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An Air Algerie flight travelling from Burkina Faso to Algiers has disappeared from the radar, apparently while flying above the Malian airspace. The aircraft, believed to be a Boeing 737-600, lost contact 50 minutes after the takeoff. "Air navigation services have lost contact with an Air Algerie plane Thursday flying from Ouagadougou to Algiers, 50 minutes after takeoff," said the airlines. Flight AH 5017 was not visible on Flightradar24, a live-tracking website for all the planes across the world. http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/breaking-air-algerie-flight-ah-5017-disappears-radar-while-flying-over-mali-1458100 another one??

http://news.asiaone.com/news/diva/sexy-flight-video-sparks-sexism-row Sexy in-flight video sparks sexism row The New Paper Tuesday, Feb 11, 2014 Normally, flight-safety videos can be boring. They struggle to catch the attention of passengers as cabin crew take them through the procedures. But Air New Zealand has decided to ditch those boring videos by sexing it up with bikini-clad models starring in their latest in-flight video. The models explain, in a different way, what to do in case of an emergency, the Mail Online reported. The video, posted on YouTube, was shot in the Cooks Islands in the south Pacific. Among the models is supermodel Christie Brinkley, who puts in a guest appearance. The 60-year-old did not go to the tropical resort island for the shoot, but played her role from her Los Angeles home. The other models involved were Chrissy Teigen, Ariel Meredith, Hannah Davis and Jessica Gomes - some of the biggest names in bikini modelling. The video was produced in association with Sports Illustrated to mark the 50th anniversary of the magazine's swimsuit edition. But the preview of the video has already riled feminists who slam it as "sexist", The Telegraph reported. Air New Zealand, known for producing quirky videos, has been accused of going too far with its latest "highly sexualised" offering. Dr Deborah Russell, a lecturer at New Zealand's Massey University, is livid. She told FairFax newspaper: "My concern is that as a woman, I get on a plane to go to a business meeting and I am confronted by women in bikinis in what are highly sexualised images. That jars." The airline also plans to use the video to promote its route from Auckland to Los Angeles, which offers a stop-over in the Cook Islands. An Air New Zealand spokesman said the airline was not concerned about a potential backlash from passengers over the video's portrayal of women. He said: "We have been careful to ensure 'Safety in Paradise' has been produced in a way that is tasteful. "Naturally, given this safety video celebrates 50 years of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, it made sense to feature some of the magazine's most well-known models."

Hihi, anyone has experience buying home theatre system in USA and bring onboard flight to Singapore? value is about US$300. can it be bring onboard flight??? and come Singapore will pay TAX? appreciate if anyone can share experience. Because amazon don't ship such equipment and shipping via vpost will cost a bomb... courts is retailing @ $899 sales...

Just win two return tickets for 2 to hk..... Thru some lucky draw. Anyone know street value? Also if go hk... Do wat?

Fancy visiting a country and when about to return, the airline tells you your next flight home is in 2 week times....... Posted on 11 Sep 2012 Next flight in 2 weeks' time, Batavia Air tells 25 stranded travellers STOMPer Sarmadi was appalled when he and other passengers were told that the next Batavia Air flight from Bandung to Singapore was in two weeks' time. Said the STOMPer: "Just imagine after a five-day stay in an another country and you are just three hours away from going back home to Singapore and are about to check-in at the airport when they tell you, 'Sorry, there's no flight going back to Singapore as the aeroplane is under maintenance'. "The next question you ask is when is the next flight and when can you get back home. The answer given is two weeks from now. "That was what happened on the Sep 6 2012 at Bandung Airport departing to Singapore under Batavia Air. "And the staff said the next flight will be on Sep 20 -- either you wait or you can take your money (refund) back. "The next thing my family and I did was to quickly rush to AirAsia Booth to ask for seats back to Singapore. "Eventually they have and we asked the Batavia staff to top up whatever cost that was going to be added. "But the staff said 'No they don't practise this'. "After a long argument which involved around 25 people, they finally gave a suggestion for us to take their -three-hour bus journey and travel to Singapore from Jakarta by Lions Air. "Upon arrival at Jakarta, the Batavia staff who followed us said that there are no seats available. "In the end they booked for us AirAsia instead to go back to Singapore from Jakarta."

[shakehead] From CNA: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sin...1204789/1/.html Tiger Airways' flight delay angers passengers By Seet Sok Hwee | Posted: 31 May 2012 2157 hrs

CNA report : In-flight theft suspects nabbed Posted: 22 April 2012 1834 hrs SINGAPORE: Two men have been arrested separately for stealing on board two Singapore Airlines flights on Saturday. Police have been closely monitoring cases of in-flight thefts on some regional flights where passengers reported their valuables -- especially cash kept in hand-carry bags and stowed in the overhead compartments -- were stolen. In the first case, while on board a Singapore Airlines flight from Hong Kong to Singapore, a crew member saw a passenger remove a laptop bag from an overhead compartment which was several seats in front of his allotted seat. The suspect then returned to his seat and started searching through the bag. Moments later, the suspect was seen putting the bag back to where it was originally stowed. The alert crew member informed the owner of the bag and proceeded to detain the 38-year-old male suspect. A check was then made and apart from some documents, there were no valuables kept inside the bag. In the second case, a crew member -- on board a Singapore Airlines flight from Singapore to Vietnam -- saw a passenger remove a laptop bag from an overhead compartment near his allotted seat. The suspect was seen taking the bag and moving to the rear of the aircraft during the boarding process. He then began rummaging through the bag, and was seen removing cash from the bag. He later returned the laptop bag to the original overhead compartment. The alert crew member then detained the 49-year-old male suspect. Currencies amounting to S$630 belonging to the bag owners were recovered. Both men are China nationals and will be charged in court on Monday with theft. Police advise passengers to exercise caution and to keep their cash and valuables with them while on board aircraft. - CNA/wk Bravo to the crews of SIA fo their alertness... I had make it a point that everytime as anyone approach my top-cabin, I will never take off my eyes of the person and see what he is doing. Funny side is that no matter how long the flight is, I am unable to sleep on board a plane. The jet engines sound and the passengers once 'seat belt' lights off, started to move around are very distracting.

I'm flying to KL for a short holiday soon, bought Air Asia tickets long ago. Few days ago received email and SMS that my return flight is rescheduled to more than 2 hours earlier, which means that I'll have to wake up very early to catch the flight back to SG, which is certainly a mood spoiler. I want to change to a later flight back to SG. There was a malaysia number to call and a password that is supposed to get me to an agent, tried calling but got error message 'invalid or incorrect password' after keying in the password. I'm sure I keyed in correctly. Tried the 'live chat' function on their website, but there was no one attending to me after a long wait. Have just tried to email them, hope to get a reply soon. Anyone had similar experience before? I flew by Air Asia once or twice before and had no problems with it. Think this might be my last time flying with them, flight can get rescheduled as and when they like? What if it disrupts our travel plans? And seems like no customer service provided. Ok don't remind me it's budget. And for those who are thinking about flying with them, may need to reconsider.

Is Asia X still flying to London? I'm not a fan of budget airlines though. Any regular airline that has cheap air fares?

Have to admit I usually don't pay attention to my luggage in the overhead compartment. Nowadays really must be careful Duo nabbed for stealing on SIA flight While the passengers of a Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight were watching videos or sleeping on Sunday, two men were helping themselves to valuables in their carry-on bags. The duo, both Chinese nationals, rifled through the bags that had been stowed in overhead cabins looking for valuables. In one case, they struck gold - US$5,000 (S$6,300) in a laptop bag. But an eagle-eyed crew member cottoned on to their game: By the time the Jakarta-Singapore flight landed at Changi Airport, the police were waiting for the pair. Several such thefts have happened in the last month. Police reports have been made, and airlines and their crew alerted to this. Copyright

Canadian 17-years old students Mathew Ho and Asad Muhammad launched and recovered a Lego man holding a Canadian flag after an epic journey reaching 24 km above the Earth. The teens used a weather balloon to carry the Lego figure, 2x Canon cameras, a GPS tracker and insulated styrofoam box with parachute.

http://relax.com.sg/relax/features/755040/...dant_crazy.html Wah lao...they are just waitresses...still dare to complain and make noise. act as though they are in some high and mightly occupation

Anyone has played this kind of flight simulator before? http://www.nitroplanes.com/simulator.html Thinking of buying this, get trained and like, it before buying the real stuff.

http://sg.yfittopostblog.com/2011/01/27/ma...plane-insanity/ Former flight attendant-turned-writer, Yvonne Lee, reveals the dirty truth behind

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CORRECTED-Engine fails on Singapore A380, flight turns back Reuters - 2 hours 45 minutes agoSend IM Story Print PARIS, Sept 27 - A Singapore Airlines <SIAL.SI> A380 was forced to turn round mid-flight and head back to Paris on Sunday after one of its four engines failed, the head of the airline's French operations said. The doubledecker A380 took off from Paris at 12.30 p.m. with 444 passengers aboard and headed for Singapore, but had to turn round after 2 hours 45 minutes because of the engine problem, airline director Jerry Seah said. The plane landed safely back in France at 5.45 p.m. (1545 GMT) and the passengers were sent to hotels as the airline tried to lay on an alternative flight for them. Seah told Reuters he believed it was the first time the plane had suffered such a problem since it had started operating the Singapore-Paris route earlier this year. The giant jet, built by Airbus <EAD.PA>, is designed to continue flying with only three engines, but came back to Paris as a safety precaution. The engines on the Singapore A380s are built by Britain's Rolls Royce Group <RR.L>. (Reporting by Jean Baptiste Vey, writing by Crispian Balmer; editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)

If only can install at home.... Watch the video on that page. http://www.military.com/news/article/fligh...397&wh=news

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Hi, anyone ride on EVA Airways on long haul flight before, pls comment? Thanks

A friend went to BKK last weekend with Tiger Airways, return flite was at 6am. She went to the airport in the early morning only to find her return flite cancelled. No choice but to buy another return flite from another airlines and burnt her return flite on Tiger.When she got back to spore, she only found out the flite was cancelled at the very last minute by email only. Dont the airline ppl know not everyone will check their email when on holiday? What recourse can she take? How to publicise this matter? This thread also to remind u guys to check and dbl check ur flite itinerary properly.

We are going on a free & easy holiday in the states. Heard that domestic flights can be a nightmare of delayed and cancelled flights. Any good advice for us, especially from airticket booking to check-in to boarding the flight?

pls help.. if not. how should i fly 10q

I'm planning for a first trip to USA and will need to book domestic flights in advance. Seems to me the domestic flight operators like Continental, Delta, JetBlue... etc, do not accept some international credit card, including Singapore. Anyone has tried and able to go around this payment? Anyone with experience with other options? Thank you very much.

Flew again out of SG to EU for work again. Boarded SQ378 on the 22nd May schedule departure was 2345 hours... but there were some technical problems with the plane, so departure delayed. Then signal given all ok, and push back commenced,... while taxi-ing away, Captain made an announcement that the plane have to be turned back to gate. Ok no probs, but then another announcement came, for safety reasons, all passengers got to disembark and they will change plane. Damned, new departure will be 0400 hours, a delay of 4 hours. What to do, shi ts happens.... Here are some pictures from the flight; In my previous posting, some asked to see pictures of the seat turned into a bed... here goes... For couples flying together, you will have the couple seats... Then there are those that wanted some SQ gals... here they are... Of course nice wing pictures... Watch out for more soon, when I have time....

Interesting read http://www.concordesst.com/history/events/sia.html British Airways - Singapore Airlines joint services 1977-1980 Since Air France and British Airways had been denied landing authorizations at John F. Kennedy airport by the Port Authority of New York both airlines were searching for routes to operate their Concordes on. An important and lucrative market to BA, besides North America, was Asia and its former colonies, such as Singapore (SIN), Hong Kong (HKG) and the 'Kangaroo Routes' to Australia - more specifically Sydney (SYD) - where 747-200s making the long journey had to make two stop-overs. During the route proving flights, before entry into service, a great deal of flight time was spend on trips to the Far East and Australian in preparation for Concordes eventual use on these routes. The first step of a Concorde route to South-East Asia and Australia was the inaugural BA Concorde flight between London - Heathrow (LHR) and Bahrain (BAH) on 21 January 1976 by G-BOAA Unfortunately, the route was mainly overland, forcing the Concorde to fly at subsonic speeds on large portions of the LHR-BAH flight. But the aircraft still managed to save around two and a half hours over the regular flights with a M.95 cruise speed during these segments. The supersonic operations over the Saudi desert had to be dropped after some complaints from nomads whose camels reportedly stopped breeding because of the supersonic boom! The choice of Bahrain as stop-over for the Concorde operations was due to the ideal location en route to South-East Asia. Furthermore the engines had an improved performance at 55-60,000ft, where the air is colder around the tropics. The better conditions could add up to 200 more miles range to the aircraft with 75 passengers on board On 26 October 1977, BA and Singapore Airlines announced an agreement for a thrice-weekly Concorde service between London and Singapore via Bahrain. On 09 December 1977, BA and Singapore Airlines started a service between LHR and Singapore - Paya Lebar via Bahrain, bringing the travel time to only 9 hours. This service basically was a very early form of code share/alliance between both airlines. The technical crew and operations were supplied by British Airways while the flight attendants were 50/50 between the two. BA had battled hard with the Indian government to gain the approval to fly supersonic over the country, which the Concorde was forced to avoid, adding more flight time and increasing the fuel consumption. The Indian government had demanded that in exchange Air India (AI) would get more slots and 5th freedom rights at LHR. The Concorde assigned to the Singapore route was G-BOAD (c/n 210), The airplane was easily identified, as it had been repainted with the Singapore Airlines' livery on its left side, while BA's was kept on the right side. The Singapore - Bahrain leg against the headwinds was sometimes payload-restricted because of the temperature at Paya Lebar Airport, even though the Concorde could accelerate straight after its take-off to M2.02. The service was withdrawn on 13 December 1977 after only 3 return flights, because of complaints from the Malaysian government about the supersonic boom over the Straits of Malacca, on the West coast of Malaysia. But in the summer of the same year, Malaysia Airlines plans of further capacity increase on the London route were denied in order to protect BA and Cathy Pacific, causing a clash between the Malaysian and British governments. In addition to these difficult relations, Singapore Airlines was a tough Malaysian competitor. Even though the service was not running the aircraft kept the Singapore Airlines livery during this time, giving them a free adverts as the aircraft was utilised on other routes, including flights to the USA On 24 January 1979 the service was resumed with new routings avoiding Malaysia and a recommended take-off from runway 02 at SIN to avoid flying over the Malaysian state of Johore. The service was ended for good on 01 November 1980, mainly because of falling traffic on the route, which was reportedly losing around