PIA plane returns mid-flight to find singer's handbag?August 16th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - A Lahore-bound flight of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) was reportedly forced to return to the Benazir Bhutto Shaheed International Airport on Saturday after renowned singer Shabnam Majeed claimed to have lost a handbag in the departure lounge. Sources at the airport told Daily Times that 15 minutes after take-off, the singer informed the flight attendant that she had misplaced her bag.
Shouting singer forces Pak pilot to divert flightAugust 15th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - A domestic flight in Pakistan was diverted back to Islamabad after a female singer on board started shouting to get her purse back, which she believed had been forgotten at the departure lounge. Shabnam Majeed, who was flying back to Lahore in the PIA flight PK-653 after performing at the Independence Day celebration at the Presidency overnight, started shouting mid-flight and forced the pilot to divert back the flight to Islamabad, The Dawn reports.
Israel mulls buying South Korean fighter jets for trainingAugust 2nd, 2009 JERUSALEM - The Israeli Air Force is planning to purchase South Korea's T-50 Golden Eagle fighter jets in a bid to replace its ageing Skyhawk fleet, the Ha'aretz daily reported Sunday. A three-member delegation of the Israeli Air Force is expected to visit Seoul next week to discuss the matter with their South Korean counterparts.
60yr-old Chinese man fights 17-kg fish for 2hrsJuly 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 60-year-old Chinese man fought with a 17 kg fish for two hours to catch it, while he was fishing in a river in Changchun, Jilin province, on Wednesday. He kept on fighting the 1.17-m long fish until it finally gave up.
Obama hails Apollo 11 crew as 'genuine American heroes'July 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama welcomed the crew of Apollo 11 to the White House Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of their journey to the moon and called the three men "genuine American heroes."
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to set foot on the lunar surface, while fellow crew member Michael Collins circled the moon in the command vehicle. "I think that all of us recall the moment in which mankind finally was untethered from this planet and was able to explore the stars; the moment in which we had one of our own step on the moon and leave that imprint that is there to this day," Obama said.
Jinnah's portrait goes mysteriously missing from Pak PM house auditoriumJuly 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah went mysteriously missing from the PM House auditorium just before Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was to address the media there. Officials at the auditorium were shocked when they found Jinnah's portrait missing from its place.
Emirates' double-decker to make maiden flight from Dubai to BirminghamJuly 16th, 2009 DUBAI - An Emirates' super-jumbo double-decker is to make its maiden flight from Dubai to Birmingham in September. The plane will have the world's first on board shower spas, the WAM news agency reported Thursday.
'Aslam Jinnah is not Muhammad Ali Jinnah's great grandson'June 30th, 2009 KARACHI - Liaquat Merchant, the grandson of Muhammad Ali Jinnah's sister Maryam Bai, has nullified Aslam Jinnah's claim that he is the great grandson of the founder of Pakistan. "He might belong to Nathoo Poonja's family, who is Muhammad Ali Jinnah's father's brother, but he does not directly belong to the Quaid's family and I say this firmly on the basis of my personal knowledge," the Daily Times quoted Merchant, as saying.
Shangai man changes suicide plan after receiving 2,000 yuan from firefightersJune 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Shangai man decided not to kill himself after firefighters met his demands, and paid him 2,000 yuan not to jump off a building. Drunk Shangai man climbed up the scaffolding to the top of the 70-m-high building, and claimed that he was penniless, reports the China Daily.
Jeffrey Archer rewrites best selling novel 'Kane and Abel'June 15th, 2009 LONDON - After selling 34 million copies of 'Kane and Abel' in 33 different languages, author Jeffrey Archer has now rewritten his best selling novel. He did so to mark the 30th anniversary of the publication of the ultimate tale of sibling rivalry this autumn.
Woman, who missed ill-fated Air France Flight, dies in car accident days laterJune 12th, 2009 LONDON - An Italian woman, who arrived late for the Air France flight that crashed in the Atlantic, was not so lucky after all. She has been killed in a car accident in Austria.
Chinese woman burns down hubby's factory out of jealousy!May 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A jealous Chinese woman burned down her husband's factory after she found out that he removed her name as a co-owner. Li Xia, who lived in Jiangsu province, had waited for Huang Chao when he was sentenced to five years in prison in 2000.
First China-assembled A320 conducts maiden flight testMay 20th, 2009 BEIJING - The first China-assembled Airbus A320 aircraft landed smoothly at Tianjin Binhai International Airport after four hours flight, a symbol of successful test flight. The aircraft will be delivered to Dragon Aviation Leasing in June from the Airbus Delivery Center in Tianjin and will be operated by Sichuan Airlines.
Air New Zealand eyeing world's first matchmaking flightMay 15th, 2009 WELLINGTON - Air New Zealand is all set to run the world's first matchmaking flight for lonely hearts. The airline has revealed that a plane with American passengers aboard will be invited to come to New Zealand in October to "get amongst it" with single kiwis.
Rudd's three course in-flight gourmet meals leaving Oz taxpayers broke!April 22nd, 2009 CANBERRA - In the times of a great economic slump, when Australians are struggling to make both ends meet, hundreds of thousands of dollars of Oz taxpayers money are going into Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's three-course gourmet meals on every RAAF VIP flight. The catering overhaul was introduced last month after an angry Rudd reduced a RAAF flight attendant to tears over food provisions.
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