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Bomb Threat Note On American Airlines Plane In Boston

A flight attendant found a note which read "Bomb onboard. Boston to Miami" on American Airlines Flight 1318 at 2:30 pm Wednesday. The flight was pre-boarding when the note was discovered in the lavatory, and all passengers were taken off the plane. The plane was searched, but...

Bermuda Triangle Plane Mysteries Solved

Multiple planes and ships went missing in the area between Bermuda, Florida and Puerto Rico in the 1940s, leading to the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. Most of the disappearances are still unexplained, but BBC journalist Tom Mangold has managed to recreate plausible...

US Navy: Pirates fire on US helicopter

In Dubai a U.S. Navy helicopter was fired at by Somalian Pirates in a highjacked ship, the helicopter which is based on the USS Chancellorsville was not hit and there were no injuries. The First attack by pirates...

Continental Flight 128 Diverted to mia Severe Turbulence

"Continental Flight 128 Diverted to MIA After Encountering Severe Turbulence By Mike Mitchell (Update) August 4, 2009, Continental Flight 128 departed Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sunday about 9:45 PM with 168...

At 41000 feet, no clouds to spoil the view

"At 41000 feet, no clouds to spoil the view" "On board Eclipse Flight: In keeping with the moment and the prospect of viewing a solar eclipse from somewhere above the clouds, the excitement is total....

Exclusive Spaceship from Virgin Galactic: White Knight Two

Here is the new exclusive aircraft called White Knight Two from the famous space tourism company Virgin Galactic. It has been unveiled that is is the result form the previous space crafts or the evolution of the...

Continental Pilot Dies on Flight to Newark Airport (Update2)

" A Continental Airlines Inc. pilot died on a flight to Newark, New Jersey, from Brussels this morning, forcing two backup pilots to take control of the plane, authorities said. The plane, carrying 247...

Two male bodies found from Air France Flight 447

Two male bodies have been found from crashed Air France flight 447 that vanished over the Atlantic Ocean on June 1. A ship that was in the region has located two bodies, a seat, luggage, and some debris from the...

Pakistani Student Deported Without Sound Reasons

A BBA final year student, studying in a Newcastle institute, who hails from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has been reported forcibly deported on the grounds that he worked over-time than the permitted hours. "A...

How far can Ryanair go?

This article was written for Now Public and published by Perpetual Traveller NewsThe Budget air travel market has grown significantly over the past decade across the globe and one of the leading airlines fuelling this rise in popularity is Ireland’s Ryanair, an airline that...

Yuri's Night Commemorates First Manned Space Flight on April 12

Not many people outside Russia and the former Soviet Republics know him, but Yuri Gagarin was the first human being in space, having paved the way for hundreds others to explore the final frontier. On April 12,...

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts five times

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt has erupted five times since Sunday night, sending clouds of smoke and ash into the air. The ash fallout has not happened yet. As a safety precaution, Alaska Airlines had to cancel 19...

The Other Air and Space Museum

The largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world traces the history of human flight in grand fashion at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.  The Smithsonian has two Air and...

On the Road to Recovery – Cheer on the Springtime Market Rally

" On the Road to Recovery – Cheer on the Springtime Market Rally ( Public ) Written by Rob Guerriere    Mar 04, 2009 at 11:37 AM  I am officially back on the road working on the next...

30 injured on 747 flight to Japan

30 injured on 747 flight to Japan " TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- About 30 people were injured Friday when a Northwest Airlines flight suffered turbulence before landing at Japan's Narita International Airport, a Northwest...

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