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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Business New tourism Secretary outlines ministrys recovery plans

    Tourism Act of 2012 and a new national tourism strategy that will look into funding to revitalise tourism. Phyllis Kandie, Cabinet Secretary for East African Affairs, Commerce ...

  • Cambodias Booming New Industry Orphanage Tourism

    It's the end of your three week vacation in Southeast Asia. You did good. You managed to hit all the locations on the backpacker's circuit; lounging on the tropical Islands off the Thai Peninsula, experiencing the street food of Bangkok, exploring the temples of Siem Reap, and shopping on the floating markets of the Mekong River. Now, with just a few days left before your flight home, ...

  • Pakistan Airlines flight diverted in U.K. - CNN

    NEW: An unruly passenger prompted the diversion, a top airline official says The plane from Lahore, Pakistan, had 297 passengers aboard Two men were arrested and removed from the diverted aircraft, Essex Police say The Pakistan International Airlines flight to Manchester was diverted to ...


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  • Two men arrested after RAF Typhoon fighter jets are scrambled to escort Pakistan Airlines passenger plane to Stansted

    Two men were arrested at Stansted Airport on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft today after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort a passenger plane travelling from Pakistan to the UK, Essex Police ...

  • T Magazine Lush Life | A Fairy Tale Retreat in Wales

    Country Life magazine when they came across a story about a restored Elizabethan folly that they had admired for years from afar. The property, tucked away in a secluded valley a few miles from Usk, Wales, was up for sale, so they took a drive, and shortly thereafter became its new owners. Now the pair’s primary residence, the house also functions as a year-round bed-and-breakfast, and its ...

  • Everest tourism and climate change provide new challenges

    Researchers say they suspect that the decline of snow and ice in the Everest region is a result of changes in global climate. Photograph: Rafal Belzowski/Getty ...

  • Nova Scotia moves ahead with five-year tourism strategy

    HALIFAX -- The Nova Scotia Tourism Agency has released a five-year strategy aimed at attracting more first-time visitors. Tourism Minister Graham Steele released the strategy Friday at a tourism conference near Liverpool. The strategy includes a new marketing campaign branding for the province. Agency chairman Tom Ruth says that since the agency was created in September, it has already ...

  • A closer look at Universal Orlandos Springfield expansion

    Universal Studios' Springfield is set to open this summer with several new restaurants, drinking stations and a new attraction. Universal Orlando Resort guests will find themselves in the middle of Springfield once the park opens its expansion this summer. As reported yesterday, Universals expansion will include several new storefronts, restaurants, drinking stops and a new attraction Kang ...

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