A plane with three aboard lands without landing gear at an Australian airport after burning off fuel

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP): A light plane with three people aboard landed safely without landing gear Monday after circling an Australian airport for almost three hours to burn off fuel. The pilot, Peter Schott, and his passengers, a 60-year-old man and a 65-year-old woman, walked unaided from the twin-turboprop Beechcraft Super King Air after landing at Newcastle...

Another tree topples in KL, Jalan Pinang temporarily closed

KUALA LUMPUR: Another tree has fallen in the city here along Jalan Pinang. According to images from a Kuala Lumpur Command and Control Centre (KLCCC) traffic camera, the tree, located near Menara Prestige, is blocking all lanes on the road, which has been temporarily closed on Monday (May 13). ALSO READ: One dead, another injured as tree falls...

Melaka housewife hopeful that daughter will win pageant on Mother’s Day

MELAKA: A 34-year-old housewife from the Portuguese Settlement here hopes to get a priceless Mother's Day gift by seeing her eldest daughter win a beauty pageant. Cheryl Christybell De Silva has been putting a lot of effort into seeing her 17-year-old daughter Gabriella Amber De Costa win in the second edition of the Miss Teen Global...

KKB polls: Muted atmosphere at Perikatan’s operations room

HULU SELANGOR: Perikatan Nasional's operations room in Bandar Baru Batang Kali here is devoid of the usual election buzz, with no viewing party for supporters to follow vote-counting for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election. There were also no top Perikatan leaders seen. It has been learnt that the viewing party is a closed-door affair. Perikatan's Khairul Azhari Saut...

Woman’s car crushed by tree just weeks after purchase

GEORGE TOWN: Company executive Karen Loh drove to a cafe in her new car, which she bought just weeks earlier, anticipating a lovely breakfast on a Saturday morning. Just minutes into chowing down, she heard a loud sound, and people around her started screaming. “I dashed out of the cafe, just like the others. To my horror,...

World’s largest private cruise ship docks in Penang

GEORGE TOWN: The world's largest privately-owned residential cruise ship has docked in Penang for the next two days. State tourism and creative economy committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said the cruise, dubbed "MS The World," would stay at the Penang cruise terminal for two days before departing for Langkawi on Tuesday (May 14) night. He said the...

Groom emotional after butterfly believed to be deceased granny lands on his coat

PETALING JAYA: A groom in China was seen bawling the moment a white butterfly landed on his coat as he believed it was his recently departed grandmother, signalling her "presence” at his wedding. In a video shared by the South China Morning Post, the man dressed in a suit for his nuptials was giving his speech...

Athlete Jackie Wong ties the knot with doctor who treated him for Covid-19

PETALING JAYA: SEA Games gold medallist Jackie Wong Siew Cheer would never have thought that spending over two months in hospital was the best thing to ever happen to him. This is because the hospital is where Wong met his future wife, Dr Joanne Tiong, who was one of the doctors treating him at Sibu Hospital...

Flash floods in Puchong Jaya to IOI Puchong, users advised to drive safe

PETALING JAYA: A flash flood occurred at KM 21.5 heading south from Puchong Jaya to IOI Puchong on Sunday evening. This has resulted in a lane closure with slow traffic as of 5:26pm. Users on the roads affected have been advised by the Malaysian Highway Authority to drive safe.