# Plane

All time

# have a nice flight

These parents handed out sweets to plane passengers to apologise for their crying babies

Aw.

6.6k

Jul 5th 2016, 7:36 AM

# Singapore Airlines

Fire engulfs wing of passenger plane after emergency landing

Dramatic footage shows plumes of black smoke billowing from the aircraft.

23.8k

Jun 27th 2016, 11:50 AM

# South Pole

Two research workers brought to hospital in rare Antarctic rescue mission

It was only the third time that an emergency rescue operation has been launched in the middle of winter.

15.3k

Jun 23rd 2016, 9:27 AM

# Suspicious

Professor interrogated after passenger reports him for doing maths on plane

The woman sitting next to him was concerned he was a terrorist because he was writing “strange things” on paper.

65.2k

May 8th 2016, 5:37 PM

# Liverpool

Plane forced to land after drunk passengers start fighting

The two British nationals were on a plane to Alicante.

42.0k

Apr 28th 2016, 8:10 PM

# no explosives

"It's over": Plane standoff ends after hijacker surrenders in Cyprus

The Department of Foreign Affairs here has confirmed no Irish citizens were involved.

107k

Mar 29th 2016, 6:40 PM

# Russia

62 dead as airliner crashes and bursts into flames in poor weather

The accident happened early this morning.

37.2k

Mar 19th 2016, 3:55 PM

# Air France

Small child found hidden in plane passenger's carry-on luggage

The woman placed the child at her feet under a blanket – but the girl was discovered when she needed to go to the toilet.

45.5k

Mar 9th 2016, 4:34 PM

# strike it rich

This man found out he's going to be a dad over a plane loudspeaker

Surprise!

6.5k

Mar 1st 2016, 10:19 PM

# Tragedy

23 confirmed dead as passenger plane crashes on Nepal mountain

The aircraft lost contact with air traffic control eight minutes after taking off.

25.4k

Feb 24th 2016, 1:37 PM

# Somalia

One passenger confirmed missing after blast rips hole in airplane

There are reports that a man was sucked out of the hole in the plane.

18.9k

Feb 4th 2016, 4:11 PM

# Somalia

Man 'sucked out of plane' after explosion

The pilot said he thought the blast was caused by a bomb.

51.2k

Feb 3rd 2016, 11:41 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…

8.7k

Feb 3rd 2016, 4:52 PM

# Terror Alert

'Fake bomb' causes Paris-bound Air France jet to make emergency landing

The flight from Mauritius was forced to land in Kenya.

39.0k

Dec 20th 2015, 7:42 PM

# hot liquid

Ryanair passenger whose genitals were burned by spilled tea settles claim

The 33-year-old’s social, domestic and recreational lifestyle was “interfered with” following the incident, he said.

42.7k

Dec 16th 2015, 3:27 PM

# crashed

Putin: Downing of Russian jet by Turkey a "stab in the back"

Video footage of the incident showed a warplane crashing onto a hill and two crew members apparently parachuting safely.

84.1k

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Nov 24th 2015, 11:04 PM

# Bulgaria

Bomb scare forces plane from Poland to Egypt to make emergency landing

A man on the aircraft claimed there were explosives on board.

12.8k

Nov 19th 2015, 8:06 AM

# Egypt

At least 179 Irish people in Egypt as world leaders say bomb may have brought down plane

A number of European airlines are preparing to bring tourists home from Sharm el-Sheikh.

12.0k

Nov 6th 2015, 7:42 AM

# metrojet

Reports: Sinai plane black box shows emergency 'took crew by surprise'

The Egyptian president made the claim.

15.1k

Nov 3rd 2015, 7:53 AM

# sinai

Doomed Russian jet broke apart "in the air" before Egypt crash

A top Russian investigator says the wreckage is strewn over a large area.

36.5k

Nov 1st 2015, 4:29 PM

# Egypt

Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for downing Russian passenger plane

Emergency services have found no survivors of the 224 people on board.

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Oct 31st 2015, 7:58 PM

# caught in the middle

Someone has come up with a way to make the middle seat in a plane more comfy

No one likes sitting in the middle, but someone has to.

35.2k

Sep 19th 2015, 3:15 PM

# Comeback

Concorde fans are so dedicated they could have it back in the skies in four years

A group of Concorde enthusiasts says it’s raised enough funds to buy one and get it flying again.

16.3k

Sep 19th 2015, 2:05 PM

# big buala bos

Is clapping when the plane lands an Irish thing or does everyone do it?

We investigated.

7.3k

Sep 14th 2015, 3:44 PM

# Miracle

This woman was the sole survivor of a flight obliterated by a thunderstorm

Juliane Koepcke was believed to be dead before she reappeared after trekking through the jungle for 11 days.

27.6k

Sep 5th 2015, 10:15 AM

# CONFIRMED

The airplane part found on remote island IS from missing flight MH370

The plane disappeared on 8 March 2014.

20.1k

Sep 3rd 2015, 6:18 PM

# air show

Pilot dies after stunt plane crashes in New York

No one else was injured.

15.9k

Aug 28th 2015, 9:22 PM

# 1945

Remains of two crewmen of World War II fighter plane found in Poland

The fighter-bomber plane was shot down by Germany.

29.6k

Aug 25th 2015, 7:00 PM

# mayday call

Engine was on fire before fatal plane crash in Waterford

Howard Cox died in the crash last month.

17.7k

Aug 24th 2015, 8:58 PM

# no experience

Passenger crash-lands plane after pilot collapses at controls

The woman was injured in the crash, while the pilot died.

36.8k

Aug 24th 2015, 2:25 PM

# plane breakup

A woman sat next to a couple breaking up on a plane and live-tweeted everything

Who breaks up with someone ON A PLANE?

13.6k

Aug 24th 2015, 8:43 AM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

The death of a man in Naas, the Provisional IRA and the plane tragedy in West Sussex had people talking.

15.4k

Aug 23rd 2015, 7:58 PM

# Trigana Air

Everybody on board the crashed Indonesian plane has died

The plane crashed on Sunday due to bad weather carrying 54 people.

8.5k

Aug 18th 2015, 8:39 AM

# MH370

'I don't believe this latest information about the plane, they have been lying to us'

Relatives have been waiting over a year for news.

27.0k

Aug 6th 2015, 11:00 PM

# experts gather

Wing part found on island is from MH370

Technical experts in France began examining the plane part today.

30.1k

Aug 5th 2015, 7:00 PM

# crosswinds

Round of applause for the pilot who landed this plane in Cork

Yikes.

55.2k

Aug 5th 2015, 2:10 PM

# Hypersonic

Airbus patents jet that could fly from Dublin to New York in under an hour

That’s pretty fast.

37.1k

Aug 5th 2015, 1:22 PM

# Cheshire

Emotional Chris Evans confirms pilot died in air display crash

The incident happened just before 2pm.

76.5k

Aug 1st 2015, 8:39 PM

# whoops

Here's how to find your iPhone if it falls from a plane

More a case of “when” rather than “if”, really.

12.6k

Aug 1st 2015, 9:45 AM

# England

Plane that 'belongs to Bin Laden family' crashes killing four people

It is being reported that Osama bin Laden’s sister and step mother are among those killed.

53.5k

Aug 1st 2015, 8:20 AM