Shares in struggling British regional airline Flybe soared as much as 115% after it said it had received an alternative financing offer aimed at keeping it in business.

The pilots of a Hawaii inter-island flight from Honolulu to Hilo failed to respond to air traffic controllers 11 times as it overshot its destination by 15 miles while flying at an altitude of 21,000 feet.

US aviation experts are investigating whether the pilots of an airliner which overshot a Hawaiian airport by 15 miles were asleep.

In the latest move to improve safety in the skies, US airline, United, today became the first major carrier to announce plans to install stun guns in the cockpits of all its planes.