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Thai hospitals treat 43 Singapore Airlines passengers

Thai hospitals treat 43 Singapore Airlines passengers

Forty-three patients injured on a Singapore Airlines flight that hit deadly turbulence are being treated in three hospitals in Bangkok.

No more meals when seatbelt sign on: Singapore Airlines

No more meals when seatbelt sign on: Singapore Airlines

No more meals when seatbelt sign on: Singapore Airlines

No more meals when seatbelt sign on: Singapore Airlines

Singapore Airlines is adopting a more cautious approach to turbulence after a mid-air incident killed one person and left dozens critically injured.

Australian Singapore Airlines passenger reveals terror

Australian Singapore Airlines passenger reveals terror

Australian Singapore Airlines passenger reveals terror

Australian Singapore Airlines passenger reveals terror

An Australian passenger on the Singapore Airlines flight has recounted the "horrifying" moment the plane plunged during the deadly flight.

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Australians injured after Singapore flight rises to 13

Australians injured after Singapore flight rises to 13

The Australian government has assisted at least 12 Australians and one permanent resident who were hospitalised in Bangkok after a flight hit deadly turbulence.

Iran's Supreme Leader leads prayers at Raisi funeral

Iran's Supreme Leader leads prayers at Raisi funeral

Iran's late president's funeral is being held ahead of an early election at a time of worsening strains between the clerical leadership and wider society.

Passengers shaken after deadly turbulence-struck flight

Passengers shaken after deadly turbulence-struck flight

A Singapore Airlines jet carrying 56 Australians has fallen into an air pocket, causing severe turbulence and leaving a man dead of a suspected heart attack.

Australians return home after deadly plane turbulence

Australians return home after deadly plane turbulence

Relieved passengers from the deadly Singapore Airlines flight that made an emergency landing in Thailand after turbulence have started returning to Australia.

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One dead as turbulence hits Singapore Airlines flight

One dead as turbulence hits Singapore Airlines flight

One dead as turbulence hits Singapore Airlines flight

One dead as turbulence hits Singapore Airlines flight

A person has died and 30 others have been injured as a Singapore Airlines flight plummeted in severe turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing.

Iran's hardliner president killed in helicopter crash

Iran's hardliner president killed in helicopter crash

Iran's hardliner president killed in helicopter crash

Iran's hardliner president killed in helicopter crash

Iran's leadership has vowed no change to the country's path after President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister were killed in a helicopter crash.

Plane near-miss prompts new rule for regional airport

Plane near-miss prompts new rule for regional airport

Plane near-miss prompts new rule for regional airport

Plane near-miss prompts new rule for regional airport

An inquiry has found the pilots of two aircraft had no idea they were on intersecting runways at a Victorian airport as they took off, resulting in a near-miss.

Mum one of two killed after glider crashes near airport

Mum one of two killed after glider crashes near airport

Mum one of two killed after glider crashes near airport

Mum one of two killed after glider crashes near airport

A light aircraft crash has claimed the lives of two people, including a Melbourne mother, near an airport in Victoria's northeast.

Outback Wrangler star may ground crash widow's lawsuit

Outback Wrangler star may ground crash widow's lawsuit

Outback Wrangler star may ground crash widow's lawsuit

Outback Wrangler star may ground crash widow's lawsuit

The widow of Netflix star Chris Wilson who died in a helicopter crash could have her civil lawsuit put on ice as his co-star Matt Wright faces criminal charges.

Airport disruption as firies strike over 'extreme risk'

Airport disruption as firies strike over 'extreme risk'

Airport disruption as firies strike over 'extreme risk'

Airport disruption as firies strike over 'extreme risk'

Aviation firefighters will cause major school holiday travel disruptions when they strike over claims staff shortages are posing "extreme risks" for passengers.

Grief laid bare at inquest on fatal mid-air plane crash

Grief laid bare at inquest on fatal mid-air plane crash

Grief laid bare at inquest on fatal mid-air plane crash

Grief laid bare at inquest on fatal mid-air plane crash

Family members of pilots killed in a mid-air collision in central Victoria have shared their harrowing grief with a Melbourne court.

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Traffic controller didn't issue warning before crash

Victoria's chief coroner is investigating a mid-air collision between two training-flight planes, which claimed the lives of four pilots.

NZ seizing black boxes from flight that injured 50

At least 50 passengers have been injured after a plane travelling from Sydney to Auckland experienced a "technical problem".

Man killed in crop duster crash

Authorities are appealing for witnesses to a light plane crash on a farm in NSW.

Lack of oxygen to be investigated in fatal plane crash

Investigations are ongoing into a firefighting surveillance plane crash, which killed three people in November, with the possibility of hypoxia being examined.

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Russia, Ukraine argue over warning about PoW flight

Ukraine has rejected an assertion by a Russian MP that Ukrainian intelligence was warned about a Russian military transport plane carrying prisoners of war.

Seaplane crashes near island in Sydney Harbour

A seaplane has crashed in Sydney Harbour after one of its pontoons was damaged, but only one of the eight people aboard was slightly injured.

Russia accuses Ukraine of killing 65 of its own POWs

Moscow has accused Ukraine of shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Plane carrying Rio Tinto workers crashes in Canada

A plane carrying Rio Tinto workers has crashed while heading to a diamond mine in Canada's remote Northwest Territories, leaving an unconfirmed number dead.

Two men killed as light plane crashes in Queensland

A light aircraft has crashed in Queensland's Scenic Rim, killing two men, with police appealing for anyone with footage of the incident to come forward.

Helicopter crash pilot not prepared for 'wall of cloud'

The pilot in a helicopter crash that killed him and four passengers had not been trained in how to fly through fog and cloud, a safety investigation has found.

Some Boeing planes grounded after midair window blowout

The emergency landing of a Boeing 737 Max with a gaping hole in its side is renewing safety concerns about the planes.

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