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Body parts found after plane crashes into sea
Indonesian rescuers have recovered body parts in the sea where a police plane with 13 people aboard is believed to have crashed. The light aircraft lost contact on Saturday on the way to the island of Batam, which is near Singapore, after taking off from an island off the south-east coast of Sumatra. The M28 Skytruck plane is...
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...
India launches massive search operation for missing military plane
An Indian military plane with more than 20 people on board has gone missing over the Bay of Bengal, the Indian air force (IAF) has confirmed to the BBC. The Antonov-32 transporter aircraft took off from Chennai (Madras) at 08:30 local time (03:00 GMT), bound for Port Blair in the eastern archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar. It...
Plane passenger jailed for shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ and ‘boom’ as jet hit turbulence
A PLANE passenger who yelled “Allahu Akbar” and “boom” as the jet he was travelling on flew through heavy turbulence has been jailed. Shehraz Sarwar was on an Emirates flight from Dubai to Birmingham when he terrified fellow passengers, chanting “Allahu Akbar” over and over again. The...
Singapore Airlines plane catches fire after emergency landing
A Singapore Airlines plane burst into flames Monday after an emergency landing at the city-state's Changi Airport. Images posted to social media show flames leaping from the plane's wing. "We were so close to death!! I am still in the plane with all passengers. But I think we are safe for now…" passenger...
Selma Blair removed from plane following ‘outburst’
Selma Blair's erratic behavior on a flight was reportedly so severe that she had to be removed on a stretcher and taken to the hospital. The actress was flying from Cancun to Los Angeles with her four-year-old son when, according to People, she began to have a meltdown that passengers believe was induced by a combination of...
EgyptAir plane’s voice recorder found
The cockpit voice recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed last month has been found in the Mediterranean, Egyptian investigators say. A vessel with an underwater robot has been searching an area north of the Egyptian coast. Earlier, it found and photographed wreckage in the sea. Flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo crashed...
Korean Air plane catches fire on Haneda runway, Tokyo
More than 300 passengers and crew were evacuated from a Korean Air plane in Tokyo, Japan after a fire broke out in its left engine. Flight 2708 was preparing to take off from Haneda airport en route to Seoul on Friday morning, said officials. The engine was sprayed with foam by fire crews on the runway, which was temporarily...
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....
Investigators Play Down Explosion Theory In EgyptAir Crash
The head of Egypt’s forensics authority dismissed a suggestion on Tuesday that the small size of the body parts retrieved since an EgyptAir plane crashed last week indicated there was an explosion on board. Investigators struggling to work out why the Airbus 320 jet vanished from radar screens last Thursday, with 66...
Smoke detected on EgyptAir plane before crash
An automated system sent messages indicating smoke was detected in multiple spots on EgyptAir Flight 804 just minutes before it crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, French investigators said Saturday. The discovery provides new details on the final moments of the flight from Paris to Cairo but fails to shine light on a specific...
EgyptAir missing plane MS804: updates
Debris from EgyptAir Flight 804 — which crashed in the Mediterranean with 66 people aboard on Thursday — has been found by Egyptian forces, the military says. Here's what we know so far: — Passenger belongings and aircraft parts were found 180 miles north of Alexandria, military says. — Plane swerved...