20 h. ago Queen's Park 0 Airdrie 5: Diamonds' dazzling display closes gap at the bottom of the Championship

Airdrie were on fine form at Hampden last night in a huge result for their survival bid

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5 d. ago Scramble to free survivors as death toll passes 1,600 after Myanmar earthquake

Woman pulled to safety after 30 hours trapped in building a rare glimmer of hope in midst of devastationRescue workers battled for a second night to find survivors of Myanmar’s devastating earthquake, which has killed at least 1,644 people and injured thousands more.Teams with little protective equipment, at times using only their bare hands, scrambled to free survivors from the rubble of countless buildings that were shattered by Friday’s 7.7-magnitude earthquake. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Probe continues in misuse of student license for pilot whose plane was submerged in icy Alaska lake

An investigation continues for an Alaska pilot who waited for hours in an icy lake for rescue on the wing with two young family members for possible misuse of his student license

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8 d. ago Man and two daughters survive 12 hours on aircraft wing in Alaska lake before rescue

Search plane spotted family sheltering overnight on wing of small aircraft that crashed and partly sunk into frigid lakeA pilot and his two young daughters survived on the wing of a plane for about 12 hours after it crashed and was partly submerged in an icy Alaska lake, then were rescued after being spotted by a good Samaritan.Terry Godes said he saw a Facebook post on Sunday night calling for people to help search for the missing plane, which did not have a locator beacon. On Monday morning about a dozen pilots including Godes headed out to scour the rugged terrain. Godes headed toward Tustumena Lake near the toe of a glacier and spotted what he thought was wreckage. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Pilot, children survive 12 hours on wing of submerged plane after crashing into icy lake

The trio spent a ‘long, cold, dark, wet night’ on the lake before being spotted by a Good Samaritan

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9 d. ago Two children and a pilot survive night clinging onto plane wing after it crashes into icy lake

A pilot and two children survived on the wing of a small plane for about 12 hours after it crashed into an icy lake in Alaska, and were only rescued after a huge air hunt by locals

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9 d. ago Alaska plane crash: Pilot and two kids somehow survive after smashing into frozen lake

The pilot and two children somehow managed to survive on the wing of a plane - even after spending a 'long, cold, dark, wet night' out while exposed to the elements

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9 d. ago Incredible way father and two children survived terrifying plane crash on frozen tundra

Stunning images showed how a father and his two young children miraculously survived a small plane crash in Alaska as they perilously clung to the aircraft's wing for over 12 hours.

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9 d. ago Chilling final words after pilot let his children fly plane before it crashed and killed everyone onboard

Aeroflot Flight 593 was carrying 75 passengers from Moscow to Hong Kong on March 23, 1994, when disaster struck.

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2 w. ago Scotland survive scares on night of penalty drama in Greece as super

Scotland secure slender advantage in Nations League play-off

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2 w. ago Teen girls missing on paddle board found floating in ocean 16 hours later

The girls survived through the night as authorities and countless volunteers scoured the waters, with spotlights from search helicopters missing them by just a few inches

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3 w. ago Bryan Kohberger 911 call and terrifying text messages between surviving roommates on night of the Idaho murders revealed

One of the survivors of the Idaho college massacre text her friend to 'run' to her room as they both cowered in fear, newly released text messages they exchanged reveal.

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4 w. ago Castaway in Fife: exploring Robinson Crusoe country in east Scotland

The Fife coastal path connects the firths of Forth and Tay and takes in some of the country’s finest seaside villages, seascapes and the home of a famous literary castawayStanding in a Scottish seaside village, I am confronted by two smart red doors and a curious figure standing in a niche above them: a man, one hand clutching a staff, the other shading his eyes as he gazes out to sea. There’s a flintlock pistol in his belt and he’s dressed in tattered rags. Is it a tribute to locals who survived a night out in Kirkcaldy? No, there is a weathered plaque that I can just read: “In memory of Alexander Selkirk, mariner, the original of Robinson Crusoe ”This is the site of a cottage where Selkirk was born in 1676. And suddenly a long-forgotten melody starts to play in my head, a sweeping lyrical tune that I haven’t heard in half a century. It’s shocking to discover what treasure lies forgotten between my ears, this being the theme from The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a German televisi...

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