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Fog prediction
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| Jan.14 |
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Bomb scare at flight A plane carrying Dan Quayle turned around 90 minutes after takeoff. The baggage found to not be a threat
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| Jan.18 |
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SFO Runs Short of Jet Fuel
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| Jan.31 |
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SFO 4th Worst for Delays
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| Feb.2 |
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SFO ignored options to runways
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| Feb.19 |
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SFO: bag-matching X-ray security 1st airport in the world to have bags X-rayed and matched to a passenger
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Cabin pressure sends plane back United Airlines jet was forced to turn around after reporting a problem with cabin pressure
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| Feb.20 |
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Body found in jet's wheel well| Man was discovered a few minutes after landing flight 741 originated at London | |
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| Feb.22 |
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System to warn of quakes
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| Feb.28 |
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Flights to Seattle delayed
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| Mar.21 |
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SFO Save Power by Cutting AC
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| Mar.29 |
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Airport adds goats to payroll
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| Apr.1 |
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United flight returns
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| Apr.26 |
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Woman stabbed Man ran down the jet way and stabbed her. He was taken into custody
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| May.16 |
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Web site tracks flights Noise Abatement Office created the site to able to find the aircraft and determine its direction and altitude
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| May.20 |
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Plane has difficulty with flaps
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| Jun.29 |
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Tunnel and ferry links rejected
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| Aug.17 |
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Air traffic controller indicted
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| Aug.20 |
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Air controller misdirected planes Rick Lee Davis, suspected in a series of bank robberies, directed the 2 planes onto the same runway at the same time
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| Aug.30 |
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Fatal Accident Blocks I-101
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| Sep.11 |
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SFO bound plane has crashed| United Airlines Flight 93 from Newark had 38 passengers, 2 pilots and 5 flight attendants | | |
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Buildings, Airports Closed SF City Hall has been evacuated. The Pacific Exchange Stock Market is closed
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Carriers to recognize domestic partners
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| Sep.12 |
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SFO Reels from Downed Plane
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| Sep.13 |
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SFO and SJC reopened| Most foreign carriers did not fly ou of SFO. Some domestic flights leaving | | |
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| Sep.26 |
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Insecure SFO SFO had 763 security violations in 2000. It's more violations than any other airport in California
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| Sep.28 |
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Terminals be referred by number
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| Oct.1 |
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Curbside Check-in Returns
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| Oct.5 |
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National Guard troops deployed
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| Oct.15 |
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SFO gets negative credit outlook
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| Oct.16 |
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Parking Lot Closed
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| Oct.17 |
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False bomb alarm A bag left unattended and thought contained explosives forced the evacuation of thousands of passengers
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| Oct.19 |
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Widow of passenger retraces route| Lisa Beamer retraced the route of her late husband who fought hijackers | |
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| Oct.22 |
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SFO Delays Second-Longest in U.S. Airport was second to the Baltimore-Washington
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| Oct.26 |
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Dead snake costs BART $1 million BART to pay to a contractor for stopping a project for 18 days so officials could investigate the death of a garter snake
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| Oct.31 |
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Northwest flight detained Airline ordered not to let 170 passengers off Flight 28 for 50 minutes on fears omeone aboard might be carrying anthrax
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| Nov.12 |
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Landed with gear problems United Airlines Flight 173 landed safely after a potential landing gear malfunction
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| Nov.21 |
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Security screeners mull walkout Screeners are unhappy about the new airport security law which requires that airport security workers be U.S. citizens
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| Dec.1 |
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Shuttle flights delayed some shuttle flights west of Denver are subject to delays
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| Dec.2 |
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Flooding The flooding happened on the access roads and operations areas
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| Dec.5 |
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Delays diminish Operations are back to normal following weather-related delays
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| Dec.15 |
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Security badges taken from 29 felons| Officials are checking the fingerprints of 3,000 workers against the FBI database | |
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| Dec.17 |
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Former United worker sentenced Richard Darren Harper, 37, sentenced to 4 years for stealing electronic parts he later sold back to United Airlines