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Hey, remember this picture of the drunk guy on a flight from Iceland to New York City who had to be restrained with duct tape and zip ties? Allegedly he started screaming on the flight and tried to choke a fellow passenger after drinking a bottle of duty-free alcohol. The crew had to get a little...inventive to resolve the situation. Their solution certainly restrained him, but didn't do much to shut him up, as we now know, thanks to this video of him trying to scream through the duct tape over his mouth.

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Last week Mail Online published an article stating:
The U.S. State Department has warned American travelers to Mexico to beware of possible violent retaliation after this week's arrest of alleged Zetas drug cartel associates within the U.S.

'Given the history and resources of this violent TCO, the U.S Embassy urges U.S citizens to maintain a low profile and a heightened sense of awareness.

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Buying airfare shouldn’t be as complex as trying to handicap a race horse, but the truth is sometimes it’s trickier.

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Flight technology and transportation innovations may have made it easier to fly, but cutbacks throughout the airline industry have raised more health and safety concerns among consumers than a sushi-stuffed Hot Pocket.

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Their video says it best. “Are you attractive, but don’t have the money to travel?” How many of us have wrestled with this issue? Well, our prayers our answered (PRAISE TRAVEL JESUS!) because MissTravel.com connects generous male travelers who “hate to travel alone” with attractive companions who are willing to go on free trips.

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Last week, we told you about a woman who stripped naked while at the security check to stick it to the TSA. Well, it looks like she’s started a hot new meme as 49 year old Portland resident John Brennan did the same after he claimed he was harrassed by the hands on bag checkers.

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Hong Kong Airlines recently announced that their cabin crew are now fully trained in the Wing Chun form of martial arts. The airline began the initiative to train its in-flight staff in March 2011, in a bid to handle unruly passengers.

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Honestly, most of us who travel Bellevue Road, or at least make the attempt, never thought we'd see this sign this morning.  The southbound lane was closed April 9 and was supposed to re-open on Monday, April 16.  Construction crews didn't quite make that deadline and the date on the flashing sign was changed to April 17.  

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Last year, airlines in the US posted their highest profits in more than a decade — but all that money sure didn’t buy a lot of customer satisfaction.

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When problems with a passenger happen while a plane is in the air, it’s usually the pilot who stays calm, cool and collected. But what if it’s the pilot himself who has a break with reality?

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If you’re starting to plan your summer vacation, you may think buying your plane tickets months ahead of time is a cost-saving move. But according to a new study, that may not necessarily be true.

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We haven’t heard anything from the TSA about how many actual terrorist plots it prevented in 2011. In fact, we have no real report on how much safer it was to fly around the country in 2011 because of the efforts of our favorite, invasive security agency. What we do have, though, is a list of the ridiculous things they have taken from Americans who dare to forget what they’ve been carrying in their carry-ons.

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