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People are scrambling to find luggage lost amid the hundreds of flights disrupted at Orlando International Airport and the thousands impacted nationwide.

Most people believe we have to take our shoes off at the airport because of a failed attack by a man named Richard Reid, otherwise known as the shoe bomber. But there's more to the story.

Just ask anyone who has traveled in the past few weeks and they will tell you that having your flight changed, canceled or redirected is becoming more and more common these days.

The Latest on Hurricane Ian:CHARLESTON, S.C. — The main airport in Charleston, South Carolina, has closed ahead of the expected arrival of Hurricane Ian. Officials with the Charleston International Airport said Friday they had shuttered the airport, where airlines had already canceled dozens of fights, and winds reached 40 mph. The airport will remained closed until 6 a.m. Saturday. South Carolina Gov. The area was inundated with rain as Hurricane Ian passed through the state Thursday.

Walt Disney World has shared a first look at a new store set to open at the new state-of-the-art Terminal C at Orlando International Airport.

(NCD)NEW ORLEANS — Airport officials in New Orleans found a human umbilical cord in the luggage of a passenger earlier this month, authorities said. >> Read more trending newsAccording to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a Spirit Airlines passenger from New Orleans had the umbilical cord in their luggage when the plane landed at Louis Armstrong International Airport on Aug. 2. Human umbilical cord found in baggage at Louisiana airport https://t.co/drA9tMThn7 — KLFY NEWS 10 (@KLFY) August 18, 2022Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Houston were contacted and stated that the umbilical cord and a medical wristband that was commingled with it could be abandoned or detained. According to the news release from the CBP, the passenger claimed the umbilical cord belonged to a relative and chose to abandon the items, which were then incinerated. It was the second time in two months that airport officials discovered an umbilical cord.

Inbound and outbound flights are affected as repairs get under way.

But punctuality improved across all UK airports due to fewer flights caused by Covid restrictions.

A Russian diplomat says two airplanes are set to depart Bulgaria with scores of Russian diplomatic staff and their families amid a mass expulsion that has sent relations soaring between the two historically close nations.

Passengers post pictures on social media as piles of luggage fill the airport's Terminal 2.

The New Jersey woman who appeared in a viral video riding a motorized suitcase through Orlando International Airport while being pursued by a police officer has been re-arrested on a warrant, court records show.

A Spirit flight made an emergency stop at Daytona Beach International Airport Thursday morning following a suspected mechanical issue, according to airline officials.

Managing director Karen Smart is to leave, amid criticism of management over long security queues.

Russia is ready to attack at "no notice", says James Heappey, as British citizens are urged to leave now.

Three different Central Florida companies are hosting separate job fairs starting Wednesday morning.

More than 100 Delta and United flights have been canceled on Christmas Eve due to the rise in omicron cases, the airlines announced Thursday.

Thanksgiving travelers across the U.S. are flying in record numbers.

Just before 11 a.m. Thursday, Allegiant Flight 2430 from the Charlotte, North Carolina, metropolitan area touched down in Melbourne — launching a new route for the Space Coast’s first low-cost airline since Spirit canceled operations after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

To help speed up airport traveling experiences, Clear has launched an airport reservation lane at Orlando International Airport, the company announced.

Hundreds of homes have been destroyed on the Spanish island since the eruption began on Sunday.

Afghanistan Taliban fighters stand guard at a checkpoint near the gate of Hamid Karzai international Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. The massive U.S.-led airlift was winding down Saturday ahead of a U.S. deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan by Tuesday. About one third of the country's population of 38 million is facing “emergency” or “crisis” levels of food insecurity, according to Ramiz Alakbarov, the local U.N. humanitarian coordinator. The U.N.'s World Food Program has brought in food and distributed it to tens of thousands of people in recent weeks. In the wake of the U.S. pullout, many Afghans are anxiously waiting to see how the Taliban will rule.

Even by the standards of Australia’s infrastructure, the heady multiples involved in this takeover offer should give investors pause.

Virus Oubtreak Japan Taiwan FILE - In this June 4, 2021, file photo released by the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control, workers unload vaccines from a plane from Japan at the airport at the international Airport in Taoyuan, Taiwan. (Taiwan Centers for Disease Control via AP, File) (Uncredited)TOKYO — (AP) — Japan is set to send another 1.1 million donated AstraZeneca doses to Taiwan this week to help the self-governing island fight its worst COVID-19 outbreak amid a struggle to get vaccines. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Tuesday the AstraZeneca vaccine is set for shipment on Thursday — Japan's second shipment to Taiwan a month after it donated 1.24 million AstraZeneca doses. Under bilateral arrangements, Japan has donated 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine each to Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. That is part of Japan's pledge last month to donate 30 million doses of vaccine through COVAX and other channels.

Japan’s government says a second shipment of more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will be sent to Taiwan.

If you found yourself stranded at an airport Sunday, blame demand.

Orlando Melbourne International Airport is changing its name after settling a legal fight with Orlando International Airport.

The airport faced criticism after arrivals from countries with a high Covid risk were made to queue with other passengers.

A dead baby shark in a jar made the TSA’s list of top 10 catches of 2020. Coming in at number six, someone tried to go through a security checkpoint at the international airport in Syracuse, New York with this deceased baby shark. AdAccording to the TSA, you can travel with a live fish, but it must be in water. Other items on the top 10 list: a slingshot, a book holding concealed knives, an assault rifle, marijuana stashed in a shampoo bottle, and a handmade solar panel with explosive potential. Two TSA K-9 handlers at Newark’s International Airport caught love for each other and got married in the presence of their explosive detection canines.

All rights reserved)FILE - In this June 25, 2020, file photo, rows of United Airlines check-in counters at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago are unoccupied amid the coronavirus pandemic. He’s been living in the Chicago O’Hare International Airport for the past three months. So, the 36-year-old decided to stay at the airport, inside the security zone, until he was caught Saturday. Apparently, two United Airlines employees confronted him and asked to see his work ID, which had been reported stolen by an airport operations manager. Now he’s charged with felony criminal trespass to a restricted area of an airport and theft.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Shoes off, laptops out and masks on: these are just some of the things passengers going through Orlando International Airport (OIA) will see this holiday season. Our officers are able to get very clear images of the contents of the bag,” Dankers said. Clearer images mean fewer bag checks. “Fewer bag checks mean fewer potential for those touch points and also cross contamination,” Dankers said. Despite the busy-bee designation, OIA has had 88 TSA employees test positive for coronavirus, compared to 94 employees in Fort Lauderdale and 152 employees in Miami.

Berlin's new airport opens after years of delays and cost overruns. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)BERLIN – Nine years late and far above its original budget, Berlin's new airport finally opened on Saturday with little fanfare as the aviation industry struggles with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Construction of the Berlin Brandenburg Airport Willy Brandt, named after the former West German chancellor though better known as BER, started in 2006 and it was initially slated to open in October 2011. “Finally we can put our airport into operation — finally,” airport CEO Engelbert Luetke Daldrup said at a brief opening ceremony with national and regional officials. The opening of the new airport's Terminal 2 has been delayed until early next year because it isn't currently needed.

Witnesses said a man was smoking at a customer service counter past the security checkpoint after a flight from Orlando. John Huston, who recorded the dramatic arrest, heard the man yelling at airport workers. The pair falls to the ground and as police begin to subdue the man, he begins biting at the officers and attempts to reach for the officer’s gun. Larry Lazar, a traveler from St. Louis, was one of the men who stepped in to help the officers hold the man down. The man was identified as Jerome Toson Jr. Toson was arrested, taken to a hospital and later taken to jail.

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San Francisco airport featured in terror magazine The AirTrain connecting various terminals of San Francisco's airport has been prominently featured in the spring issue of the terrorist magazine Inspire, published by al Qaeda. KPIX's Joe Vazquez reports.