Extraordinary moment small plane makes an emergency landing on a packed Canadian highway A pilot managed to safely land on a busy road outside Quebec City, Canada The plane found a clear spot on Highway 40 and narrowly avoided moving cars Traffic came to a halt behind the plane as it crawled along the road … Read more
The first plane carrying 150 ‘critically important’ Romanian fruit and vegetable pickers landed at Stansted this afternoon. The young Romanians, a mix of men and women and all wearing face masks and gloves, filed out of the near empty airport in groups of five to comply with social distancing rules. They were then transported by … Read more
How Prince Harry and Meghan Markle blocked a request to name a new Australian firebombing air tanker after their son Archie NSW RFS launched 737 large air tanker called Marie Bashir unveiled last August Originally proposed to be called Archie in honour of firstborn of Prince Harry Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle ‘politely declined’ … Read more
The rapid spread of coronavirus has brought the world to an emergency stop. Airlines and airports are close to shutdown, travel plans are in disarray and many of us are out of pocket due to flights and holidays being cancelled or abandoned. With the Government now advising British nationals to avoid all non-essential journeys ‘for … Read more
The rapid spread of coronavirus has brought the world to an emergency stop. Airlines and airports are close to shutdown, travel plans are in disarray and many of us are out of pocket due to flights and holidays being cancelled or abandoned. With the Government now advising British nationals to avoid all non-essential journeys ‘for … Read more
Carol Vorderman reveals her private plane is being used to fly personal protective equipment to NHS staff amid coronavirus crisis By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline Published: 17:41 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 19:04 BST, 4 April 2020 Carol Vorderman has donated her private plane ‘Mildred’ to help ferry personal protective equipment to NHS staff … Read more
Medical evacuation plane kills eight as it explodes in ball of flames during take-off from Philippine capital Manila Lion Air flight was heading from Manila to Haneda, Japan, at 8pm on Sunday Six on board were Filipino with one from America and another from Canada Plane was being used by health department to fight the … Read more
NASA has shared the first pictures showing its new all-electric X-57 Maxwell plane that will be quieter and up to 500 per cent more efficient than conventional aircraft. It will be the first manned X-plane produced by NASA in two decades and is designed to help develop standards for future all-electric aircraft. The X-57 Maxwell … Read more
Plane that was due to fly from Copenhagen to Florence lands 65 miles away in Bologna because the information for the route wasn’t loaded into the GPS system The problem on the Scandinavian Airlines plane was discovered before take-off Decision to fly to a close destination was made instead of cancelling the flight The passengers … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more