Articles filed under Midway International Airport
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Southwest baggage handler charged with laptop theftsAug 10, 2012 4:14 pm - In criticizing competitors who charge passengers for checking luggage, Southwest Airlines has touted being bag friendly in numerous commercials. But Cook County prosecut...
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Midway reopens after power outage shuts down runways ThursdayJun 28, 2012 10:00 pm - Chicago's Midway International Airport reopened this morning after a power outage forced the second largest airport in Chicago to shut down for four hours Thursday night...
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Full-scale emergency test held at Midway AirportJun 24, 2012 7:13 am - Emergency officials responded to an airplane fire at Midway International Airport that injured 160 people — but luckily it was just an emergency drill. Saturday’s full-s...
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Chicago airports getting free Wi-FiJun 22, 2012 4:23 pm - Free Internet access to at least some websites is on the horizon at both O’Hare and Midway airports. Chicago Aviation Department officials announced plans to begin offer...
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Uptick in Memorial Day travel expectedMay 24, 2012 4:00 pm - It's go time at O'Hare and Midway International airports as Memorial Day weekend travel takes off. A projected 1.5 million passengers are expected to use either of the t...
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Son: Bedbug bites caused rash that quarantined flightApr 27, 2012 3:39 pm - Bedbugs. The biting pests that infest hotels appear to be the source of red marks on a Minnesota woman that prompted health officials to quarantine a jet in Chicago for...
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CDC: Midway passenger didn't have monkey poxApr 26, 2012 6:00 pm - Passengers aboard a Delta Air Lines flight from Detroit were kept from disembarking in Chicago for about three hours after one person was suspected of carrying a disease...
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Plane from Chicago makes emergency landing in LexingtonDec 20, 2011 11:00 pm - LEXINGTON, Ky. — An AirTran Airways plane traveling from Chicago to Atlanta made an emergency landing in Lexington Wednesday afternoon. AirTran spokesman Brad Hawkins sa...
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FAA puts extra controllers at towers after sleeping incidentApr 13, 2011 12:00 am - DuPage Airport air traffic controllers won’t fly solo on the midnight shift any more, as federal authorities react to news of a sleeping on the job incident in Nevada, o...
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IDOT sticks to basics in new road planApr 06, 2011 11:00 pm - The state will fix its roads and bridges this year, but ambitious projects such as the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway extension and western bypass or Illiana Expressway will re...
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