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Oman plane to evacuate 115 wounded from Yemen funeral raid ASIA

Oman plane to evacuate 115 wounded from Yemen funeral raid

An Omani aircraft landed in the rebel-held Yemeni capital on Saturday to evacuate 115 of the most seriously wounded from a Saudi-led coalition strike on a funeral last weekend, a rebel official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Smoke-filled Jetstar plane forced to land in Brisbane INTERNATIONAL

Smoke-filled Jetstar plane forced to land in Brisbane

A Jetstar plane was forced to land in Brisbane after the cabin filled with smoke en route from Sydney to Cairns, the Australian airline said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Blazing toilet rolls help Australian medic plane land INTERNATIONAL

Blazing toilet rolls help Australian medic plane land

It was a bizarre sight -- 20 toilet rolls set on fire and lined up in rows after being drenched in fuel. But for pilot Geoff Cobden, it was the only way he could safely land his plane in the dark of night in a remote area of Australia.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Skydiver to leap from 25,000 feet without a parachute INTERNATIONAL

Skydiver to leap from 25,000 feet without a parachute

Fearless American skydiver Luke Aikins will leap out of a plane at 25,000 feet (7,600 metres) without a parachute and attempt to land safely in the California desert in a live television broadcast dubbed "Heaven Sent".

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Black box from crashed EgyptAir plane retrieved ASIA

Black box from crashed EgyptAir plane retrieved

The cockpit voice recorder from EgyptAir flight MS804 has been retrieved by search teams in a breakthrough for investigators seeking to explain what caused the plane to crash into the sea killing all 66 people on board.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man hijacked plane to highlight Egypt injustices: lawyer ASIA

Man hijacked plane to highlight Egypt injustices: lawyer

An Egyptian man who hijacked a plane and forced it to be diverted to Cyprus did so to draw attention to injustices in his homeland, his lawyer said on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Indian pilots grounded for mistaking road for runway INTERNATIONAL

Indian pilots grounded for mistaking road for runway

An Indian airline has grounded two pilots for attempting to land their plane on a road which they mistook for a runway, the airline and reports said on Monday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Schoolgirl sneaks onto Russian flight without ticket INTERNATIONAL

Schoolgirl sneaks onto Russian flight without ticket

An 11-year-old Russian girl managed to fly from Moscow to Saint Petersburg after sneaking onto a plane by mingling with other passengers, authorities said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Flight attendant leaves plane in Houston on emergency slide INTERNATIONAL

Flight attendant leaves plane in Houston on emergency slide

A United Airlines flight attendant deployed an emergency evacuation slide on an airplane after it arrived in Houston and used it to exit a plane packed with passengers, an airline official said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria rebels down regime plane, capture pilot ASIA

Syria rebels down regime plane, capture pilot

Rebels shot down a government warplane over the town of Al-Eis in northern Syria on Tuesday and captured one crew member alive, a rebel source told AFP.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Flydubai plane crashes in Russia, all 62 people on board killed INTERNATIONAL

Flydubai plane crashes in Russia, all 62 people on board killed

All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its second attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, Russian officials said.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Emergency workers find bodies of Nepal plane crash victims INTERNATIONAL

Emergency workers find bodies of Nepal plane crash victims

Emergency workers have found the bodies of 19 people killed when their plane crashed into a mountainside in western Nepal with the loss of all 23 passengers and crew, police said Thursday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016