Reporter and aviation nerd for @7NewsMelbourne. [email protected] || https://xitter.cf/t.co/5jPi0xjpfX

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Joined March 2009
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An update from me...
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a decade later and still rings true
The inability of the left to distinguish between an imperfect ally and an enemy is the height of privilege and will be our downfall
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what are we even doing at this point folks
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside City Hall to call out Mayor Zohran Mamdani for what they see as his betrayal of the movement. "Mayor Mamdani, you can't hide we charge you with genocide" was a chant that just rang out.
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Crazy scenes in Beijing. Daniil Medvedev was defaulted from his match against Novak Djokovic. After a point, he hit a ball that hit a spectator in the eye… the spectator had to leave the stadium. He loses the $200,000 he earned in prize money this week along with the 200 ranking points he accumulated this tournament. Shocking ending… hopefully the spectator is okay.
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حمدان بن محمد يزور طيار "فلاي دبي" ويشيد بشجاعته. hamdan.ae/ar/latest-news/592…
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THE EMBLEMS ARE HERE 🙌🔥 Consider this your official reveal 😉 Inspired by our reef, beaches, hinterland and everything in between, they bring together the places, people and spirit that will take us to 2032. Distinctive. Unmistakably Queensland. And just a little bit cheeky Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - this one’s yours 💗
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The ground in Victoria at approximately 2:01 this morning
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The place you can go to see historic or cultural artifacts:
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No mames! No mames! No mames! Todo mal. La reportera nada tenía que hacer en ese lugar. Ya sabemos cómo son de pendej0s los regios al manejar con el piso mojado
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The investigation into the horror Flydubai flight will centre on claims the co-pilot, accused of knifing his captain, had undergone radical Islamist indoctrination.
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"Pilot for 20 years," but doesn't know that masks drop on cabin pressure loss, not descent. Capt unlocked door while injured. Plumber briefly helped. Reserve pilots landed.
As a pilot for 20 years I have questions: - where are the cabin crew here? - where are the oxygen masks that automatically drop during a rapid emergency descent? - how did the Capt manage to open the door while being stabbed? - Omani pilots were not allowed to fly to Israel, why was he allowed? - how did the offending pilot get a weapon onboard? - why has this happened so close to elections? - how are passengers walking around while apparently in a nosedive? - who else was injured? Nose dives cause significant g force incidents - why is there two perfectly positioned people recording the incident and not helping? - why did a plumber take control and not the 2 pilots onboard who would certainly know when an aircraft was in a nosedive? - why was the plumber speaking in English to Bibi after the flight - why was he still in his blood soaked clothes 8 hours after the incident False Flags have been a very effective mechanism to influence public opinion Hitler burnt down the Reichstag just before his parliament elections and he won the election…changing the course of history. A full and independent investigation should be carried out here. Hopefully independent journalist will be allowed to view this too.
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An urgent travel alert has been issued for two of the state's busiest tourist regions. Storms are expected to smash the Otways and the Gippsland Coast overnight.Right now, campers are being told to move to higher ground in a blow for businesses on the final weekend of the school holidays. @BlakeJohnson
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For the barnacles of society claiming Flydubai flight FZ1073 was some kind of Israeli “false flag”, let's go through what would actually have to be faked. 🔴 The flight data Publicly available flight tracking data recorded the aircraft suddenly dropping roughly 14,000 feet in around 30 seconds, followed by further erratic changes in altitude. This isn't somebody's testimony. It's data transmitted by the aircraft and recorded independently. 🔴 The emergency codes The aircraft transmitted 7700, the international code for a general emergency. It then switched to 7500, the internationally recognised code for unlawful interference or hijacking. Again, this was recorded independently while the incident was actually unfolding. 🔴 There were 182 people on board Saudi authorities say there were 174 passengers and 8 crew members aboard the aircraft. So this wasn't an incident supposedly witnessed by two or three carefully selected people. There was an entire passenger aircraft full of witnesses. 🔴 There is footage from inside the aircraft Passengers had phones. Multiple recordings from inside the aircraft have emerged showing the chaos, frightened passengers and the aftermath of what happened. No, that doesn't mean literally every one of the 174 passengers was filming. But you're dealing with a packed commercial aircraft in 2026. There were a huge number of independent witnesses capable of recording and describing what they saw. 🔴 People on board have given accounts of what happened Passengers have publicly described the aircraft suddenly losing control and people near the front moving towards the cockpit. These aren't simply statements being issued by the Israeli government after the event. 🔴 The pilots were injured The captain was taken to hospital in Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities confirmed that members of the flight crew had been injured. 🔴 The aircraft diverted to Saudi Arabia The flight didn't land in Israel where Israeli authorities could supposedly control the entire aftermath. It made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Saudi authorities dealt with the aircraft, passengers and crew and opened their own investigation. 🔴 The UAE is investigating it as well The United Arab Emirates formed a specialised prosecution team to establish exactly what happened and whether there was a terrorist motive, prior planning or outside direction. So now this supposed Israeli “false flag” would apparently also have to fool or involve the UAE authorities investigating their own airline. 🔴 Saudi Arabia is independently investigating Saudi Arabia's National Transport Safety Center launched its own aviation safety investigation and began collecting evidence relating to the emergency landing. Again, this isn't an Israeli investigation. So think about what the “false flag” theory actually requires. You would have to explain away the flight tracking data, the 7700 emergency code, the 7500 unlawful-interference code, the violent altitude changes, injured crew, passenger witnesses, onboard footage, the emergency diversion to Saudi Arabia, and separate investigations by Saudi Arabia and the UAE. So shouting “false flag” or “goy slop” in response to evidence you don't want to deal with is pretty much the peak of brain-cell non-activity.
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It has come to my attention that the vast majority of the population gets it aviation knowledge only from movies.
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Melbourne is being hit hard by the first of three days of wet weather. More than a month's worth of rain is expected and it's causing mayhem on the roads. @BlakeJohnson
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End of an era as Qantas begins retiring the B737-800s today. VH-VXP is the first to go and her last day takes her through SYD-BNE-SYD-ADL-SYD-MEL. Last sector will be QF479 SYD-MEL with ETA at 7:50pm! 📷Jetphotos/Ali G
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It’s incredibly unclear (currently) what exactly happened onboard this Dubai-Tel-Aviv flight, and given the geopolitical environment, treat fast assumptions with caution. We know the aircraft did descend more than 14,000 ft in under 30 seconds (terrifying for pax), but unclear if a ‘struggle’ in cockpit took place between pilots only, or if cockpit door was opened mid-flight for pax involvement, etc?
Israel-bound flight diverted after fight between pilots bbc.in/4z6SCqA
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The copilot stabbed the pilot in an attempt to hijack the plane until passengers stormed the cockpit and subdued him. The plane plummeted over 17000 feet during the attack and other pilots who were passengers on the plane took control and landed it. cnn.com/2026/09/30/wor… jpost.com/international/… msn.com/en-us/news/oth…
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🚨🇦🇪🇮🇱 FlyDubai TERROR: "He took a knife and tried to KILL the pilot." A passenger's mother recounts the screaming and fear on board as people thought they were going down. In a VIOLENT fight mid-air, one of the pilots was stabbed and seriously injured as the other allegedly tried to CRASH the plane. Israel is now treating the incident as a potential TERROR ATTACK. Writer: Bri
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This video of the flight from Dubai plunging as the co-pilot appears to have tried to crash it is chilling. There were 174 passengers headed to Tel Aviv including 27 children. You can hear the kids scream. Thank goodness for the heroes on board.
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BREAKING: Footage of the pilot who was stabbed from inside the Flydubai aircraft cockpit. The video appears to be authentic as one of the passengers has the same shirt as earlier verified photos. xitter.cf/aviationbrk/status/210…
Photos are circulating reportedly of a passenger who, along with other passengers, managed to subdue one of the pilots on board Flydubai flight FZ1073. An Israeli official said there was suspicion that one pilot may have tried to crash the aircraft before the other pilot, with help from Israeli passengers, managed to subdue him. Flight-tracking data from Flightradar24 showed the aircraft rapidly descending from about 34,000 feet to 14,000 feet, at one point displaying an instantaneous descent rate of about 30,976 feet per minute. Flydubai confirmed that Flight FZ1073 from Dubai International Airport to Ben Gurion Airport experienced an “inflight incident” and landed safely in Tabuk. “All passengers are safe and being looked after,” the airline said, adding that it was cooperating with the relevant authorities and would provide further updates as information was verified. xitter.cf/aviationbrk/status/210…
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