Passengers flying in and out of Westchester County Airport will soon get a smoother, safer ride after receiving $18 million from Congress' Working Families Tax Cut Act that passed last year.
Between the sinkhole and thunderstorm threats Wednesday night, it's the perfect storm of problems for travelers.
The FAA will equip all of its airport vehicles with transponders after a deadly March 22 crash at LaGuardia Airport exposed gaps in the nation's airfield surveillance systems.
An airport spokesperson said 12 passengers suffered minor injuries and five were taken to hospitals and some passengers described issues with the evacuation.
A United Airlines flight arriving from Italy struck a light pole on the New Jersey Turnpike while on final approach to Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday afternoon, damaging a truck and sending its driver to the hospital with minor injuries, authorities said.
Port Authority Police say they received a call just after 6 p.m. about an unruly passenger on board United flight 1837 as it arrived at Newark Liberty Airport from the Dominican Republic.