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Emirates plane crash-lands at Dubai airport
An Emirates airline flight from India has crash-landed at Dubai International Airport with some 300 people on board, officials say. Images posted online show thick black smoke coming from the plane, with no landing gear visible. The Dubai government media office said all passengers were evacuated safely and no...
Somalia attack: Twin car bombs explode by Mogadishu airport
At least 13 people have been killed in two car bomb attacks near an entrance to the airport in Mogadishu, Somali police say. Thick smoke could be seen rising from the area, where there is also a base for African Union (AU) peacekeepers. Local journalists said one of the bombs was detonated by a suicide attacker near a...
Breaking news: Donald Trump’s motorcade crashes on the way to New York airport
Donald Trump's campaign team has been involved in a crash on the way to a New York airport, according to reports. One of the presidential candidate's vehicles was involved in a collision as he headed to catch a flight from LaGuardia to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on Monday. Staff were believed to be...
UK TERROR WARNING: Islamic State jihadi threatens to attack Heathrow Airport THIS WEEKEND
AN ISLAMIC State supporter has threatened to carry out devastating attacks on British and US airports in a chilling warning to holidaymakers. The threatened terror strike comes just days after Islamic State member Akhmed Chatayev killed 42 people in a strike on the Turkish Ataturk airport – and as scores of holidaymakers...
ISIS leadership involved in Istanbul attack planning, Turkish source says
Turkish officials have strong evidence that ISIS leadership was involved in the planning of the Istanbul airport terrorist attack, a senior government source told CNN on Thursday. Officials believe the men — identified by state media as being from Russia, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan — entered Turkey about a month ago...
Istanbul airport attackers ‘Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz’
The three men who carried out Tuesday's deadly attack on an Istanbul airport were all from parts of the former USSR, Turkish sources say. One is said to be from Russia's North Caucasus region and the others from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Turkey believes so-called Islamic State (IS) was behind the suicide gun and bomb...
Istanbul Ataturk airport attack: Deaths rise to 42 as Turkey mourns
Turkey has observed a national day of mourning after a gun and suicide bomb attack on Istanbul's Ataturk airport killed 42 people, including 13 foreign nationals. Three attackers arrived in a taxi and began firing at the terminal entrance late on Tuesday. They blew themselves up after police fired back. Officials earlier...
Terror Attack in Istanbul Kills 41 as Airport Reopens
The death toll in Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack that rocked Istanbul's international airport, rose from 36 to 41, the governor of Istanbul, Vasip Sahin, said Wednesday morning. The number of injured also rose to 239 from 147, he said. Sahin added that at least 13 foreign nationals were among the dead, three of whom...
Istanbul Ataturk airport attack: At least 28 dead and dozens injured
A gun and suicide bomb attack on Istanbul's Ataturk international airport has killed at least 28 people and injured up to 60. Up to three attackers were involved, with one reportedly opening fire with a Kalashnikov as they targeted an entry point to the terminal. Recent bombings in Turkey have been linked to either...
Man flying to Saudi Arabia arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of terror offences
POLICE have arrested a 29-year-old man at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of terrorism offences. The man, who has not been named, was stopped as he was about to board a flight to Saudi Arabia this afternoon, Scotland Yard said. He was arrested on suspicion of "possessing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person...
Airport Screening Made 70,000 Miss American Airlines Flights This Year
Airport screening delays have caused more than 70,000 American Airlines <AAL.O> customers and 40,000 checked bags to miss their flights this year, an executive for the airline told a U.S. congressional subcommittee on Thursday. A shortage of staff and a surge in air travelers have created a nightmare scenario for the U.S....
WATCH: Moment EgyptAir hijacker slips past airport security with fake suicide belt
This event was happened a month before the crash of the plane EgyptAir. Are There Too Many Matches? Shocking CCTV footage shows the hijacker passing through a metal detector and getting searched in Burg El Arab airport in Egypt. Dramatic footage of a hostage escaping from the stricken EgyptAir...