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Nose gear of Singapore Airlines jet scheduled to fly to Hong Kong collapses during landing checks PUBLISHED : Sunday, 11 October, 2015, 3:06pm UPDATED : Sunday, 11 October, 2015, 4:07pm Associated Press in Singapore No passengers were injured during the incident. Photo: Channel News Asia A...

Search continues for missing military aircraft, pilots 2015/09/24 12:37:12 Taipei, Sept. 24 (CNA) The military is still trying Thursday to locate an AT-3 Air Force Academy training aircraft and its two pilots after the plane lost contact with air traffic controllers two days ago during a...

Bad weather hampers bid to reach Indonesian plane crash site AFP August 17, 2015, 8:14 pm VIDEO Villagers find Indonesia plane crash wreckage Jayapura (Indonesia) (AFP) - Bad weather hampered efforts Monday to reach debris in remote eastern Indonesian mountains believed to be from a plane...

KLM Boeing 777 in shaky landing Yahoo News July 27, 2015, 8:05 am https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDV9l0NvYR0 If you're squeamish when it comes to flying, you'd best turn away now. Battering winds and thumping rain wreaked havoc for pilots across Europe over the weekend, no less for the...

Flight of no return: How a Cathay Pacific plane became the first hijacked commercial airliner Sixty-seven years ago, in an audacious plot involving guns, robbery and ransom, a Cathay Pacific plane became the first commercial airliner to be hijacked. It ended in disaster but, as Mark Footer...

Airport denies gun security breach PUBLISHED : Saturday, 27 June, 2015, 1:30am UPDATED : Saturday, 27 June, 2015, 1:35am Associated Press in Bangkok Lieutenant General Comronwit Thoopgrajank was arrested on Monday at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on his way back to Bangkok with a...

Australia widens probe into illegal home buying by foreigners, including Chinese Officials look at whether purchases by overseas buyers, including some from China, broke rules PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 10 June, 2015, 2:40am UPDATED : Wednesday, 10 June, 2015, 2:40am Agence France-Presse in...

Con artists ‘steal €1m from Hong Kong businessman in Van Gogh painting scam’ Art dealer says three men replaced a bag of his cash with blank paper PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 09 June, 2015, 4:43pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 10 June, 2015, 2:47am Clifford Lo [email protected] A self-portrait by...

Threat against EVA Air plane a false alarm: airline 2015/05/27 11:59:32 (From local TV station Sky2's coverage) Los Angeles, May 26 (CNA) A threat targeting an EVA Air passenger plane has been confirmed to be a false alarm following an investigation by U.S. authorities, the airline said...

Hi-Tech Goggles Set To Combat Air Sickness The virtual world viewed on the headset tricks the passenger's eyes and brain to offset the motion nausea felt by some travellers. 03:10, Saturday 23 May 2015 Travel sickness goggles Users can also view footage of their destination to help them...

Fake doctor charged after sneaking into emergency ward to diagnose patients PUBLISHED : Saturday, 18 April, 2015, 3:33pm UPDATED : Saturday, 18 April, 2015, 3:33pm Thomas Chan [email protected] The Accident and Emergency Ward of United Christian Hospital in Kwun Tong, where the fake...

Man charged with plotting bombing at Kansas military base By NICHOLAS CLAYTON and JOHN HANNA Apr. 10, 2015 11:50 PM EDT This 2010 yearbook photo provided by Topeka Public Schools from a Topeka West High School shows John Booker. Booker, accused of planning a suicide attack at Fort Riley, was...

German Airbus crashes in French Alps with 150 dead, black box found By Jean-Francois Rosnoblet SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:07pm EDT (Reuters) - An Airbus operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed into a mountainside in the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all...

Indonesia aerobatic planes crash in Langkawi, Malaysia Date March 16, 2015 - 6:41AM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI_hvGMZYG4 Two planes from an Indonesian aerobatics team have collided and crashed during a practice session before an air show on Malaysia's Langkawi island but all four...

Lucky escape for passengers and crew as Turkish Airlines jet skids off runway Date March 5, 2015 - 4:32PM Lisa Visentin Nose down: TheTurkish Airlines Airbus A330 lies on a field after it overshot the runway at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. Photo: Reuters All passengers and...

Mainland Chinese passengers kicked off Dragonair flight after refusing to leave toilet PUBLISHED : Monday, 02 March, 2015, 10:50pm UPDATED : Monday, 02 March, 2015, 11:30pm Danny Mok [email protected] The Dragonair flight was delayed for more than two hours. Photo: SCMP Two mainland...

Robert Mugabe eats a zoo for 'obscene' 91st birthday party Elephants were slaughtered to celebrate the Zimbabwean president's birthday Helen Nianias Sunday 01 March 2015 Robert Mugabe isn't known for his subdued taste, and his million-dollar birthday was just as extravagant as people have...

Robert Mugabe throws himself a $1.3m birthday party at Victoria Falls Date March 1, 2015 - 1:43AM Philimon Bulawayo Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is flanked by his daughter Bona and wife Grace during celebrations to mark his 91st birthday in the resort town of Victoria Falls on...

Three New Yorkers allegedly planning to join Islamic State arrested in terror plot A 19-year-old Kazakh who discussed staging attacks on FBI agents and US police arrested trying to board a flight to Turkey while 24-year-old Uzbek offered to kill the American president, according to criminal...

Pilot crashed plane while taking selfies in cockpit, US investigation reveals PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 04 February, 2015, 3:30pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 04 February, 2015, 3:31pm Agence France-Presse in Los Angeles The wreckage of the Cessna 150K that crashed in May last year. Photo: Reuters A...