6 h. ago Teen 'armed with a gun' tackled by pilot and passenger trying to board flight

The 17-year-old from Ballarat was said to have been attempting to take the large weapon onto a Jetstar plane at Avalon Airport in Melbourne on Thursday afternoon

Events

14 h. ago Teenager overpowered by plane passengers after allegedly boarding Jetstar flight with ‘large gun’ at Avalon airport

Victoria police called to airport outside Melbourne on Thursday afternoon after alleged incident on commercial flightTropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE updates and latest newsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are investigating after a 17-year-old man allegedly boarded a Jetstar flight with a shotgun and ammunition, frightening passengers who described a dramatic citizen’s arrest.Victoria police were called to Avalon airport outside of Melbourne at 2.50pm on Thursday, after reports a man with a firearm attempted to board a commercial flight.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Transport

15 h. ago Man detained after allegedly attempting to board Jetstar flight at Avalon airport with ‘large gun’

Victoria police called to airport outside Melbourne on Thursday afternoon after alleged incident on commercial flight Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE updates and latest newsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are investigating after a man allegedly attempted to board a Jetstar flight with a gun, frightening passengers who have described a dramatic citizen’s arrest.Victoria police were called to the airport outside of Melbourne at 2.50pm on Thursday, after reports a man with a firearm attempted to board a commercial flight.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Transport

16 h. ago Man detained after allegedly attempting to board Jetstar flight at Avalon airport with gun

Victoria police called to airport outside Melbourne on Thursday afternoon after alleged incident on commercial flight Tropical Cyclone Alfred LIVE updates and latest newsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice are investigating after a man allegedly attempted to board a Jetstar flight with a gun on Thursday afternoon, frightening passengers.Victoria police have confirmed they were called to the airport outside of Melbourne at 2.50pm, after reports a man with a firearm attempted to board a commercial flight.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

Transport

3 d. ago Angry passenger 'hurls coffee in worker's face' after missing last call to board flight

An American Airlines employee was left drenched in coffee after a couple tried to push their way through onto a flight

Events

5 d. ago Airline responds after 'traumatised' couple forced to sit next to dead body for four hours

Qatar Airways has defended its actions after a woman died on board a flight from Melbourne to Doha and her body was placed next to another passenger for the remainder of the journey

Events

5 d. ago Major airline says 'sometimes people die' as couple forced to sit next to corpse

Qatar Airways has defended its actions after a woman died on board a flight from Melbourne to Doha and her body was placed next to another passenger for the remainder of the journey

Events

7 d. ago Airline passenger's fury after booking a 'window seat' for a five hour flight

A traveler has been left fuming after hopping on board a five-hour flight to find his 'window seat' had been changed.

Politics

9 d. ago MH370: British team launches 'final search' for missing Malaysia Airlines flight

Fresh search launched to find wreckage of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 which disappeared with 239 people on board in 2014

Events

9 d. ago Australian couple left 'traumatised' after being placed next to dead passenger on long

Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin were sat next to deceased passenger for four hours on-board Qatar Airways flight

Events

9 d. ago Weave got him! Moment cops find £10,000 of cocaine hidden under drug smuggler's WIG

The drugs trafficker had concealed more than 220 grams of the class-A drug in 19 capsules inside his glued-down toupee before trying to board a flight from the Colombian city of Cartagena to Amsterdam.

Economics

1 week ago Passengers evacuate Delta plane on slides after smoke fills cabin

All 94 passengers, two pilots and three flight attendants on board were forced to flee in Atlanta

Events

1 week ago Watch moment Italian fighter jets escort American Airlines flight to Rome after bomb threat

Watch the moment two Italian fighter jets escort an American Airlines flight to Rome after a bomb threat on board.

Events

1 week ago Family of man killed in EgyptAir plane crash to finally get answers about his death

Richard Osman, 40, was one of 66 passengers who died in the EgyptAir flight over the Mediterranean when a fire broke out on board in 2016

Events

2 w. ago How all Delta Air plane crash passengers survived after plane landed upside down

EXCLUSIVE: All 80 people on board the Delta flight that flipped during landing at Canada's Toronto Pearson international airport were evacuated and while 15 people were injured, they all survived the horror crash

Events

2 w. ago Hundreds of United Airlines passengers forced to spend days on remote island after emergency flight diversion

A packed United Airlines flight, with the archbishop of New York on board, was stranded in Canada for days after an emergency diversion.

Politics