3 h. ago Racing pilots never saw each other before their midair collision at 2023 championships

Investigators have concluded that two experienced racing pilots deviated from their expected flight paths and never saw each other before a fatal midair collision in 2023 at the National Championship Air Races

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4 h. ago Southwest Airlines debuts new gadget to keep bad guys out of the cockpit

The retractable barrier will be deployed by flight attendants when pilots take breaks for bathroom visits and refreshments

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5 h. ago Terrified flight passengers 'shaken up' as plane collides with another aircraft

A United Airlines flight was involved in a collision on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport on Monday, with passengers on board both planes left terrified

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5 h. ago Wyoming plane crash horror as schoolgirl, 13, killed and family rushed to hospital

Loved ones have remembered teen pageant queen Amelia Palmer as a 'light like no other' following her death this week in a fatal plane crash in the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

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5 h. ago At least 15 people killed after Lisbon’s funicular railway derails

President laments accident on railway that carries passengers up and down a hillside in Portuguese capitalAt least 15 people have been killed after Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway car derailed and crashed, an emergency medical service spokesperson has said.Authorities would not identify the victims or disclose their nationalities, but said some foreign nationals were among the dead. At least 18 people were also injured. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Extra cockpit security barrier introduced by airline to prevent intrusions

The retractable barrier will be deployed by flight attendants when pilots take breaks for bathroom visits and refreshments

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6 h. ago LIZZY BUCHAN: Angela Rayner's future is one of Keir Starmer's most difficult tests yet

'Angela Rayner has faced endless attacks from the right but revelations about her tax affairs are more than political mud-slinging and won't be easily shaken off', writes Mirror Political Editor Lizzy Buchan

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6 h. ago Major airport incident after plane crashes into fence as all flights grounded

A Gulfstream G150 appeared to overshoot a runway as it crashed at Chicago Executive Airport earlier today, grounding all flights

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7 h. ago Chicago Executive Airport LIVE: All flights grounded as plane crashes into fence

All flights have been grounded at Chicago Executive Airport after a plane crashed through a fence, with images from the scene showing it has punctured the site's perimeter

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7 h. ago Two planes collide as horrified passengers hear on intercom 'we've been hit'

Passengers were jolted in their sets as two United Airline planes clashed at San Francisco Airport on Monday, with travellers sharing the moment they felt a 'big shudder'

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8 h. ago Passengers warned ‘DO NOT TRAVEL’ past this town on trains from London

Passengers warned ‘DO NOT TRAVEL’ past this town on trains from London  News Shopper

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9 h. ago Auctioneers left terrified after CCTV footage catches 'possessed' 1950s pram rolling across store room floor on its own in the middle of the night

Frightened auctioneers, in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, are desperate to sell a 'possessed pram' after CCTV caught it rolling across the store room 'on its own' - and vow there's 'no returns'.

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10 h. ago Could drinking alcohol on an aeroplane be banned? Simon Calder investigates

As air rage incidents rise, The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon Calder considers whether it is time to trial alcohol-free flights.

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10 h. ago Europe’s best airport revealed as 'impressed' passengers praise 'luxury'

The Italian travel hub Rome Fiumicino was recognised with its "impressive commitment to passenger experience, sustainability and innovation in the ACI Europe Best Airport Awards

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11 h. ago easyJet passengers stunned as man makes marriage proposal outside plane toilet

A man was recently filmed proposing to his partner on an easyJet flight to Spain, and the video has since gone viral as people can't believe how the marriage proposal unfolded

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12 h. ago ‘I told my family, I’ll probably die’: US immigration sends Russian asylum seekers back to Moscow

Russian national who applied for asylum on political grounds describes inhumane treatment while in US custodyUS immigration authorities have deported dozens of Russian asylum seekers to Moscow, including a serviceman wanted for desertion who has since been detained, the Guardian can reveal.At least two deportation flights operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) departed from the agency’s major detention hub in Alexandria, Louisiana and landed in Cairo, Egypt, where the asylum seekers were transferred to flights bound for Moscow with the cooperation of Egyptian and Russian authorities, according to interviews with passengers and human rights campaigners. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Teen girl 'sexually assaulted' on Scots train as cops appeal for witnesses

Other passengers intervened when they saw the "distress" of the teenager.

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12 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan to sue Met over arrest for ‘anti

JK Rowling and Elon Musk among high-profile critics of arrest of Irish comedian, 57, by armed officers after stepping off flight at Heathrow

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13 h. ago American Airlines Passenger Arrested At London Heathrow Over Tweets—Armed Police Seized TV Creator After Phoenix Flight

American Airlines Passenger Arrested At London Heathrow Over Tweets—Armed Police Seized TV Creator After Phoenix Flight  View from the Wing

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13 h. ago Scots community pays tribute to RAF crew killed in jet crash 31 years ago

Navigator Patrick Harrison, 33, from Ayr, and pilot Flight Lieutenant Peter Mosley, 31, from Torquay, were killed when their Tornado jet crashed into the hillside on September 1, 1994.

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