A gun belonging to the pilot of a US Airways plane went off as the aircraft was on approach to land in North Carolina over the weekend, the first time a weapon issued under a federal programme to arm pilots was fired, authorities said.

SHORTLY after boarding a plane, passengers say they saw a man bolt from his seat and run down the aisle, with his screaming wife and man in a Hawaiian shirt behind.

Argentina’s foreign minister was detained and questioned at Miami International Airport after he allegedly requested permission to enter the cockpit of a plane to question pilots about why the flight was delayed.