Mid-flight fires are behind a new airline ban on power banks for mobile phones. Qantas, Jetstar, and Virgin are all cracking down to reduce the risk of an aviation disaster. @BlakeJohnson

Australia’s airlines are uniting against power banks on planes and banning their use amid a startling rise in the tech catching fire. 📌 MORE: https://t.co/IZOzFG8q6R @BlakeJohnson #powerbank #portablecharger #qantas #virgin #flights

In its preliminary report, Hong Kong’s AAIA notes that the airACT 747’s number 4 engine advanced to maximum thrust after landing before the aircraft veered off the runway, striking a security vehicle. https://t.co/xFzm0vcMck

In this country, you can only govern by winning the centre, which in some states now sits to the left. Some conservatives understand this, especially at a state level. Meanwhile, federally, some still long for an Australia that exists only in their own nostalgic reruns, a

A man who killed his ex-girlfriend and tried to frame it as a suicide has been jailed for 28 years. Hannah McGuire's family and friends filled the Ballarat courtroom to watch as Lachlan Young was sentenced for a cold and calculated murder. @BlakeJohnson

There are landing videos... and then there's this one. A super long landing with a noticeably higher approach speed than normal. Earlier today, new footage captured the final moments of the Embraer ERJ-145 that crashed while landing at Kolwezi Airport in the DRC. The ERJ-145LR,

Initial reports being received of an aircraft crash at Kolwezi Airport (KWZ) of Lualaba District in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The aircraft was carrying the national Minister of Mines and his delegation. #aircraft

Federation Square is under investigation for its handling of a rock concert that had to be shut down because of a dangerous crowd crush. Frustrated fans jumped fences, overwhelming security guards to see AC/DC's support act, Amyl and the Sniffers. @BlakeJohnson

Firefighters are sounding the alarm ahead of summer, anxious about the amount of dry grass in Melbourne’s outer suburbs. Recent rain has caused a surge in grass growth, likely to become potential fire fuel in the next few weeks. @BlakeJohnson

there’s ai slop and there’s ai kino. this is ai kino.

One of Melbourne’s oldest hotels has been transformed into a seven-storey super pub. It will still serve beer when it reopens tomorrow, but the Waterside Hotel has completed a remarkable transformation. @BlakeJohnson

Federal politicians have been caught up in a mid-air scare when smoke filled the cockpit of their QantasLink flight to Canberra. The emergency unfolded seconds after take-off from Adelaide, with the pilot calling for urgent assistance. @BlakeJohnson

This is as close as it gets when comparing close calls

🇦🇺🇮🇩How much do Aussies love Bali? From April 2026, Jetstar will operate 101 weekly flights from Australia to Bali. That's up to 16 per day from 11 Australian airports. In total, we're counting 227 weekly flights, up to 35 per day!

An NTSB recorder specialist closely examines the circuit card assembly from the cockpit flight recorder recovered from the UPS MD-11 freighter that crashed Tuesday. The assembly contains the memory protected by the recorder's crash-survivable design. The work was performed in the

🔴✈️Qantas's 1st A350-1000ULR is alive! Assembly of the fuselage, tail, wings & landing gear has been completed, next stop engines! See the dramatic footage of it coming together in Toulouse in 90 seconds (sound on!) 😍

Our first @Airbus A350-1000ULR (Ultra Long Range) aircraft is now on the final assembly line in Toulouse! 😍 This marks a significant step in #ProjectSunrise, which will conquer the final frontier of long-haul travel with non-stop flights between Australia's east coast and

A power bank exploded in a man's pocket inside the Qantas International Business Lounge at Melbourne Airport, burning his fingers and legs and forcing the evacuation of 150 people due to acrid smoke. @BlakeJohnson

Just how crazy is Australia-Bali demand? 🟠Over the last year Jetstar filled 113,150 of 114,429 additional seats → 99% incremental load factor! 🟠Compared to pre-pandemic? They've filled 440,570 of 464,900 additional seats → incremental load factor of 95%!

THANK YOU MELBOURNE 🇦🇺 #oasislive25