While Qingdao has a long history, the eastern half of the city has been built since 1993, and there is no sign of it slowing down. In 2008, it hosted the sailing events of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Family kicked off a Southwest plane until the dad deleted a tweet calling the gate agent 'rude'. An incredulous passenger has said he will never fly Southwest Airlines again after being asked to leave a flight and threatened with the police unless he deleted a tweet that a gate agent did not like on Sunday.
Story highlights. 1  American Airlines Flight 4233 with 55 passengers diverted to New York JFK airport after it reported a lightning strike. 2  The plane, an Embraer E170 operated by Republic Airlines, had departed from Raleigh-Durham for New York's LaGuardia.  3 It was a flash of light and a big explosion, a passenger told CNN affiliate WABC.