Small plane hits house near Las Vegas-area airport - The Associated Press

November 8, 2007 - Posted in Expedia Travel, Flight Tracker, Las Vegas vacations, Shows

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say an experimental aircraft with one person aboard crashed into a house and started a fire near the North Las Vegas Airport.
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the rear-propeller Velocity 173 RG aircraft crashed about 6:30 a.m. Friday, shortly after taking off from the airport.
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Western Samoa's Faleolo International Airport prepares to launch … - MoodieReport

September 26, 2006 - Posted in Agency, Car Rental, Discover Travel, Flight Tracker, Hotels, Travel business, Videos

WESTERN SAMOA. Samoa Airports Authority (SAA) has reached agreement to introduce booths for two rental car services at Faleolo International Airport.
SAA Corporate Services Manager Ringo Jensen told The Moodie Report that all facilities for the rental car businesses would be operational in September.
“We have agreed three-year contracts with Discovery Rentals and Samoana Rentals to base offices in the arrivals area of the terminal,” he said. Read the rest of this entry »

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German man sues after arrest at Vegas airport - San Jose Mercury News

September 23, 2006 - Posted in Agency, Car Rental, Information, Las Vegas vacations, Travel business, Videos

LAS VEGAS—A German businessman of Syrian descent has sued federal and city law enforcement officials, alleging they mistreated him after a December 2006 arrest at the Las Vegas airport and tried to coerce him into spying for the United States in his home country.
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Nevada, alleges that agents unlawfully held Mohamed Majed Chehade Refai, also known as Majed Chehade and Majed Shehadeh, in Read the rest of this entry »

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