January 5
On January 5, Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 – a Boeing 737 Max 9 – lost a door plug at 16,000 feet on a flight from Portland, Oregon, to Ontario, California.
That part is designed to replace an unneeded emergency exit door, and it blew out within just 20 minutes of takeoff.
An emergency landing was required and the plane landed safely, but a teddy bear, two mobile phones, a child’s t-shirt were all said to have have flown
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Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has been shot and wounded in an assassination attempt this afternoon moments after he left a meeting of MPs.
Mr Fico was taken to hospital after he was struck by bullets to his abdomen shortly after he attended a government meeting in Handlova, some 150 kilometres north-east of the capital Bratislava.
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Israel has fired two military commanders and reprimanded a third over a drone strike in Gaza that killed seven World Central Kitchen workers on Monday, saying they had mishandled critical information and violated the army’s rules of engagement.
The workers from the charity, which provides food relief in crisis and conflict zones, were killed when their convoy was hit repeatedly on Monday night shortly after they oversaw the unloading of 100 tons of food brought to the Palestinian territory by
Tesco has now been hit by an IT meltdown just hours after Sainsbury’s customers were stopped from using contactless payment at the tills on one of the busiest shopping days of the week.
The Every Little Helps grocer has cancelled some home deliveries today due a ‘technical issue’, a spokesperson told MailOnline, in a situation echoing the online shopping chaos experienced by rival Sainsbury’s this morning.
Tesco did not specify how widespread the issue is, but dozens of Tesco customers
Thomas Kingston, the husband of Lady Gabriella Windsor, has died suddenly aged 45, Buckingham Palace has announced tonight.
Mr Kingston, who married the daughter of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent in 2019, was found dead at an address in Gloucestershire on Sunday evening, with emergency services called to the scene shortly after 6pm.
Only last Wednesday, Lady Gabriella – who is 56th in line to the throne – and Mr Kingston were seen together at an event at the
The US and UK have launched missile strikes against more than a dozen Houthi targets in Yemen in response to the ‘increase in attacks’ by the terrorist organization on cargo ships.
American and British fighter jets carried out ‘necessary and proportionate strikes specifically targeted 18 Houthi targets across eight locations in Yemen,’ the Pentagon has confirmed.
The joint operation targeted weapons storage facilities, drones, air defense systems, radars and a helicopter, and other unmanned surface and underwater vehicles.
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Ricky Gervais today led tributes to ‘absolute original’ Ewen MacIntosh, the comedy actor best known for playing Big Keith in The Office, following his death aged 50.
MacIntosh was best known for playing a Scotch egg-loving accountant in Gervais’ hit sitcom which became an instant comedy classic when it launched in 2001 – and led to the creation of a smash-hit American version.
The Welsh actor, who also appeared in British comedies such as After Life, Miranda and Little Britain,
A smiling King Charles has arrived back at Sandringham after meeting his son Prince Harry for less than an hour in their first face-to-face encounter for nine months.
Charles and Queen Camilla were seen waving to crowds as they left Clarence House in London in an official car at 3.35pm before catching a helicopter to Norfolk.
The monarch’s Sikorsky S-76C chopper landed less than an hour later at the royal estate at around 4.20pm.
Pictures show the red and helicopter
Queen Camilla was all smiles as she left King Charles after visiting him on his second day in hospital after successful prostate surgery on Friday.
The Queen appeared to be sharing a joke with her driver and bodyguard as they grinned alongside her in the Audi as she arrived at The London Clinic at midday.
And that cheerful disposition was retained as the same car drove away this afternoon, after checking in on the monarch.
King Charles is currently spending
Prince William has visited his wife Kate in hospital today where she is recovering from major surgery on her abdomen.
The heir to the throne, 41, was spotted leaving The London Clinic behind the wheel of a £139,000 electric Audi E-Tron GT Carbon Vorsprung, followed by royal bodyguards in a Range Rover.
William has taken time off to be with his wife and look after their children over the coming weeks.
The Princess of Wales, 42, is ‘doing well’ having
