ALERT Boris Johnson plane makes emergency landing at London Luton
A plane carrying the new foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, had to make an emergency landing at Luton airport on Sunday, officials have said. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office confirmed that the aircraft, believed to be an RAF passenger jet, a BAE 146, had experienced a technical fault – thought to be an issue with the…
#OnThisDay in 1996, TWA Flight 800 explodes over the Atlantic Ocean near New York
20 years ago today, Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (N93119) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F Kennedy International Airport, New York City to Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris with a stop over at Leonardo da Vinci Airport, Rome. The Boeing 747-131 was carrying 212 passengers & 18 crew members. The accident aircraft…