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“We were standing in the rebooking queue for more than 7 hours!”: Thousands of passengers stranded after Frankfurt Airport security breakdown

Frankfurt Airport Terminal 1 was evacuated due to a security mistake on Tuesday, which left thousands of passengers stranded. Reason for the evacuation of area A and Z in Terminal 1 was the mistake by a single airport security worker. A passenger’s bag had a positive explosives test, but instead of carefully checking the potential…

BREAKING South African Express grounded over serious safety violations

South African authorities have banned South African Express Airways from flying due to serious safety violations. The airline was operating regional flights for the country’s flag carrier, South African Airways (SAA). Its operating permits were suspended by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) on Thursday‚ stating: “This effectively means that as of today, SA…