Customs officials at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York said a passenger arriving from Guyana had 70 songbirds in a duffel bag, officials said.
The live finches were found hidden inside hair rollers.
An arriving passenger was stoped by @CBP Agiculture Specialists trying to illegally smuggle 70 Live Finches through #JFK
Read the story here….https://t.co/QWlKcsjw1l pic.twitter.com/xa0KinQiiG— CBP New York City (@CBPNewYorkCity) December 12, 2018
The travel website The Points Guy released a ranking of the 15 worst airports in the U.S.
To determine each airports’ ranking, data from the airports themselves were used, data from the Department of Transportation, and third parties. They were rated on factors such as accessibility, dinner and shopping options, and departing and arrival times.
Here’s a look at the ranking
15. Boston Logan International Airport
14. Denver International Airport
13. Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
12. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
11. Detroit Metropolitan Airport
10. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
9. San Francisco International Airport
8. Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
6. Chicago O’Hare International Airport
5. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
4. Los Angeles International Airport
3. Newark Liberty International Airport
2. LaGuardia Airport
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Ten people were hospitalized Wednesday after an Emirates Airline plane from Dubai to New York City was carrying more than 500 passengers and landed at JFK Airport with about 100 passengers and crew members reported feeling ill, officials said.
Apparently rapper Vanilla Ice was among the passengers.
So I just landed from Dubai and now there is like tons of ambulances and fire trucks and police all over the place pic.twitter.com/i9QLh6WyJW
— Vanilla Ice (@vanillaice) September 5, 2018
@emirates @EmiratesSupport Flight 203 Dubai to NYC #emirates #emirates203 pic.twitter.com/CYqLXPurEe
— Erin Sykes (@SykesStyle) September 5, 2018
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