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| Jan.14 |
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100 Controversial Parking Passes Revoked It was revealed that the unrestricted free passes were given to the wealthy and well-connected
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| Jan.15 |
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Suspicious Item Prompts Evacuation| Part of a International Airport terminal was evacuated after a suspicious item was found in a piece of luggage | |
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| Jan.16 |
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No Explosives In Suspicious Luggage
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| Feb.2 |
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Cold Hard Cash discovered| 22 kilos of pure cocaine was abandoned in the international terminal plus boxes of cash | |
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| Feb.11 |
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East coast storm forces flight cancellations A winter storm has forced United Airlines to cancel all flights from SFO to the JFK International Airport
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| Feb.15 |
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Federal Grant For Noise Abatement The Federal Aviation Administration will grant SFO $869,000 to expand noise monitoring system
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| Feb.18 |
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Plane Makes Emergency Landing
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| Mar.9 |
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System Pinpoints Excessive Noise 29 permanent monitoring sites located throughout the Bay Area, mostly surrounding the runway
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| Apr.16 |
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Rain Delays Incoming Flights Flights arriving from Chicago and west of Chicago have been delayed for approximately 30 min.
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| May.3 |
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Frontier Air To Offer Non-Stop To LAX
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| May.13 |
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Quantas to fly to Vancouver
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| May.15 |
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Plane Lands After Smoke Onboard An Alaska Airlines jet landed safely after an oil line on the plane reportedly broke
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| Jun.16 |
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United May Move Headquarters To SF The airline is considering moving its HQ to one of 3 cities where it operates its biggest hubs
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| Jun.26 |
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Airport Named No. 1 In North America The International Airport has been named the best airport in North America in the annual World Airport Awards
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| Jun.30 |
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Ad Campaign Target Raiders To SFO The officials announced a $300,000 campaign aimed at increasing passenger numbers that haven't met expectations
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| Jul.8 |
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Low Ridership On BART Airport Extension The officials had projected there would be 18,000 average daily boardings. But there were only about 7,000
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| Jul.15 |
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United Not Moving Headquarters To SF
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| Jul.28 |
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Britain's Blair Arrives To Start Calif. Trip Blair landed as part of a five-day trip through the state of California
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| Aug.4 |
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12 Iranians Detained They were gathering for a reunion starting of graduates of Sharif University of Technology in Santa Clara
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| Aug.6 |
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6-vehicle accident
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| Aug.10 |
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Bay Area Airports Up Security| In response to arrests in the United Kingdom the U.S. raised the nation's threat level for airline flights | | |
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National Guard Deployed at Airport Schwarzenegger activated the Guard to bolster security at Calif. airports after authorities foiled a terror plot
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| Sep.11 |
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SFO Remembers Flight Crews Of Sept. 11| 100 pilots, flight attendants and other personnel met to honor the crews who died in the attacks | |
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| Sep.27 |
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SFO first airport with e-passport scanners The nation's first scanners is part of the Department of Homeland Security's effort
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| Oct.22 |
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Computer Glitch Forces Flight To Return A United Airlines flight that departed for Toronto had to return after computer problems less than an hour after takeoff
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| Oct.25 |
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Knife Found On Plane From SFO A possible major security breach at the airport may have allowed a knife to be snuck aboard an flight traveling to Miami
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| Nov.17 |
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Cheating Involved In Security Contract Officials told airport screeners in advance that they were being tested by undercover agents
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| Nov.26 |
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Soggy Weather Causing Delays Incoming flights at International Airport are being delayed up to 90 minutes due to foggy, rainy conditions
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| Dec.21 |
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Flights To, From Denver Cancelled Several flights have been canceled due to a severe winter storm that has kept Denver International Airport closed