Newark Liberty International Airport: Newark airport evacuates control tower after burning smell; flights briefly halted

[ad_1] Flights at Newark Liberty International Airport were briefly paused on Monday morning after air traffic controllers evacuated the control tower following reports of smoke and a burning smell, prompting a temporary ground stop.As per ABC News, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said a ground stop was put in place after the tower was evacuated […]

‘Danger has been averted’: Berlin airport briefly halts flights after unidentified drone sightings

[ad_1] Flights were suspended for almost two hours at Berlin Brandenburg Airport on Friday after sightings of unidentified drones, the latest in a series of similar scares across Europe, an airport spokesman told AFP. Take-offs and landings were suspended between 8:08 pm (1908 GMT) and 9:58 pm and a “whole series of flights” were diverted […]

White House security breach: ‘Phone’ was thrown over the fence; lockdown imposed briefly

[ad_1] The White House was temporarily put under lockdown on Tuesday after a “phone” was thrown over the security fence. “Somebody threw their phone over the fence”, confirmed the press secretary Karoline Leavitt.This immediately prompted security measures by Secret Service agents as they responded to reports of an object being thrown which appeared to be […]

‘I could have been a flutist’: Trump says he was once labelled ‘brilliant at music’; briefly played flute as a child

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump in a surprising revelation said he was once identified as a musical prodigy during a childhood aptitude test — a talent his father reportedly didn’t quite appreciate.In an interview, Trump recalled being taken by his parents to an aptitude centre at around the age of 11 or 12 to determine […]