THE brother of the only woman on tragic flight NM7100 has described her survival as miraculous and paid a deeply moving tribute to Cork city’s emergency services.

A MAJOR international air accident investigation is underway to establish why an aircraft crashed in heavy fog on its third landing attempt at Cork Airport yesterday, killing six of the 12 passengers on board.

Investigators from the Irish Air Accident Unit will today be trying to understand why the pilot of the Manx2 Fairchild Metroliner tried to land after aborting two earlier attempts and circling for 20 minutes in a holding pattern hoping for conditions to improve.

Beyonce, Usher and Rod Stewart will take to the stage in a multidimensional media event that is part performance, part magazine and part museum exhibit, to celebrate the relationship between fashion and music.

Three generations of an American family were wiped out when a chartered aircraft carrying them to a game reserve crashed into Mount Kenya, killing all 12 tourists and the two South African pilots.