Qantas Mid-Air Blowout Grounds Fleet

Australian airline Qantas has grounded its entire fleet of A380 aircraft following an incident on one of its superjumbos. Flight QF32 was en route from Singapore to Sydney when it experienced engine trouble and had to make an emergency landing in Singapore. Debris thought to be from the stricken fli

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Quick Thinking Hero Saves Woman From Shark Attack!

An Australian woman is recovering in intensive care after a quick thinking man grabbed the shark that was attacking her by its tail, causing it to release its bite. The woman who works for Rockingham Wild Encounters was snorkelling with a group of tourists on a dolphin excursion when the attack took

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Fury As Airport To Charge For Empty Flight Seats

Airlines are furious at plans by Heathrow Airport to increase charges for planes flying with empty seats and older aircraft. They are to increase the fees in an effort to remain competitive with their European counterparts and to reflect environmental issues. Airlines pay landing and departure taxes

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Travellers To Face Passenger Profiling

Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that passenger profiling is to be introduced on all flights to and from Britain. Terrorist suspects will appear on a ‘no-fly’ list, and there will also be a secret watch list of people that will need extra vetting before being allowed to fly. Criteria wil

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Cruise Reaches New Heights In Dubai

Tom Cruise has risen to new heights in his film making career as he dangles from the world’s tallest building during shooting of his latest movie. Fans watched open mouthed from the pavement 2,717 feet below as the 48 year old actor dangled precariously from the observation deck of the Burj Khalif

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Ski Resorts Enjoy Early Snowfall

As the UK basks in a relatively mild autumn, ski resorts across Europe and North America, are enjoying the first heavy snowfalls of the season, with more forecast to come. As some resorts are planning to open this coming weekend, the snow couldn’t have arrived at a better time. In Keystone, North

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Haunted Hotels And Terrifying Tourist Trails

It’s that time of year again when the kids are dressing up and the words ‘trick or treat’ are ringing through the air. As the autumn leaves fall and the nights draw closer, the shadows begin to lengthen and the wind rises to a creepy, howling crescendo… Yes it’s nearly Halloween and whethe

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Royal Caribbean Builds New School In Cholera Stricken Haiti

Cruise line Royal Caribbean has recently opened a new school on the cholera stricken island of Haiti. On Tuesday 12th January 2010 the island was devastated by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, this was followed over the next two weeks by at least another 52 smaller quakes. The devas

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Why Are We Superstitious When We Travel?

Superstition: a belief or notion not based on reason or knowledge Most of us are slightly superstitious in some way, but how far we take these superstitions can vary quite widely. For example some of us may walk around a ladder rather than beneath it, simply because it is the easier route and not to

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Plane Makes Emergency Landing Due To Unruly Brit

A packed passenger plane recently had to make an emergency landing due to a disruptive British passenger arguing with his family. Virgin flight VS74 was flying from Orlando in Florida to Manchester in the UK when the man who was under the influence of alcohol, allegedly became involved in a bust up

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