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Rare noctilucent clouds spotted over UK
During the summer months each year, cloud spotters eagerly stare up at the skies, hoping to catch a glimpse of rare noctilucent clouds.
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Islamic State has published a picture of what it claims is the bomb used to blow up a Russian passenger plane over Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.
Thousands of Britons remain stranded in Sharm el-Sheikh after rescue flights were forced to turn back in mid-air.
Moscow suspending passenger flights to Egypt after the Sinai air crash, just a day after suggesting Britain had acted prematurely by grounding jets.
David Cameron says it’s looking “increasingly likely” the crash was caused by a terrorist bomb. German and Dutch airlines have joined the UK and temporarily stopped flights in and out of the resort.
As Downing Street says that the Russian jet that crashed over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula may have been brought down by an explosive device, flights to the UK are delayed to allow further checks.
Transcripts of cockpit recordings from the Metrojet plane which crashed in the Sinai desert with the loss of 224 lives are reported to reveal unusual sounds just before the disaster.
A terrorist attack on the Russian plane which was brought down over the Egyptian desert cannot be ruled out, the Kremlin’s spokesman added.
The Prime Minister tells Vladimir Putin that Britain “shares the pain and grief” of the Russian people after a passenger plane crashed in Egypt, killing more than 220 people.
A Metrojet airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashes in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula. Russia says claims of terrorist involvement are inaccurate.
A Malaysia Airlines plane returns safely to Melbourne airport, having turned back within minutes of take-off after an engine fire alert.
During the summer months each year, cloud spotters eagerly stare up at the skies, hoping to catch a glimpse of rare noctilucent clouds.
The Germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps, killing 150 people, reportedly practised a descent on the previous flight.
A German newspaper reports that it has seen mobile phone footage shot by a passenger showing the final seconds of the Germanwings Airbus A320 before it crashed into the French Alps.
Recovery teams in the French Alps build a new road to access the wreckage and remains of the Germanwings crash, as 80 different strands of victims’ DNA are identified.
Rescue efforts to try to locate the second black box from the downed Germanwings plane continue, as more information is revealed about the co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing the airliner.