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The first phase is finished in the US Department of Transportation's investigation of the stranding of Continental Express passengers on August 8th. Early findings indicate that Mesaba Airlines officials are to blame for the travelers not being allowed to disembark.

“We have determined that the Express Jet crew was not at fault. In fact, the flight crew repeatedly tried to get permission to deplane the passengers at the airport or obtain a bus for them,” Secretary LaHood said.

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We don't know about you, but Houstonist would do almost to get through airport security faster. It's not that we don't value the level of security we're getting — trust us, we'd much prefer taking our shoes off to being aboard an exploding aircraft — but we'll admit that we do get frustrated by other travelers who apparently haven't heard a word about the increased restrictions the rest of us have been dealing with for the last few years.