THE plane at the centre of yesterday’s crash was involved in an incident in Spain in 2004 when its nose wheel suddenly locked into a right position forcing the aircraft to veer off the runway.

PETS in the American state of Wisconsin will be breathing a little easier now that local rescuers will be carrying oxygen masks designed for animals.

The magical world is sawn in half over a US museum exhibit that has let the secret of Harry Houdini’s legendary Metamorphosis escape trick out of the bag.