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    Tired pilot sends aircraft into nosedive after thinking Venus was a plane

    A disoriented pilot was so tired that he sent his passenger plane into a sudden 400ft nosedive because he mistook the planet Venus for an oncoming aircraft. The incident, which occurred on a Boeing 757 Air Canada flight between Toronto and

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    Will new EU laws put air passengers' lives at risk?

    Pilots' rest area on a Boeing Dreamliner. Photo: PA Pilots have warned that new EU proposals to relax British flying rules could put air passengers' lives at risk. The pilots' association, Balpa, will raise its concerns about

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