The Latest Breaking News from Pacific Ocean

Passengers onboard United Airlines Flight 1722 from Kahului Airport in Maui, Hawaii to San Francisco, US, were left terrified after the aircraft dropped just 71 seconds into the flight

A United Airlines flight departing Hawaii for California in December plunged more than 1,000 feet right after takeoff — nearly into the Pacific Ocean, according to flight data.

Plane heading for San Francisco took steep dive shortly after takeoff in dramatic incident in mid-December

Residents of New Zealand's biggest city were urged on Sunday to prepare for the impact of a storm that buffeted Australia's Norfolk Island overnight.

Cyclone Gabrielle, headed for New Zealand, brought destructive winds to Australia's Norfolk Island on Saturday as it closed in on the tiny external territory in the Pacific Ocean.

An unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile has been launched from California to test the defense system, the US Air Force Global Strike Command said. The Minuteman III missile lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:01 p.m. Thursday and its reentry vehicle traveled about 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) over the…

New Zealand says seizure of more than three tonnes of cocaine is the country’s largest drugs seizure

It marks the country’s biggest-ever drugs seizure, and is thought to be enough to supply all of Australia for a whole year

New Zealand police have found more than 3 tons of cocaine floating in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean after it was dropped there by an international drug-smuggling syndicate

New Zealand authorities believes 3.2 tonnes of cocaine floating at sea was bound for Australia.

Authorities say the haul, which is the largest seizure of illicit drugs made by the country’s law enforcement, was destined for Australia