Struggling travel firm Thomas Cook flies into turbulence over the sale its £1.6bn debt pile The value of the firm’s debt dropped to less than two thirds of its original value This implies there are doubts over the firm’s ability to pay them back Some of its debt has been sold to City investors as company … Read more
A British Airways crew has flown 2.5million pieces of PPE equipment back to the UK from China in a 28-hour non-stop mercy mission. Seven pilots and six crew made the trip to pick up the supplies and bring them back to be used by NHS frontline staff amid a nationwide shortage. Every seat on the … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: BA flies to China to bring back 2.5 million face masks and gloves crammed into passenger seats as Government asks for help with vital supplies of PPE BA was asked by the Government to bring vital PPE to the UK from China Seven pilots and six crew made the trip in a Boeing 777 … Read more
Monkey flies a KITE from a rooftop in front of stunned onlookers in India The monkey sat on a roof in India and pulled the string of the kite and caught it Twitter uses pointed out it was likely he grabbed a cut off string of a kite Twitter user Susanta Nanda said evolution was … Read more
Turkey has sent a second planeload of emergency equipment to Britain to help medics fighting the deadly coronavirus. The first flight from Ankara took off on Friday carrying PPE including surgical masks, N95 industrial masks and hazmat suits, with a second flight landing on Saturday at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, the defence ministry said. The items were … Read more
Senior church mystic close to Putin flies over Moscow in business jet to perform a blessing ‘to protect Russian from coronavirus’ Orthodox elder Iliy Nozdrin flew above Moscow and St Petersburg to bless cities He was seen flying alongside another prominent priest with icons and a cross The trip in an executive jet was designed to … Read more
A pair of fornicating flies that became frozen in amber 41 million years ago are among the oldest fossilised mating animals ever to be discovered. The frisky insects appear to have been in the very throes of passion when they got trapped in gluey tree resin and preserved — unparted, even in death. Over time, … Read more
The Pentagon has successfully tested a hypersonic glide body capable of flying five times faster than the speed of sound. The test was conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii Thursday night where it traveled at hypersonic speeds and landed on ‘a designated impact point.’ Known as the Common-Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB), … Read more
A frequent flyer claims he ended up in a Mexican jail at the hands of corrupt police officers during a trip he took to reach a special loyalty status with an airline. TV and internet producer Andrew Kimmel, from Los Angeles, tells of his extraordinarily rotten luck on his Twitter account – a tale so … Read more
Meghan Markle’s glam squad jets in! Royal’s BFF and makeup artist Daniel Martin flies to London ahead of Duchess’ first post-Megxit apperance at the Endeavour Fund Awards tonight Meghan Markle, 38, will attend Endeavour Fund Awards tonight in London It will be Sussexes’ first joint official engagement since announcing step down Royal’s BFF and makeup … Read more