Tag: AIR

Mongolians sip ‘oxygen cocktails’ to combat smog

ULAANBAATAR: Fed up with the smog in Mongolia's capital, residents have resorted to sipping "lung" tea and "oxygen cocktails" in a desperate bid to...

Swiss air force grounds five F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets

ZURICH: The Swiss air force has grounded five of its 30 F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets after finding tiny cracks in their landing flaps. It ordered...

Beijing does not need Taiwan’s permission for new air route, says...

BEIJING: The Chinese government said on Wednesday that it does not need Taiwan’s permission to open new air routes, after Taipei complained that a...

Former Turkish air force chief confesses to plot coup: State media

Former Turkish air force chief Akin Ozturk has confessed to prosecutors his role in plotting the coup that attempted to topple the government over...