Sunday, January 1, 2017

The 10 most popular Times of Malta stories of 2016

It was a record-breaking year for Times of Malta, with traffic to timesofmalta.com shooting up by around one-third to reach almost 750,000 daily page views.  Readers from all across the world followed news of the Afriqiyah Airways hijack and October's plane crash on this website, and hundreds of thousands learnt of a restaurant balcony collapse, the torching of 220 beehives and a car bomb in Buġibba first through timesofmalta.com.  Our journalists worked around the clock to deliver the timely, accurate and trustworthy reporting synonymous with the Times of Malta brand. Here are the year's 10 most read online stories:  1. Hijacked Libyan plane lands in Malta With almost 500,000 page views and readers clicking through from practically every corner of the globe, no story grabbed readers' attention quite like this one.    2. Aircraft crashes in Luqa Hot on its heels was another aviation-related story, although this one did not end quite as innocuously, with five dead and a backstory shrouded in official secrecy.    3. Balcony at Balluta seaside restaurant collapses Reports that a balcony at the popular Barracuda restaurant had collapsed were soon followed by dozens of eyewitness...

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