THE pilot of the Air France airbus 340 made a decision to land the plane at Toronto airport despite a “red alert” about lightning and having enough fuel to reach another airport.

AN AIR FRANCE jetliner carrying 309 people skidded off a runway while landing in a thunderstorm at Toronto's Pearson International Airport last night, sliding into a ravine and bursting into flames.

Research by scientists at Edinburgh University has shown one in 20 pets are allergic to their owners.