4 h. ago Oxygen masks deploy as Japan Airlines flight plunges 26,000ft before emergency landing

Passengers reportedly panic as oxygen masks drop from ceiling

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5 h. ago Japan Airlines flight makes violent plunge before emergency landing

Passengers reportedly panic as oxygen masks drop from ceiling

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13 h. ago Passengers pen goodbye letters during plane's 26,000 ft drop, oxygen masks deployed

A Japan Airlines flight suddenly dropped from 36,000 feet to 10,500 feet in 10 minutes on Monday, and passengers said they feared they might die during the terrifying ordeal

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4 d. ago Friends scoop huge £24,000 jackpot at airport before boarding party flight to Ibiza

The group of four lads were waiting to board their plane as their holiday tradition bagged them £24,000 just moments before they jetted off to the party island of Ibiza

Society

5 d. ago Grizzly with checkered past swims miles to Canadian island – and prompts a row

Residents on British Columbia island fiercely divided over whether to relocate, euthanize or ignore ‘Tex’ the bearMost visitors to Texada Island, a 30-mile sliver of land off the west coast of British Columbia, choose one of two main methods of arrival: a provincial ferry service with 10 daily sailings or a 3,000 foot air strip which welcomes the occasional chartered plane.But a four-year-old grizzly bear recently took a far more challenging route, braving strong currents and frigid water to swim nearly three miles across the Malaspina Strait. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Grizzly with checkered past swims miles to Canadian island – and into hot water

Residents on British Columbia island fiercely divided over whether to relocate, euthanize or ignore ‘Tex’ the bearMost visitors to Texada Island, a 30-mile sliver of land off the west coast of British Columbia, choose one of two main methods of arrival: a provincial ferry service with 10 daily sailings or a 3,000 foot air strip which welcomes the occasional chartered plane.But a four-year-old grizzly bear recently took a far more challenging route, braving strong currents and frigid water to swim nearly three miles across the Malaspina Strait. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago The busiest day for flights this year is soon — here’s what to know

The busiest day for departures in the US will see over 28,000 planes take off

Transport

7 d. ago 2025’s busiest day for flights is coming. Here’s how to navigate it

The busiest day for departures in the US will see over 28,000 planes take off

Transport

8 d. ago Is he still alive? The mystery of DB Cooper – the hijacker who disappeared

In 1971, a man held a plane to ransom for $200,000, then parachuted out in his suit and dress shoes, never to be seen again. What happened to him?On the evening of 24 November 1971, Florence Schaffner, a flight attendant on a Northwest Orient flight heading to Seattle, Washington, from Portland, Oregon, was handed a note by a male passenger seated at the back of the plane. Schaffner assumed the note was a phone number – this wasn’t the first time a passenger had hit on her – so she stowed it in her purse without reading it. The man leaned towards her and whispered: “Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb.”Schaffner read it: “Miss – I have a bomb in my briefcase and want you to sit by me.” Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Thomas Frank leaves 'a big piece of my heart at Brentford' after Spurs move confirmed

Frank led the West London outfit to one of the most successful periods in club history

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3 w. ago Edinburgh brothers speak from ‘most remote place on the planet’ during 9,000

Watch as the Maclean brothers, speaking from the ‘most remote place on the planet’, show what life on board their ocean rowing boat is really like - including how they give each other hair cuts.

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