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2 Dozen Chinese Relatives of MH370 Passengers Stage Protest
About two dozen Chinese relatives of passengers aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 on Friday staged a small protest outside China's Foreign Ministry calling on governments to continue searching for the plane. The relatives gathered outside the ministry in Beijing and demanded to see the foreign minister to...
Scientists Break Down Why Flying East Is Worse for Jet Lag
When it comes to flying, many avid travelers may notice jet-lag symptoms are particularly bad when heading east instead of west. That may seem to be a figment of your imagination, but it's actually a known phenomenon confirmed by science. Today researchers from the University of Maryland's Institute for Research in...
Tel Aviv-Bound Flight From JFK Gets Swiss Fighter Jet Escort After Bomb Threat
An El Al flight bound for Israel from New York's JFK International airport was escorted by Swiss military jets today after a bomb threat, according to authorities. The Boeing 747 landed safely and on schedule in Tel Aviv. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said U.S. aviation authorities had received an anonymous tip about a bomb...
EgyptAir crash: Flight MS804 bodies are recovered
A search vessel looking for the remains of victims of the EgyptAir plane that crashed into the Mediterranean in May has recovered all of the mapped bodies from the sea floor, investigators say. The Mauritian-based ship John Lethbridge is now sailing to Alexandria in Egypt. It will later return to the crash site to look for more...
EgyptAir: Crashed flight MS804 ‘did not swerve’
An EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean did not swerve and change direction before disappearing, an Egyptian official says. The Airbus A320 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard when it vanished from radar early on Thursday. Greece's defence minister said the plane turned 90 degrees left and...
EgyptAir: Submarine searches for missing flight data recorders
Egypt has deployed a submarine to search for the flight data recorders of the missing EgyptAir plane. "We are moving hard to retrieve the two boxes," President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said in his first public comments on the crash. The Airbus A320 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard when it vanished...
The flight attendant EgyptAir has posted a photo from the sinking liner
Flight attendant missing Airbus A320 EgyptAir for almost two years before the disaster, posted in Facebook your photo on the background of a sinking ship. On Thursday, may 19, reports RIA Novosti with reference to the portal Al-Masry Al-Youm. On the mounted picture girl emerges from the sea in wet clothes, in the hand she's...
EgyptAir Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo ‘disappears from radar’
An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar, the Egyptian airline says. It says there are 56 passengers, seven crew members and three security personnel on board Flight MS804. The Airbus A320 was flying at 37,000ft (11,300m) when it went missing over the eastern Mediterranean. An official said the plane...
DANGER VOLCANO ERUPTS sending giant ash cloud 30,000 feet into air sparking flight fears
PLANES could be grounded and flights affected after a monster volcano sent a giant ash cloud into the skies – sparking the highest ever threat warnings. Officials have been forced to raise the volcano and aviation alert levels after the Pavlof Volcano ash spewed 30,000 feet into the air. The volcano on Alaska’s...
Passenger dies on a flight as Storm Katie causes chaos in the skies
Passenger dies on a flight as Storm Katie causes chaos in the skies Malaysia Airlines flight MH0002 was en-route from Bali to Heathrow when it was diverted to Manchester. The pilot during the flight announced that one passenger died during the journey — but it is not known if it was related to the adverse weather. Jack...
Lucky passengers who didn’t come on the fateful flight Dubai — Rostov-on-Don (photo+interview)
People who by some chance escaped the tragic fate, commonly called "born under a lucky star." Therefore, if you are running late for a flight, or for some reason you are unable to get on the plane, do not be discouraged, because it can save your life. Those who did not get on the ill-fated flight Dubai —...
LIH issued a video of the last minutes of the Russian aircraft in Egypt flight (Video)
"Islamic State" promulgated the video which supposedly shows the ignition timing in the air Russian aircraft Airbus A321 in the sky over the Sinai Peninsula. Yesterday it crashed in Egypt, killing all 224 people on board. According to Daily Mail, the terrorists claim that their fighters shoted down the...