THE Nigerian man accused of attempting to blow up a US jetliner on Christmas Day was a student at the satellite campus of an Australian university just months ago.
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was studying for a master’s degree at the University of Wollongong’s campus in Dubai, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Abdulmutallab took classes for about seven [...]
An exploding oxygen cylinder may have ripped open the fuselage of a Qantas jumbo jet that had to make an emergency landing, investigators said yesterday.
Such a blast would have major implications for 747 aircraft around the world, said the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
It has sent experts to Manila in the Philippines to inspect the [...]
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AUSSIE AIRLINE Qantas has decided to censor an anti-online censorship advert on its flights.
Online activist group GetUp’s had created an advert called “Censordyne” and planned to run the parody ad on all Qantas flights into Canberra to ensure it was seen by politicians and their staff members.
Simon Sheikh, chief executive of GetUp, told the Sydney [...]
