THE reason Coca-Cola always tastes worse on a plane has been revealed – as well as the best booze-free drink to choose instead. While sweet drinks suffer the most when you’re 10,000m in the air, tart and umami drinks suffer the least – and can even be improved. 2 Travellers recommend ginger ale as… Why … Read more
RUSSIA tried to cover up its deadly missile hit on a passenger plane by jamming its navigation systems, it was claimed yesterday. The move was to drive the stricken Azerbaijan Airlines flight away from Russian territory, hoping it would crash in the sea to thwart efforts to find what brought it… Russia ‘tried to cover … Read more
RUSSIA misidentified the Azerbaijan plane for a drone and shot it down with a missile, US intelligence believes. The Christmas Day disaster saw the aircraft explode into a fireball near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38. 9 The crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger planeCredit:… Russia ‘mistook Azerbaijan plane for drone & shot it down with … Read more
A HORROR map shows the death spiral of the crashed passenger jet after reports say it was blasted by a Russian missile. The Christmas Day disaster killed 38 people after Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 carrying 67 exploded in a fireball near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan. 8 The Azeri Airlines… Horror map shows death spiral … Read more
“I’M afraid your plane has a technical fault, so it’s going to be delayed,” the airport staff said over our annoyed groans. While a flight delay is the worst way to end your holiday, I managed to make the most of it – by squeezing in a whistle-stop city break while waiting. 5 I squeezed … Read more