The Editorial Team

Lauren McMahMorning homepage editor

Lauren has been a journalist for more than a decade, since graduating with a degree in communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. After completing her cadetship with NewsCorp, she worked at several of Sydney’s NewsLocal newspapers and as a senior reporter at mX, covering everything from national news and politics to travel, lifestyle and entertainment. She joined news.com.au as a news reporter in 2016, and is now the site’s Afternoon Homepage Editor.

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Travel Incidents

Dashcam footage of Essendon DFO crash scene where wheels can be seen to be down. Supplied

Simple mistake behind deadly crash

A SIMPLE pre-flight check could have averted the tragic Essendon DFO plane crash, investigators have found.

Travel Updates

An inquest will be held to examine the 15-year-old's death.

Millionaire’s daughter dies after airport meal

NATASHA Ednan-Laperouse ordered a sandwich at Heathrow Airport before her flight to Nice. It would be her tragic last meal.

Travel Money

Charging members of the same family to sit together is one way airlines have made money off passengers.

Sneaky ways airlines get us to pay more

AIRLINES have found new ways to slug us with extra fees. And this is the extraordinary amount of money they’re earning from it.

Travel Stories

Social media star Harimao Lee's first class photo has received mixed reviews.

Instagrammer mocked for photo

WHEN influencer Harimao Lee uploaded this stunning mid-flight snap, she probably didn’t expect the massive attention it would get.

Travel Stories

Model ‘massacred’ by hotel bedbugs

THIS Victoria’s Secret model was out of work for months after she was ravaged by bed bugs while at a California hotel.

Travel Updates

Virgin Australia airlines Boeing 737-800 boarding at Melbourne airport

5m from the edge: How pilots saved flight 134

THE flight from Sydney touched down in NZ and began to slide. And with the end of the runway fast approaching, it was not stopping.

Flights

31/07/2017. People queue outside the terminal due to Increased delays at Sydney domestic airport as travellers are warned to arrive two hours earlier for flights because of Òadditional scrutinyÓ after authorities foiled a terrorist plot to bring down an aircraft using an improvised device over the weekend. Britta Campion / The Australian

Is this the solution to airport congestion?

A BOLD change at Australia’s biggest airport could ease congestion and make travelling easier for everyone — but there’s a catch.

Travel Updates

British tourists Shona Cox and Vicki Albone were arrested in Greece after a prank went wrong. Picture: SWNS/Mega

Tourists held as prank ‘backfires’

THESE friends were on their first overseas holiday when they decided to play a harmless prank on some locals. It did not end well.

Travel Stories

Locals in popular destinations such as Thailand and Bali can be sensitive to inappropriate clothes worn by foreigners.

How Aussies mess up in Thailand

WHEN it comes to tourist behaviour in one of our favourite holiday spots, an Aussie expat who’s lived there for a decade has seen it all.

Health & Safety

Travellers have been warned about six common holiday scams putting them at risk.

Biggest scams putting travellers at risk

THESE are the scams ripping off thousands of travellers, and what you can do to make sure you’re not the next victim.

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