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In this week’s travel news roundup: the city crowned the world’s top food destination, the reason umbrellas have been prohibited on one Italian beach, and an increase in airline passengers ignoring crew directions.

Don’t grab bags, don’t stop to film

It’s a message that really shouldn’t need repeating.

A new safety initiative from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is reminding air travelers what to do if they are told to evacuate an aircraft. Passengers must follow crew instructions, leave all personal belongings behind and head quickly to the nearest safe exit.

The industry group says there has been a noticeable rise in incidents, many shared online, showing travelers pausing to retrieve bags or film the evacuation on their phones.

According to IATA, reaching into overhead bins wastes critical seconds and endangers everyone on board. Carrying luggage during an evacuation can cause passengers to trip or damage emergency slides, slowing the escape process.

“Safety is a shared responsibility, and informed, attentive passengers help ensure a faster, safer evacuation for everyone on board,” said Bryan Bedford of the Federal Aviation Administration in a statement accompanying the campaign.

A stowaway, a fake pilot and two cockpit incidents

Although serious aviation security breaches are uncommon, they still occur.

Canadian police announced Tuesday that a former Air Canada pilot has been charged criminally after allegedly flying tens of thousands of passengers over nearly 17 years using a fraudulent pilot’s license.

This follows an event last month in which a 25-year-old man reportedly bypassed TSA officers and gate agents at a Houston airport and boarded a United Airlines flight with what authorities believe was a fake boarding pass. He was later found hiding in the aircraft lavatory.

In May, two additional incidents involved passengers attempting to force entry into cockpits on separate flights bound for Chicago and Minneapolis.

No one has successfully breached the cockpit of a commercial aircraft in the United States since the attacks of September 11, 2001, though some specialists argue that further preventative measures could still be introduced.

Umbrella bans and other travel news

An increasing number of US airports are reviving a mid-20th-century tradition, allowing visitors without tickets to pass through security and accompany friends or family to their departure gates.

Seattle-Tacoma International operates the longest-standing program, and as of this month, 21 airports across the country offer gate passes to non-ticketed guests.

The initiative is designed to give families and loved ones more time together before departure.

Meanwhile in Europe, the continent’s largest airline is under investigation for charging parents extra fees to sit next to their children. The United Kingdom’s competition regulator is assessing whether the policy may violate consumer protection rules.

Traveling with children in Europe does sometimes come with unexpected perks. On the Italian island of Sardinia, managers of one of its most popular beaches have banned umbrellas for visitors aged between 10 and 65.

Officials cite safety risks in emergency situations as the reason for the restriction, while critics argue that adequate shade and skin cancer prevention should also be taken into account.

Sightseeing and lifesaving

A German Shepherd has been rescued after drifting miles offshore in an inflatable kayak off the coast of England.

Crew members from a sightseeing vessel stepped in after the dog was carried out to sea along England’s northeast shoreline.

The dog, named Bruce, was pulled to safety from the kayak, and his owner later confirmed that he is now back home “safe and sound.” A very good boy indeed.

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