SF News SFO-Bound Plane Evacuated In Denver Due To Bomb Threat An United Airlines plane headed for San Francisco Airport was evacuated in Denver after authorities got wind of a bomb threat. Yikes! "Carrie Harmon of the Transportation Security Administration, according to Associated Press,
SF News Breaking: Suspicious Package Evacuates SFO Terminal [Update] Part of San Francisco International Airport was evacuated a little before noon today after authorities discovered a suspicious package in a screening area. The closure shut down Terminal One, boarding area C, the
Arts & Entertainment Photos: San Francisco International Opens World's First In-Airport Yoga Studio In a press event at San Francisco International Airport this morning, SFist witnessed airport officials announce the grand opening of what they believe is the world's first in-airport free yoga studio. Because, well,
SF News Note To Drug Traffickers: Airport Security Will Probably Find Nine Kilos of Cocaine And Crystal Meth A pair of U.S. citizens arriving at SFO from Mexico on December 29th were busted with $500,000 worth of cocaine and crystal meth in their luggage, thus ensuring at least one
SF News Ruth Bader Ginsburg Rides Airplane Emergency Slide Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Supreme Court's oldest justice at age 78, rode an airplane emergency slide to safety earlier today when her SFO-bound flight experienced some harrowing engine trouble on the tarmac at
SF News Now You Can Ride Your Bike to the Airport Fans of alternative transportation just got a new way to catch their flights out of SFO: a new bike lane has popped up along McDonnell Road, leading right up to the terminal at
SF News SFO-Bound Brothers Arrested for "Brutally" Attacking Pilot Jonathan and Luis Baez, two brothers from Holyoke, Massachusetts, were arrested late Wednesday after assaulting a pilot on a flight bound for San Francisco. En route American Airlines Flight 1755, a flight attendant
SF News Charges Dropped in Droopy Pants Predicament Criminal charges brought against Deshon Marman, the University of New Mexico football player and San Francisco native pulled off a U.S. Airways flight during a scuffle over his saggy pants, have been
SF News United Airlines Computer Meltdown Strands Thousands Over the Weekend A computer glitch that caused passenger data to disappear off of United Airlines computer systems caused the airline to have to cancel several dozen flights Friday night, including some out of SFO, and
SF News Man Accused of Attacking the Cockpit on SFO-Bound Flight Carried Only $47 and an Apple Charger Rageh Ahmed Mohammed Al-Murisi, the Yemeni immigrant who attempted to storm the cockpit of an American Airlines flight headed for SFO was travelling from New York to San Francisco with two postdated checks
SF News Guy Goes Nuts Aboard SFO-Bound Flight, Gets Taken Down By Retired San Mateo Cop A 28-year-old Yemeni man named Rageit (or Rageh?) Almurisi was aboard an American Airlines flight from Chicago to SFO when he walked briskly out of coach, through first class, and began banging on
SF News Harvard Attorney Sentenced for SFO Meltdown Remember the former LA City Attorney who went berserk on a Peet's kiosk and airport police on Christmas Eve? She was sentenced today. "Angela West, 50, a Harvard Law School graduate, pleaded no
SF News Hilarious Laser Pranks Not So Funny At Bay Area Airports According to the Chronicle, "Reports of lasers being shined at aircraft nearly doubled last year across the country, with the Bay Area being among the worst regions when it comes to the dangerous
SF News Former LA Deputy City Attorney Goes Berzerk On Peet's Kiosk, Police Angela West, a former LA City Attorney, reportedly went on a bit of a rampage during the holiday season at San Francisco International Airport. And how. Look, we get it: Christmas and SFO
SF News SFO-Based Pilot Suspended From Anti-Terror Program After Posting YouTube Videos Criticizing Security An unnamed pilot based at SFO and residing in Sacramento is catching heat from some camera-phone videos he posted to YouTube showing lax security at the airport. The pilot was part of the
SF News Heading Northeast Out of SFO? Check Flight Status Beforehand. Holiday travel has been particularly hellish this year for lots of folks, and it's not getting better any time soon. Incessant rain in the Bay Area caused delays for passengers traveling out of
misc Day Around the Bay Aubrey Huff will be sticking around for 2 more years. [McCovey Chronicles] Newsflash: Waiting at the DMV always sucks, but it sucks twice as much in San Francisco. [CBS] US Conference of Mayors
SF News SFO Emergency Landing After Qantas 747 Engine Blows Up A plane heading to Australia "was forced to make an emergency landing at San Francisco International Airport early Tuesday after an engine exploded in flight over the Pacific," reports KTVU. (In the esteemed
SF News <s>Bomb</s> Hijack Threat Grounds Plane at SFO An American Airlines flight has been grounded at SFO after a bomb threat. According to the Transportation Security Administration, reports CBS 5, "the threat was made against American Airlines Flight No. 24 — which
SF News Emergency Landing at SFO After Drunk Passenger Sets Napkin On Fire A reader, who asked to remain anonymous, writes to SFist about a harrowing (albeit it tiny) blaze aboard a flight, prompting an emergency landing at SFO on Sunday. A good friend was flying
SF News Carsonist Comes to SFO Yes, yes, this very likely isn't the same carsonist who kept us on our toes for much of last year (or this recent string of 12 arsons in Berkeley), but just on the
SF News Fog Delays SFO Flights Because we're always cheated out of a proper summer -- for whatever reason, this year's summer chill seems particularly glacial -- that means low fog. And what does low fog mean? It means
SF News Scene from a Virgin Launch at SFO Today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Virgin Overlord Sir Richard Branson, and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom celebrated the launch of Virgin America’s first international flight to exotic Toronto, Canada. Yay, money!
