7 h. ago Major update in hunt for missing MH370 as Malaysia reveals decision on huge new search for doomed jet

Flight MH370, a Boeing 777, was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it vanished en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014 in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries

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53 h. ago The UK's friendliest and unfriendliest flight cabin crews revealed

OddsMonkey analysed Tripadvisor reviews for the UK's 20 most-used airlines, measuring the number of positive terms, including 'friendly' and 'helpful', per every 1,000 reviews.

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3 d. ago Fire crews surround Ryanair flight after making dramatic return to Manchester Airport just an hour after take off

The alert was raised just minutes into the flight

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5 d. ago Passenger convinced 'demon is on plane' attacks flight crew and swallows rosary beads

Delange Augustin, 31, is alleged to have attacked the plane crew on board an American Airlines flight to Florida after believing he was being pursued by 'Satan's disciple'

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5 d. ago 'Drunk' woman removed from Egypt Wizz Air flight by police as airline threatens legal action

A drunk passenger on board a WizzAir flight was escorted off the plane after it diverted to Greece - with travellers claiming she shouted abuse at flight crew and refused to sit down

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5 d. ago Jet2 passenger jailed after drunken rant at air hostess during terrifying mid

Jason Roddis, 37, was on board the night flight back to Leeds Bradford Airport when he subjected cabin crew to vile threats - he was later found to have 42 previous convictions for 89 offences

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1 week ago JetStar flight terror as teen carrying shotgun tackled by pilot while trying to board plane

Passengers on JQ610 flight to Sydney from Melbourne, helped the cabin crew detain a teenager who allegedly attempted to board the JetStar plane armed with a shotgun

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1 week ago Emmerdale scene 'gives away' whose funeral Cain Dingle attends as tragedy sealed

Emmerdale's latest episode confirmed that the funeral which featured in the recent flashforward was not Amy Wyatt's which means someone else is set to die on the ITV soap

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2 w. ago United Airlines crew member's 'sweet' act as passengers wait to disembark flight divides travelers

Passengers were treated to a violin-playing crew member after they landed - but it has caused mass divide on the web, with some users slamming the crew member for forcing people to listen to him.

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2 w. ago Emmerdale fans 'realise' there's been another secret murder after Anthony twist

The deaths of Anthony Fox and Nate Robinson on Emmerdale have certainly got the rumour mill spinning, and now fans think someone else has secretly died offscreen

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2 w. ago Eerie codewords flight crews use that means someone's died or that you're annoying

Travel experts have revealed the different codes used by cabin crew staff when something goes wrong onboard a flight, including the signal for a person who has died

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2 w. ago Terrifying moment air passenger 'tries to open emergency exit' half way through trans

The plane was flying high over the Atlantic Ocean when the man jumped out of his seat. Panicked passengers were heard screaming in shock as the man was said to have yanked at the door lever

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2 w. ago Jeff Bezos takes one small step for feminism and social progress, and one giant leap for self

The first all-female private flight into space funded by the Amazon tycoon’s Blue Origin company has little to do with female empowerment and a lot to do with PR A pop star, a TV host and a billionaire’s fiancée walk into a private rocket ship. The pop star turns to the others and asks: “Is this what feminism looks like?” According to the space technology company Blue Origin, owned and founded by the Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos, the answer seems to be a resounding yes.On Thursday Blue Origin announced it would be launching the first-ever all-female commercial flight to space with a crew of astronauts including US singer Katy Perry, the morning news host (– and close friend of Oprah Winfrey – Gayle King and Bezos’s own partner, the journalist Lauren Sánchez, who reportedly organised the mission, which will happen sometime this spring. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Secret codes flight crews use for emergencies and 'difficult passengers'

Flight attendants and pilots use a series of secret codes to communicate with each other - and some of them signal that something is seriously wrong on board

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2 w. ago Inheritance rule helping more than two million people to boost state pension

Royal London obtained figures relating to inherited state pension entitlements when someone’s spouse dies.

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3 w. ago Cabin crew reveal ‘death onboard protocol’ after couple sat next to corpse on flight

A former flight attendant has revealed exactly what happens when someone dies onboard a plane mid-flight, following news this week of an Australian couple forced to sit next to a deceased person for four hours

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3 w. ago Pegasus Airlines flight to Manchester Airport issues emergency alert as crew reports 'failure'

Flight PGT38X was just 20 miles from its destination when it put out the alert

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3 w. ago What happens when a passenger dies on a flight? Cabin crew reveal protocol when someone passes away at 40,000ft

Cabin crew have revealed what steps they are trained to take should the worst happen.

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3 w. ago Woman dies during flight as passengers describe horror as crew 'can't save her'

The passenger collapsed in the aisle of the Qatar Airways plane and despite the best efforts of cabin crew, she was pronounced dead at the scene after no one could help her

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3 w. ago If someone published my diary after I died, I’d die again – of shame

With the announcement that Joan Didion’s deeply private therapy notes are being released, Helen Coffey questions the ethics of putting out artists’ work posthumously when it was never intended for a public audience

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