Video shows an out-of-control blue city bus in the middle of St. Petersburg plowing into a car before careening off a bridge, carrying at least 20 passengers on board. The bus then immediately sinks into the Moika River. (See video below, posted by The Moscow Times.) — Read the rest

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Video shows an out-of-control blue city bus in the middle of St. Petersburg plowing into a car before careening off a bridge, carrying at least 20 passengers on board. The bus then immediately sinks into the Moika River. (See video below, posted by The Moscow Times.) — Read the rest

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A 30-year-old gentleman from England was ordered to pay United Airlines $20,638 for being an unruly passenger. He was also arrested.

The pricey incident occurred in March on a flight from London to Newark, when the lead flight attendant asked Alexander Michael Dominic MacDonald — who was "arguing loudly" with his girlfriend — to lower his voice. — Read the rest

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An American Airlines flight going from Albuquerque to Chicago had to return to New Mexico when an unruly passenger decided he wanted off.

"Aggressively" trying to open the emergency door, it took at least six other passengers to wrestle the determined gentleman to the ground, where he was finally restrained with duct tape and flex cuffs, according to The Boston Globe. — Read the rest

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Another day, another flight diversion — and lately it's not just bad behavior that is grounding flights. From loose bolts to an entire door panel flying off mid-flight, planes are falling apart a little too often these days. Which is what happened yet again on a United Airlines flight carrying 165 passengers. — Read the rest

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