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Air Niugini plane misses runway, lands in sea off Micronesia island : Video

A flotilla of small boats rescued all 47 passengers and crew from an bloAir Niugini flight that crashed into the sea short of the runway at an airport in the tiny South Pacific nation of Micronesia on Friday, the airport's manager

Philippine inventor aims to cut travel times with passenger drone

A Philippine inventor has unveiled what he calls a flying sports car that represents the future of transport, riding it out of a warehouse toward a cheering crowd, leaving a cloud of dust in his wake. Former dancer and camera operator

In Oman, 10 members of single family die in house fire

Ten people have died in a house fire that took place on Thursday morning (September 27) in Khor Al Hamam village in the wilayat of Saham, TimesofOman reported. “Firefighting teams at the Directorate of Civil Defence and Ambulance in North

Man removed from Indian plane after trying to enter cockpit to charge phone

A drunken passenger was removed from an IndiGo India flight on Monday (Sep 24) after he attempted to enter the cockpit to charge his

Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition 2018 Opens its Doors Today

Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region, Chairman of the Emirates

Indonesian teen survives 49 days at sea on a floating fishing trap

Teenager Aldi Novel Adilang, who worked on a floating device used to catch fish, drifted from Indonesia's North Sulawesi to waters near Guam,

Saudi Arabia's high-speed rail project launches at 300kmph

Kingdom's High Highness King Salman on Tuesday inaugurated a high-speed railway linking Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest cities, described by local officials as the biggest transportation project in the region. The Haramain

GoAir passenger tried to open exit door mid-air thinking it was washroom door

The passengers on a New Delhi-Patna GoAir Flight G8 149 faced a piquant situation on September 22 when a man in his twenties tried to open the exit door even though the plane was mid-air. The passenger had mistaken the exit door for the washroom

Woman jailed for biting Dubai police officer after asking for her ID

24-year-old African woman was sentenced to three months in prison taken after by deportation for physically assaulting a police officer who halted her to check her ID, KhaleejTimes Reported. The Court of First Instance

Fake phones, devices worth Dh91 million seized in UAE raids

The Sharjah Police have busted a gang of Asians and seized duplicate mobile phones and electronic devices worth over Dh91 million. The police coordinated with the Sharjah Economic Development Department to arrest the suspects red-handed. The