Entries by Colin Durrant

Algerian Flight #AH5017 has crashed with no survivors

Algerian Flight #AH5017 has crashed with no survivors This is truly beyond the joke. Another week and another plane goes missing with strong suggestions that it has crashed with no survivors. Two French fighter jets where dispatched to look for the missing flight AH5017. The flight was bound for Algeria and carrying 116 passengers. 6 […]

Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: MH17

Malaysia Airlines Ukraine Crash: MH17 The FAA has banned U.S. Flight Routes Over Region and other nations’ air carriers have also adjusted flight routes to avoid the region: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has officially sent a Notice to all US flight operators barring all operations within the Simferopol and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Eastern Ukraine following the […]

SAA Flight to Hong Kong drops out the sky

SAA Flight to Hong Kong drops out the sky Cape Town – A Zambian national, Miyanda Siamoongwa, flying to Hong Kong on SAA flight SA 286 was terrified when the flight suddenly hit massive turbulence half-way through the 14 hour long haul flight from Johannesburg. Despite SA 286 being a large Airbus A340-300, the aircraft was […]

Axelle Despiegelaere, World Cup Model, kills Oryx

Axelle Despiegelaere, World Cup Model, kills Oryx L’Oreal, who only recently signed a contract with 17-year-old World Cup fan Axelle Despiegelaere, has now terminated the contract. Photos of the attractive teen cheering Belgium in the World Cup 2014 went viral. However, Axelle’s undoing was recently posting a proud photo of herself to Facebook in which she is holding […]

Tour De France London

  Tour De France London After a little run across Hyde Park, I managed to find a large throng of fellow cycling supporters all waiting patiently for the Tour De France to arrive in town. I got there just in time to stand about 3 deep behind the barriers. Would have been worth getting there […]

Wonga – Police Investigation

Wonga – Police Investigation Here is a snap shot of an article in the weekend FT. I have been watching the wonga adverts and thinking how unethical it is that a company can prey on the weak and desperate to make themselves a ridiculous fortune and then in the process get recognised as an amazingly […]