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EgyptAir crash: Plane ‘made sharp turns before plunge’
An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo made two sharp turns before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea, Greece's defence minister says. Panos Kammenos said the Airbus A320 had "turned 90 degrees left and then a 360-degree turn to the right". It then dropped more than 25,000ft (7,620m) before disappearing from...
Obama plans ‘MILITARY RESPONSE’ after China intercepts US aircraft over South China Sea
Two Chinese fighters have carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US military aircraft over the South China Sea, the Pentagon says. The incident happened in international airspace on 17 May as the US maritime reconnaissance aircraft carried out a routine patrol in the area, it added. Tensions in the region have...
SHAMEFUL Spain bans RAF plane from its airspace as Gibraltar tensions reach new levels
TENSIONS between UK and Spain hit a new high as an RAF aircraft transporting Phillip Hammond to Gibraltar was barred from flying over Spanish airspace. The Foreign Secretary was making an official visit to extol the virtues of remaining in the EU when the diplomatic slap in the face took place last week. It comes just a week...
Erotic actress fined after drunken antics forced plane to make emergency landing
A FORMER erotic actress was forcibly retrained on a flight after flying into a drunken rage when refused alcohol Harlee McBride, married to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor Richard Belzer, was fined £19,700 after her sozzled antics. McBride, 67, was travelling on an flight from New York to France, when...
Two men killed in Yorkshire plane crash named as trainee RAF pilots
TWO pilots who died when their light aircraft crashed to the ground in North Yorkshire on Saturday have been named as trainee RAF pilots. Police tonight revealed the tragic students were Cameron James Forster, 21, from Sussex, and Ajvir Singh Sandhu, 25, from Essex. North Yorkshire Police identified the pair two days after they...
Depraved Islamic State claims its CAPTURED a Syrian pilot after gunning down plane
THE barbaric Islamic State has claimed the capture of a Syrian pilot after shooting down a warplane. ISIS affiliated news agency Amaq has claimed that war-crazed jihadis gunned down the jet south east of Syrian capital Damascus. The news agency said: "The pilot, called Azzam Eid, from Hama was captured after he fell by...
Drone strikes British Airways flight on approach to Heathrow Airport
A British Airways flight carrying 132 passengers and five crew members was hit by a drone as it approached London's Heathrow Airport Sunday afternoon. The pilot said an object — believed to be a drone — had struck the Airbus A320 as it arrived at the London hub from Geneva, Sky News reported. The flight, BA727,...
Eww! Airplane ponytail incident goes viral
"Congrats … You've invented a whole new way to be awful at 35,000 feet." So read a tweet from airline passenger Dante Ramos after the person in the seat in front of him flung her ponytail over the back of her seat and let it dangle directly in front of his seat-back screen. Ramos snapped a pic and the photo...
Father of allergic boy removed from plane dies
A little boy who had an allergic reaction to dogs on a plane was crushed by the reaction of other passengers as his family was escorted off the flight. To make matters worse, the family was taking the trip to make some happy memories before the boy's The passengers didn't know that the family's "bucket...
‘Last photo on this plane’ Tragic makeup artist’s eerie final selfie before FlyDubai crash
THIS is the tragic selfie a young makeup artist posted on social media moments before the doomed FlyDubai flight crashed killing everybody on board. Anna Sergeeva smiled sweetly into her smartphone camera while sitting in her seat on flight FZ981 on Friday evening, unaware it would be her last ever selfie. Painfully prohetic...
MH370 search: Mozambique debris ‘almost certainly’ from missing plane
Australia's transport minister says two plane parts found in Mozambique "almost certainly" came from missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370. The two pieces of debris were found separately by members of the public and were flown to Australia for analysis. Darren Chester said the finds were "consistent with...
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 —...