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United spokesman Charles Hobart says in an email that Flight 926 landed at O'Hare International Airport about 1 a.m. Sunday. The flight was searched, cleared and allowed to continue on to Germany.Hobart says a crew member found a sticker with a threatening message in a bathroom and the plane was diverted "in an abundance of caution."Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.United spokesman Charles Hobart says in an email that Flight 926 landed at O'Hare International Airport about 1 a.m. Sunday. The flight was searched, cleared and allowed to continue on to Germany.Hobart says a crew member found a sticker with a threatening message in a bathroom and the plane was diverted "in an abundance of caution."Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. [Read the full article] In the early 1900s, railroad companies built lodge hotels to lure well-off Easterners westward, promising easy living against a stunning views. A century later, the clientele has changed, but the appeal has not.Oluwaseun Noibi, 24, was charged with one count of being a stowaway as well as one count of attempting to enter a secure area of an airport by fraud or false pretense. If convicted of both counts, Noibi could face up to 15 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.Deputy federal public defender Carl Gunn declined comment because he hadn't seen the indictment.Authorities said Noibi boarded a flight in New York on June 24 using an expired boarding pass with someone else's name on it. The Virgin America crew didn't realize until mid-flight that an extra passenger was onboard in a premium seat that was supposed to be empty. [Read the full article] MOSCOW — Russia's Investigative Committee says an airliner carrying 33 people crashed as it tried to make an emergency landing on a river in Siberia, killing five people.A statement said 33 people were aboard the Antonov-24 turboprop when it landed on the Ob River some 2,500 kilometers (1,500 miles) northeast of Moscow on Monday morning.The plane apparently was forced to make the landing because of a fire in one of its engines, the statement said. It said four other people were seriously injured.Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.MOSCOW — Russia's Investigative Committee says an airliner carrying 33 people crashed as it tried to make an emergency landing on a river in Siberia, killing five people. [Read the full article] 
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