“I jumped up, I grabbed the wheel, tried to turn the wheel. There was no movement,” said Terry Hetherington, describing the moment a whale struck the Australian-flagged yacht Tai Tam in the remote South Pacific. Four sailors were rescued on Sunday after the 15.5-metre vessel struck a whale 250 nautical miles north of Norfolk Island … Read more
A catch-and-kill order has been authorised for a large shark following a fatal attack on a 63-year-old swimmer off Perth’s Sorrento Beach, according to Western Australia Police and state officials. The incident occurred at approximately 10:30 am on Friday, triggering extensive air, sea, and shoreline searches alongside widespread beach closures along the coast. Search Operations … Read more
A Boeing 767 cargo plane operated by 21 Air careened off a Miami International Airport runway on Sunday, killing five people in a contract cleaning company van after a pilot repeatedly warned his counterpart for nearly two minutes that the aircraft was approaching too fast, according to flight information and National Transportation Safety Board recordings … Read more
Two children have died and five others remain hospitalized following a single-vehicle rollover crash in Parwan, west of Melbourne, according to emergency services and police reports. The tragic incident occurred just before 4:30 p.m. yesterday near the intersection of Nerowie Road and Parwan-Exford Road when an eight-seater 4WD, driven by a 34-year-old woman who had … Read more
Federal Investigators Examine Runway Overrun After Cargo Jet Crash Kills Five Five people died when an Amazon cargo jet ran off a runway at Miami International Airport and collided with vehicles outside the airfield boundary, according to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy. Federal investigators are now examining whether the aircraft touched down … Read more
A bus and a truck collision on Auckland’s Northern Motorway left one person injured and forced the closure of all northbound lanes for more than four hours. According to police and emergency services, the incident occurred just after 6 a.m. near the Oteha Valley off-ramp, involving a bus and a truck and trailer. Crash Details … Read more
A Qantas Boeing 737-800 operating flight QF122 from Queenstown to Sydney diverted safely to Christchurch Airport on Saturday, September 5, 2026, after experiencing an engine issue and shooting flames shortly after takeoff, according to reports. The aircraft, registered as VH-VZQ, landed without injury to the 158 passengers and crew onboard, meeting a full emergency response … Read more
According to a study published by Italy’s National Agency for Flight Safety (ANSV), Ryanair Boeing 737 aircraft featuring retractable onboard stairs present a significantly higher passenger fall risk during boarding and disembarkation compared to traditional airport-provided stairways. The investigation analyzed 104 incidents in Italy between 2023 and 2025, revealing that 85 of those cases—amounting to … Read more
An investigation is underway at Sydney Airport following a near-collision between a Jetstar Airbus 320 and a Qatar Airways Boeing 777. The incident occurred at 7 a.m. on a Sunday when the Jetstar pilot braked firmly to avoid the Qatari aircraft, which was being towed across the tarmac without passengers on board. According to a … Read more
Two young men who spent eight days stranded in a dense ravine on Mount Popomanaseu in the Solomon Islands have detailed their survival story after being rescued on Tuesday morning, according to accounts from the pair. Keanu Isaksson, 25, and Luca Zylstra-Law, 19, became trapped during an expedition on the country’s highest peak after setting … Read more