Germany: A fraudster persuaded a 75-year-old Swiss woman to transfer 45,000 francs (€41,000) to him as a “police officer” supposedly taking part in a nationwide programme to guard elderly people against telephone scams.

The co-pilot of the Air France passenger jet that crashed and burned at Canada’s busiest airport will be interviewed today as investigators try to piece together why the plane skidded off the runway and burst into flames after landing in a ravine.

THEY cheered and applauded as the plane was landing, relieved to be on the ground after flying through severe weather and a frightening loss of power that plunged the cabin into a dead, dark calm.

They cheered and applauded as the plane was landing, relieved to be on the ground after flying in circles above the airport because of the rough weather.

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.