When aviation missionary Gaston Ntambo receives a call for an emergency medical flight in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he must first get permission to fly to neighboring Zambia to obtain fuel.

A flight from Charlotte to New York had to make an emergency landing in Raleigh because of an engine problem Thursday night. US Airways flight 3736 took off from Charlotte Douglas International Airport just after 9 p.m. The right engine had problems shortly after takeoff. “The pilot came on and said he had to make an emergency landing due to a mechanical issue and that we had to circle the ...

Passenger said she had a surgically implanted device