A former University of Tampa student accused of trying to sneak a large knife onto a commercial flight has pleaded guilty to entering an airport area in violation of security requirements. ...more

October 13, 2009

He has gotten a phone call from the president, a key to New York City and a standing ovation at a Broadway show. Now the pilot who safely landed his crippled jetliner in the Hudson River has gotten another all-American tribute — some ribbing from David Letterman. ...more

February 11, 2009

From a Food Network chef to a pilot who landed a crippled jetliner on a river to a CBS stagehand, celebrity sightings were as plentiful as first downs at Sunday night's Super Bowl. ...more

February 2, 2009

The pilot of US Airways Flight 1549 has told investigators that he landed in the Hudson River to avoid "catastrophic consequences" over a populated area. ...more

January 18, 2009

Survivors from US Airways Flight 1549 were on their way to their original destinations Friday, with less luggage and more on their minds than when they departed Thursday afternoon. Here is a look at what they were talking about: ...more

January 17, 2009

A South Florida medical student was among the survivors of the US Airways flight that landed in New York's Hudson River. ...more

January 16, 2009

An unemployed man was lying when he told authorities he was shot and then went to Tampa International Airport and boarded a flight, Pinellas County sheriff's officials said Tuesday. ...more

October 24, 2007

DUNEDIN - An unemployed man was lying when he told authorities he was shot and then went to Tampa International Airport and boarded a flight, Pinellas County sheriff's officials said this afternoon. ...more

October 23, 2007

Pinellas County sheriff's investigators on Monday continued trying to confirm claims by a Clearwater man that he boarded an airplane with three bullet wounds. They also were trying to confirm whether he was even shot. ...more

October 23, 2007

LARGO - A Clearwater man's claim that he got on an airplane with three gunshot wounds was significantly cast into doubt Monday as investigators found it impossible to corroborate most of what he told authorities. "Our investigators are not able to confirm most of this guy's story," including whether he was even shot in Pinellas County before he boarded a US Airways flight at Tampa International Airport on Saturday at 7 p.m., Pinellas sheriff's Sgt. Jim Bordner said. ...more

October 22, 2007