passengers

Passengers are individuals who travel aboard a vehicle—such as an aircraft, train, boat, or spacecraft—without operating it. The term covers ordinary travelers as well as notable cases like China's first private spaceflight participants.

Why it’s in the news: Passengers are in the news due to several transport incidents and milestones, including injuries on an Air India flight, Ebola screening of boat travelers in DR Congo, MTR signal-fault delays in Hong Kong, and China's first civilian space passengers.

Latest on passengers

• Ex-factory worker and engineer to make history as one of China’s first space passengers
• Humans cannot remain passengers in the back of the AGI car
• Air India pilot undergoes drug test after Phuket flight plunge injures 17 passengers
• DR Congo tests over 300 passengers after suspected Ebola death on boat
• MTR passengers face up to 30-minute delays after Hong Kong signal fault
• Passengers still stranded at Hong Kong airport on Monday after Typhoon Noul
• Delta took five days to recover from an outage that grounded competitors in hours

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