An F-16 fighter jet assigned to the US Air Force Thunderbirds, the service’s elite aerial demonstration team, went down Wednesday morning in a Southern California desert. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Officials said the jet went down around 10:45 a.m. during a training flight in controlled airspace. Video posted to X […]
Firefighters in Hong Kong were still battling a massive blaze on Thursday after a deadly fire tore through a high-rise housing estate, killing at least 44 people and leaving hundreds missing.The disaster, financial hub’s worst fire in decades, erupted suddenly on Wednesday afternoon (local time) and rapidly consumed parts of the densely packed Wang Fuk […]
Screen grab (Source: X @geotechwar, @RT_com) A chartered Embraer ERJ‑145LR carrying Democratic Republic of Congo mines minister Louis Watum Kabamba and around 20 others onboard skidded off the runway and caught fire at Kolwezi Airport on Monday.According to The Sun, the aircraft, returning from Kinshasa, came in to land around 11 am when it overshot runway 29 […]
A fiery plane crash killed at least nine, injured 11 after a UPS cargo plane crashed while taking off from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Kentucky on Tuesday. Experts analysing footage and reports say multiple factors may have contributed to the disaster, according to BBC.The MD-11 jet, bound for Honolulu, Hawaii, failed to gain […]
JK Rowling started a fresh row over trans rights in Britain after launching an attack on Glamour UK’s “Women of the Year” feature, celebrating nine transgender women. The Harry Potter author posted on X that she grew up in a time when women’s magazines told girls to be “thinner and prettier” — and now, she […]
Minnesota plane crash (Pic credit: X) A helicopter crashed and caught fire Saturday afternoon near a suburban airport in the Minnesota Twin Cities, with authorities confirming there are no survivors. The downed aircraft, identified as a Robinson R66, was discovered around 2:45 pm local time west of Airlake Airport, according to a statement from the […]
Cargo ship burst in flames near Baltimore’s Key bridge An explosion occurred on board a cargo ship hauling coal in Baltimore’s harbor near the site of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Monday carrying 23 crewmembers and two pilots. The blast took place at around 6.30 pm local time on the commercial vessel, identified as […]
Panic broke out on Monday when a fire erupted beneath a New York City area commuter train.Video taken by panicked passengers showed flames leaping from the tracks and thick smoke filling one of the carriages, prompting a rapid evacuation.The blaze broke out at around 6:15 am on an eastbound Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) train at […]
Brazil hot air balloon horror (Video credit: Disclose.tv’s X account) At least eight people died in a hot air balloon accident in southern Brazil’s Santa Catarina state. 13 people survived and were taken to hospitals, Santa Catarina’s military fire brigade said. The incident occurred Saturday morning in the city of Praia Grande, according to state […]
California’s Gavin Newsom tears into Trump admin for deploying National Guard to LA without his nod, says move is meant to ‘fan the flames’ of immigration unrest.Taking to X, Newsom wrote, “Donald Trump has manufactured a crisis and is inflaming conditions. If he can’t solve it, we will. To the bad actors fueling Trump’s flames, […]
