The Latest Breaking News from United Airlines

United Airlines pilot charged after bizarrely attacking Denver airport parking gate with axe

Kenneth Henderson Jones, 63, faces charges of criminal mischief

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023

Food, supplies sent from Chicago to air relief efforts on Maui

A plane carrying 24,000 pounds in supplies left O’Hare International Airport on Wednesday. The aircraft will return carrying passengers fleeing Maui.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 17, 2023

Investigators reveal why plane plummeted to just above ocean’s surface last year

Federal investigators say that miscommunication between pilots led to a United Airlines plane diving within 748 feet of the ocean’s surface shortly after takeoff from Hawaii in December

The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023

United Airlines pilot given suspended prison sentence after showing up for flight ‘staggering drunk’

‘His eyes were glassy, and his mouth pasty’

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Race to Mackinac has sisters hoping to bring victory to the O’Rourke family 100 years after their great-grandfather’s win was overturned

John P. O’Rourke sailed to victory in 1923, only to later be disqualified. Today, his descendants are driven to clinch their own win.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 21, 2023

American Airlines pilots want bargaining do-over after United bests on pay

The union that represents American Airlines pilots is calling out the carrier to make changes to a “woefully deficient by comparison” contract following the tentative agreement for United Airlines pilots that they say pays better.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023

3 Soaring Airline Stocks

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) raised its global airline profit outlook to $9.8 billion by year-end, more than double the previous forecast of $4.7 billion. No wonder then that the The MSCI All World Stock Index for airlines is at the highest level since June 2021, up about 20%…

StockNews.com · Jul 19, 2023

Abusive passenger ‘booted off’ flight

A United Airlines passenger was “booted off” a flight for complaining about the quality of business class food and calling a staff member a “douche” said the Daily Star. The near 10-hour flight from Houston to Amsterdam was diverted and “landed safely following a passenger disturbance”, said the airline. The…

The Week · Jul 19, 2023

Evacuation slide ‘larger than a small car’ falls from plane and hits Chicago home

‘This really happened. It fell off of an airplane and landed in our backyard’

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023

Emergency slide falls from United Airlines plane near O’Hare, lands in backyard

No injuries were reported Monday when an aircraft arriving from Switzerland lost a chute that landed in a couple’s backyard.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 17, 2023