New Zealand pilot blamed for Taiwan’s first local virus infection since April is sacked and fined £8,000 for failing to ‘truthfully declare’ his contacts to officials The pilot who worked for Taiwan’s EVA Airways has been sacked by his airline The New Zealander did not wear a mask on duty and did not declare his … Read more
The scientists behind the Government’s Moonshot testing plans have leapt to the defence of lateral flow coronavirus tests – even after their own study found they were less than 50 per cent reliable at detecting the virus. Experts who masterminded the pilot in Liverpool say the rapid tests are ‘very helpful’ and a ‘good alternative’ … Read more
Taiwan records its first locally transmitted Covid-19 case in 253 days after woman catches it from a New Zealand pilot friend Taiwan has not had a locally transmitted case of Covid-19 since mid-April Authorities are now testing more than 100 contacts of the unnamed woman Health Minister Chen Shih-chung said on Tuesday that the New … Read more
A British airline pilot was jailed for 20 years today after being found guilty of murdering his daughter while intoxicated by drink and drugs at a luxury hotel in Kazakhstan. Airbus captain Mohamed Barakat, 42, ‘crushed the brains’ and fractured the skull of one-year-old Sophia by banging her head against a wall, a court found. … Read more
Plane JUST avoids crashing into trees on take-off as pilot manages to pull up just in time Video footage shows the Rada Airlines Ilyushin Il-62 travelling down the runway In a nail-biting moment, the aircraft clipped the top of the trees during takeoff It nearly didn’t clear the trees as it took off from Niš … Read more
Chuck Yeager died Monday at the age of 97, his wife has confirmed. ‘It is w/ profound sorrow, I must tell you that my life love General Chuck Yeager passed just before 9pm ET,’ a message from Victoria Scott D’Angelo posted on Twitter read. ‘An incredible life well lived, America’s greatest Pilot, & a legacy of … Read more
British pilot ‘who killed his one-year-old girl’ in Kazakhstan goes on hunger strike in ‘protest against judge’ as court hears he was a drug user and was ‘in a dream’ when child died Airbus 330 captain Mohamed Barakat is accused of killing the one-year-old girl He faces 20 years’ jail if convicted of banging her … Read more
Police officers fear new pilot scheme for shops to report crimes will make it ‘too easy’ to record offences Sussex police has launched a pilot scheme for shops to report crime more easily But some officers fear it could lead to a huge spike in crime reports The pilot scheme will see 20 Co-op stores … Read more
Maurice Abrahams Maurice Abrahams, 76: Chauffeur Mr Abrahams, from Brighton, was en route in his classic Daimler to collect bride Rebecca Sheen and take her to her wedding when the plane crashed. A former police officer with Hampshire Constabulary, he was an ex-member of the Grenadier Guards and Parachute Regiment, and had served in Cyprus … Read more
Rapid coronavirus testing being carried out by the Government is ‘unsafe’ because the tests miss around half of infected people and let them go, scientists warn. The lateral flow swab tests, which produce results in around 20 minutes, were found to only be half as accurate as proper lab tests in the November pilot in … Read more