down on a half-dozen airlines they say skirted rules, which determine when refunds are issued. […]

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QUETTA, Pakistan—A speeding bus veered off a narrow mountain road and plummeted into a ravine in a remote area of southwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing 22 passengers including women and children, a government official said. The accident happened in the district of Qilla Saifullah in Baluchistan province. Deputy District Administrator Mohammad Qasim said rescuers transported […]

Airline passengers who are concerned about flying alongside unmasked people will now be offered refunds, among other things, after a federal judge last week struck down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) mask mandate on public transport. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told the “TODAY” show on April 21 that the airline will be flexible with customers […]

WUZHOU—Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up by rescue workers scouring a remote Chinese mountainside Tuesday for the wreckage of a China Eastern flight that one day earlier inexplicably fell from the sky and burst into a huge fireball. No survivors have been found among […]

Hawaii’s Safe Travels program will come to an end on March 25, the state’s governor announced. Domestic passengers arriving in Hawaii after the program ends won’t need to follow earlier regulations, like showing proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test to bypass quarantine, according to Gov. David Ige. “It is important to remember that […]

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—The wingtip of a plane loaded with passengers clipped the auxiliary power unit of a parked empty aircraft nearby as it pushed back from the gate at a small Florida airport Monday. Both planes at Punta Gorda Airport are owned by Allegiant Air, according to a statement from the airline, which said there […]

A federal judge on Sunday ruled that Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings may require passengers to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before boarding a ship.

An unruly passenger forced a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Atlanta to land in Oklahoma City on Friday night, the airline said.

Two guests aboard the first major sea cruise hosting Americans since the pandemic halted the industry have tested positive for COVID-19

Royal Caribbean has decided not to require passengers on U.S. cruises to be vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19.

A bus dramatically plunged off a bridge in New York City, leaving its front half hanging over a highway ramp, its fall broken only by the road below.

The U.S. Transportation Department said it fined Panama’s Copa Airlines $450,000 for unlawfully transporting passengers between the U.S. and Venezuela.

Australian and New Zealand passengers will be evacuated from a stricken Antarctic cruise ship on April 9.

Passengers from an ill-fated cruise were carefully freed from their cabins and allowed to touch dry land on April 3 for the first time in weeks, following the removal of 14 critically ill people.

A pair of cruise ships carrying more than 200 guests and crew with flu-like symptoms, including eight passengers who tested positive for COVID-19, were expected off Florida’s coast early April 2.