A mother has shared her anguish after receiving a text message from her son during a horrifying incident in which a Singapore Airlines flight travelling from London to Singapore plummeted 2000m after hitting turbulence on Tuesday. The Boeing 777-300ER suddenly dropped from 11,300m to 9400m over the span of three minutes when it was believed … Read more
Ten people were killed on Tuesday when two helicopters collided mid-air during a rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian Navy parade, the navy said in a statement. All 10 were crew members aboard the aircraft involved in the accident, which occurred at the Lumut naval base in the western state of Perak at 9.32am local time … Read more
An investigation has been launched into what caused a plane flying from Sydney to Santiago via Auckland to suddenly “drop”. About 12 passengers were taken to hospital when the plane landed, after a technical issue on LATAM Airlines flight LA800 caused a sudden drop in altitude. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Passengers describe moment plane suddenly … Read more
A tire fell off a United Airlines plane taking off from San Francisco International Airport (SFO), in the US, and landed in a nearby parking lot, damaging several vehicles, officials said. The tire from Japan-bound United Flight 35, which was diverted to Los Angeles, ended up landing in an airport employee parking lot, SFO spokesman … Read more
A Soviet-era Antonov-24 aircraft carrying 30 passengers landed on a frozen river near an airport in Russia’s far east on Thursday because of pilot error, transport prosecutors said. The Polar Airlines An-24 landed safely on the Kolyma river near Zyryanka in the Yakutia region, the prosecutors said. “According to preliminary information, the cause of the … Read more
A man and a young boy have died in a light plane crash 25km west of Grafton in the northeast of NSW. Emergency services were called to Winegrove Rd in Lilydale at 8.50am on Tuesday following reports a light plane had crashed into power lines. It’s understood the plane then nose-dived into a rocky riverbed … Read more
