Scouring the seas around Malaysia and south of Vietnam for anything to provide clues to the whereabouts of a jetliner. The search and rescue effort is big, the area hundreds of miles wide. More than 20 aircraft and 40 ships from at least 10 countries are involved, but nothing as yet. There were hopes of a breakthrough on […]
A school in Maryland had an unexpected break-in on Tuesday, as a gang of deer crashed through the doors and ran around the halls. This time-lapsed surveillance footage, released by Anne Arundel County Public Schools, shows the three deer entering the middle school in Lothian. Two dogs then came through the broken door and chased the deer. […]
It could have been a textbook landing, if not for the approaching Cessna plane. Inches from the ground, this skydiver remains in the air for a little longer than planned, jerked around after the plane became entangled in the strings of John Frost’s parachute. As the plane spectacularly crashes on its nose, the skydiver’s last moments in the air are […]
It’s not your average crime, but a US family was forced to call for help after their 22-pound (10 kg) Himalayan cat held them hostage. Lee Palmer phoned the police after the angry cat scratched his seven-month-old baby, trapping them inside a bedroom. “911.” “Yeah, hi. I have a kind of a particular emergency here. […]
A man, who hijacked three cars, including one with a four-year-old boy inside, has been arrested after a high-speed car chase in Colorado. Local media reported that a boy was missing after his parents’ red SUV was stolen from a petrol station. Soon after this, the suspect carjacked a gold minivan. Aerial footage shows the minivan speeding down the […]
Is it a boat? Is it a plane? No, it’s a surfing dog. Yes, that’s right! This little doggy took to the waves during the world’s biggest surf festival in Australia. And he’s not the only one, as pups join their owners on the surfboards during the Dog Spectacular event, as part of the Noosa Festival of […]
The front door windows burst open, but the shutter remains down. It provides some resilience against the stolen Vauxhall Vectra which is being reversed into this shop in Rochdale. The glass flies in all directions, and then the shutter is peeled back and one of the robbers falls through. As his accomplice holds the shutter back and keeps an eye out, the […]
This is a stunning visual representation of the packed airspace above Europe at the height of summer. The animation is a compilation of flight data from across Europe by international air traffic control operators. It shows the choreographed movements of flights above the world’s busiest airspace. The information was gathered from radar data on June 21, 2013 and European flight plans […]
A news helicopter has crashed onto a busy street near Seattle’s famous Space Needle, killing two people on board and critically injuring a motorist. Only the tail of the helicopter could be identified among the burnt metal after fire crews put out the blaze. The chopper reportedly belonged to KOMO-TV. Witnesses say it was attempting to lift off from […]
This gorgeous little baby gorilla has not had the easiest start to life. After being born by an emergency caesarian, she then had to have a critical operation for a collapsed lung. A team of veterinary staff from San Diego Zoo had to take the unusual step of asking for help from human neonatal specialists from the University of California. “I never anticipated that […]