@SweeneyABC

✈️ Currently Overseeing Transportation Coverage @ABC . Philly Native. News Nerd. Fmr. Peace Corps Volunteer. Travel Addict. Aviation Enthusiast. ✈️

 Washington, D.C.
Joined January 2012
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WATCH: A Hawker Beechcraft 400A private jet gets hit by a ground service vehicle while taxiing at Milano-Linate Airport. The incident occurred around 11:19 am this morning at the Italian city airport. There were no injuries reported. There have been some operational delays due to the incident, which are gradually receding. Two arriving flights were diverted to Orio al Serio airport and Milan Malpensa.
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Ayesha Ali@ayeshaali_Jul 28
UPDATE: American says its systems are coming back online now and flights are departing again.
Ayesha Ali@ayeshaali_Jul 28
BREAKING: All American Airlines flights that aren’t currently airborne are grounded nationwide due to an IT outage, according to an FAA advisory.
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Ayesha Ali@ayeshaali_Jul 28
BREAKING: All American Airlines flights that aren’t currently airborne are grounded nationwide due to an IT outage, according to an FAA advisory.
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@ABCFeb 11
BREAKING: The Pima County Sheriff’s Department, with assistance from the FBI, has detained an individual for questioning in connection with the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News. abcnews.link/dm8fggK
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Nicolas Maduro is expected to arrive at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay before being transferred to an FBI plane en route to New York, sources tell me, @PierreTABC & @SweeneyABC
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The FAA is investigating a close call between two commercial jets that were taking off on parallel runways at San Francisco International Airport. @SweeneyABC reports the details.
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Transportation Sec. Duffy laid out plans on Monday to improve safety at Newark International Airport. @SweeneyABC breaks down the proposed improvements and how that could impact summer travel season.
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A woman on board a Delta Airlines flight told @SweeneyABC that "it was calm, there was no chaos," after the plane landed without its front gear in Charlotte, NC today.
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Replying to @AirlineFlyer @BookCameo @JustinMeyerKC
She was going strong when she recorded the new DCA ones last year. Plus @SweeneyABC met her!
Sam Sweeney@SweeneyABC23 Feb 2018
The voice at the airport is real! She’s heard by more than a million people a day at airports, train stations and hospitals around the world, but most have never seen her face. Take a look at one of my favorite stories: wjla.com/news/local/youve-he… #AvGeek
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Gio Benitez@GioBenitez12 Jan 2023
This play-by-play showing how @ABC’s @rachelvscott gets answers in the halls of Congress.
Lucas Meyer 🎙️@meyer_lucas11 Jan 2023
🎥 Video breakdown of the All-Pro Congress scrumming that got in perfect postion in 6 seconds. Let’s break down the ❌s&🅾️s courtesy of @rachelvscott and @LaleeIbssa : @JournalistsLike
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"Southwest says it plans to operate its full schedule with a few hiccups, possibly tomorrow." ABC News' Transportation Reporter @SweeneyABC joins us to discuss the latest in the holiday travel nightmare amid thousands more flight cancellations.
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"If you are flying Southwest there is a good chance you won't get out before New Years." Transportation Coordinating Producer @SweeneyABC has the latest on Southwest airlines' flight cancellations.
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Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer work on Moscow's metro system, leading to long queues as people fumble about for cash
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@ABC24 Feb 2022
.@MarthaRaddatz reporting from Ukraine shares a striking message she received from a Pentagon official several hours ago: “You are likely in the last few hours of peace on the European continent for a long time to come.” abcn.ws/3sFYBly
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@ABC5 Feb 2022
After the worst year in history for unruly airline passengers, Delta’s CEO is asking the Department of Justice to help create a national "no-fly" list for anyone convicted of federal offenses related to an on-board disruption. abcn.ws/3slupMe
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Gio Benitez@GioBenitez18 Jan 2022
President Biden releases statement on AT&T and Verizon delaying the 5G rollout near some airports:
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Every US cruise ship that currently has passengers aboard - all 90 - have active COVID-19 cases according to the CDC reports @MinaKajiABC 5,013 COVID-19 cases were reported the 2nd half of Dec, 31 times increase from the first two weeks of Dec. cdc.gov/quarantine/cruise/cr…
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There is not an active shooter. There was an accidental discharge at the Airport. There is no danger to passengers or employees. An investigation is ongoing, more information will be published on this channel.
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"That's the image I have, is the two of them standing there and the one just dancing, it was the oddest thing." Ticket agent who helped 2 of the Sept. 11 hijackers make their flight finds forgiveness ⁦@GioBenitez⁩ abcnews.go.com/Politics/tick…
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Gio Benitez@GioBenitez2 Sep 2021
BREAKING: The FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo after a mishap during Richard Branson’s flight where the ship “deviated from its Air Traffic Control clearance as it returned to Spaceport America.”
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