Passenger plane hijacking is disrupted and stopped during flight over Iran The purported hijacking targeted an Iran Air Fokker 100 regional commercial jet It was heading from southwestern city of Ahvaz to northwestern city of Mashhad Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard announced the incident on Friday Officals said authorities disrupted the attempt, but did not identify the hijacker … Read more
Plane sailing! Cruise ships appear to be floating in the air in bizarre optical illusion as they anchor off the English Riviera in Devon during Covid pandemic The postcard perfect photograph was taken from the beach at Paignton, Devon The phenomenon, known as Fata Morgana, creates a mirage when sun heats sea Fleets of liners … Read more
New, eye-opening renderings have been released of the interior of a 1,100mph (Mach 1.6) supersonic jet that will be capable of flying from New York to London in around three-and-a-half hours. The $100million (£71million) Spike S-512 Supersonic Business Jet, by Boston-based Spike Aerospace, is slated to begin test flights in 2022 and begin flying passengers … Read more
Passenger plane ‘is forced to perform emergency landing after CAT attacks pilot’ shortly after take-off from Sudan Passenger plane was reportedly forced to make an emergency landing in Sudan A cat had somehow climbed on board the flight bound for Doha, Qatar It reportedly resisted attempts of restraint and even attacked the captain By Sophie … Read more
Death of Hercules: Entire fleet of transporter plane favoured by the SAS is to be grounded – and its Airbus replacement ‘could put our troops at risk’ The ‘Super Hercules’ C-130J fleet has been used on Special Forces operations against IS in Iraq and Syria The aircraft is loved by soldiers for being easy to … Read more
Welcome to my world: a bedroom that’s roughly the size of a double garage – with a bed, a desk, a TV and a couple of chairs – and fetchingly decorated in shades of brown and orange. The hotel entrance is locked at all times, I can’t leave my room unless it’s an emergency, and … Read more
Checking in… Singer Bonnie Tyler talks about the time she chatted with Mariah Carey over a glass of fizz on a plane and her favourite part of Wales By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 14:49 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 14:49 GMT, 11 February 2021 Bonnie Tyler checks into our travel Q&A … Read more
A civilian plane has caught fire in Saudi Arabia after an airport was attacked by Houthis rebels, local media reports said on Wednesday. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels are said to have targeted the Abha International Airport in the south-west of the country, causing a passenger plane on the tarmac to catch fire, according to the … Read more
A mother-of-two has revealed how she’s spending seven days a week renovating the eight-bedroom former Methodist Church she bought in a hurry after just one viewing. Emily Barratt, 36, from Manchester, and her husband paid £470,000 for the property, and spends five hours every weekday renovating her house while homeschooling her children, working on the house … Read more
Police launch appeal after door from a small PLANE is found on the M4 in Wiltshire Wiltshire Police launched appeal after the door of an aircraft found on motorway The metal door was found in lane one on the M4 near Swindon on January 9 Force shared pictures of ‘unusual debris’ and called on owner to … Read more