Sunday, 03 January 2021 - 16:08
A man (stowaway) who clung to the undercarriage of a jumbo jet and survived an 11-hour, 5,639-mile flight from South Africa to London has spoken for the first time of his terrifying journey.
He recalled how he emerged from a coma months later to learn his best friend had fallen 5,000ft from the aircraft to his death.
Themba Cabeka, whose identity is revealed for the first time, was unconscious in hospital for six months after being discovered on the ground at Heathrow Airport. He had been starved of oxygen and subjected to temperatures of -60C as the British Airways jet flew from Johannesburg on June 18, 2015.
Sunday, 03 January 2021 - 19:04
It was confirmed that none of the players in the England Test squad who arrived in Sri Lanka for the series were infected with the coronavirus.
Before the team left their home country they were subjected to PCR testing and were subjected to rapid antigen tests after arriving in Sri Lanka.
The tests had revealed that neither a team player nor a member of the team s staff was infected with COVID-19.
The England cricket team arrived in Sri Lanka this morning (03) on a special flight that landed at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport.
Monday, 19 April 2021 - 13:04
The Indian capital New Delhi will be under a strict lockdown for six days starting from today (19) night, the city s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said,. Read More
Grand Junction will be getting more flights to Chicago this summer as United Airlines announced weekly weekend flights to the Windy City beginning in June.
Self-paid RT-PCR test mandatory for flyers from United Kingdom
Passengers travelling from the United Kingdom to India from January 8 to 31 will now be subjected to mandatory self-paid RT-PCR test at the airport, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
| 3 Jan 2021 7:39 AM GMT
NEW DELHI: Passengers travelling from the United Kingdom to India from January 8 to 31 will now be subjected to mandatory self-paid RT-PCR test at the airport, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. Flight services between the two countries were suspended on December 22 in the wake of a more infectious coronavirus strain found in UK s population. According to the standard operating procedure issued by the health ministry, those travelling between January 8 and 31, would be mandatorily subjected to self-paid RT-PCR tests on arrival at the Indian airports concerned. Passengers will also have to submit self-declaration form on the online portal, www.newdelhiairport.in, at least 72 hours before the travel. (I