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  • Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland Diversion of flight fails to save passenger from Ireland

    A flight from Melbourne to Qatar was diverted to India on Wednesday, in a desperate attempt to save an Irish man on board. The man, Raymond McMorrow, 68, is believed to have had a heart attack on board Qatar Airways flight QR 031 while in transit from Melbourne to Doha, the Qatar capital. The Qatar Airways plane landed without incident at Cochin Airport, in southern India, where an ...

  • Pakistani plane forced to land near London two held

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday to escort a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane down to land after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested from aboard the aircraft on suspicion of endangering the flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's ...

  • Two held over Pakistani planes mid-air alert

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. Later, two people were arrested on suspicion of endangering the aircraft's flight. The Royal Air Force Typhoon jets were scrambled to escort the passenger plane, originally heading from Pakistan's Lahore city to Britain's Manchester city. Police ...

  • Britain sends up fighters as Pakistani plane diverted

    Britain had to scramble fighter jets Friday for escorting a Pakistani International Airlines (PIA) plane after it was diverted from Manchester. The PIA plane was diverted from Manchester to Stansted airport, reported BBC, citing a Manchester airport spokesperson Friday. The plane, flight number PK709, carrying 297 passengers, had reportedly left Lahore at 09.35 a.m. and was due in at ...

  • Russian fed agency asking tour operators to inform tourists on coronavirus

    MOSCOW, May 24 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s Federal Agency for Tourism /Rostourism/ has asked the tour companies across the country to inform the customers planning trips to Qatar, Jordan, the UK, the United Arab Emirates, France, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia on the importance of observing safety precautions in the wake of the outbreak of diseases caused by a new strain of ...


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Buffalo '66

Buffalo '66

Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo '66" is a haunting, comical nightmare of narcissism, pent-up rage, and maddening loneliness--and, yet, it has a happy ending. It is a film that resists simple description, mostly because it is constructed of so many ill-fitting pieces that it has a kind of insane consistency all its own. "Buffalo '66" presents life--or, at least, the life of its gaunt, oddball protagonist, ... ...

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  • Frances luxury industry tourism hurt by Paris street crime

    The streets of Paris are getting a reputation of being unsafe for tourists and is threatening the great brand names of French fashion. A leading association that counts Chanel and Dior as members urged the authorities to take action on the climate of insecurity which it said could keep cash-flush tourists away. Several recent incidents have tarnished the image of Paris - the world's most ...

  • How long will it take to fix the collapsed I-5 Skagit bridge

    It took just over 13 months to replace the I-35 West Bridge in Minneapolis after it collapsed in 2007. The bridge was eight lanes, compared with the four-lane Skagit River bridge on I-5 that collapsed Thursday night. Contracting experts think that the collapsed Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge can be fixed quickly. David DHondt, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of ...

  • Skagit bridge collapse spurs hotel cancellations in Anacortes

    Anacortes Majestic Inn & Spa started getting cancellations soon after the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed Thursday evening. An hour after the Skagit River bridge collapsed Thursday evening, the phone at Anacortes Majestic Inn & Spa rang with the first of several cancellations for the Memorial Day weekend. Anna Holm, owner of the Majestic's Apothecary Spa, said both spa ...

  • Men arrested after RAF jet is scrambled to escort Pakistan Airlines passenger plane to London Stansted Airport

    Two men have been arrested at Stansted today after a passenger plane heading to Manchester airport was diverted to Stansted by an RAF Typhoon jet following reports of threats on ...

  • Pakistan Airlines flight accompanied by fighter jet for emergency landing in UK

    Pakistan International Airlines Flight PK709 headed from Lahore to the UK with 297 passengers onboard was diverted from northwestern England's Manchester Airport to Stansted when two unruly passengers threatened an air stewardess that they would blow up the plane. The air stewardesses contacted the pilot, who contacted UK air traffic control. The UK Defense Ministry immediately sent a ...

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