North Korea fired a missile that passed over northern Japan early Tuesday, the Japanese government said. The government’s J-Alert warning system advised people in the area to take precautions, but public broadcaster NHK said there was no sign of damage. The Japanese military did not attempt to shoot down the missile, which passed…
A high ranking Australian Federal Police (AFP) officer has attempted a world record by pulling a C-17 Globemaster by himself. Commander Grant Edwards is the AFP manager of the Americas and use to compete in Strongman competitions, retiring from them in 2000. He is also a mental health advocate. He managed to pull the 190…
A Yak-40 aircraft skidded off the runway at Zhukovsky airport near Moscow. As reported by the telegram channel Mash, the incident occurred after a training flight. Only the crew members were on board. The Yakovlev Yak-40 is a small, three-engined airliner. It is the world’s first commuter trijet. The maiden flight was made in 1966, and it was…
Around 500 Southwest customers flew out of closed Houston Hobby Airport Sunday. Five of the airline’s stranded Boeing 737s flew out of the flooded airport Sunday evening back to Love Field in Dallas, according to one of the sources. Without working airport lights at Hobby Airport, the Southwest aircraft had to move quickly before the…
Vietnamese airline VietJet has promised that all flight attendants on their soon-to-be-opened route from Ho Chi Minh City to Jakarta will be fully clothed after Indonesian authorities raised concerns. The budget airline shot to prominence in 2012 when it hosted a mid-flight dance by bikini-clad beauty pageant contestants on a flight from Ho Chi Minh…
Customs officials discovered a royal python in the luggage of a Guinean passenger at Terminal 2E of Paris CDG on Monday (August 21). When customs officials approached this 22-year-old man from Cotonou (Benin), he claimed to carry black soap in his wooden box, which he had placed with him in the cabin. The customs officers then…
