Section: Africa&ME
Missing flight is 3rd Malaysia-linked incident
AP JAKARTA, Indonesia — An AirAsia flight with 162 people aboard disappeared Saturday on the way from Indonesia to Singapore. It’s a third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here’s a look at the two other disasters and the latest missing flight. ___ MH370 The disappearance of Malaysia...
Officials: AirAsia flight carrying 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore missing
An AirAsia flight with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, Indonesian officials said.Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control...
AirAsia plane missing with 162 on board
AirAsia flight loses contact with air traffic control after pilots ask to change course to avoid bad weather ||| Jakarta – An AirAsia flight with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore,...
AirAsia flight carrying 162 people from Indonesia to Singapore missing – officials
By Chris Nusatya and Randy Fabi An AirAsia flight with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore, Indonesian officials said. Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with...
No respite after turbulent 2014
2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. ||| New York – From financial crisis in Russia to cyber warfare with North Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. Almost all of the major confrontations, such as the...
AirAsia flight missing with 162 on board
AirAsia flight with 162 people on board loses contact with air traffic control after pilots ask to change course to avoid bad weather ||| Jakarta – An AirAsia flight with 162 people on board lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather during a flight from the Indonesian city...
No respite expected after turbulent 2014
2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. ||| New York – From financial crisis in Russia to cyber warfare with North Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. Almost all of the major confrontations, such as the...
After turbulent 2014, expect little calm for 2015
By Peter Apps FROM FINANCIAL crisis in Russia to cyber warfare with North Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. Almost all of the major confrontations, such as the battle with Islamic State militants, the West’s stand-off with Russia over Ukraine and the fight against...
Kiev and rebels swap hundreds of captives in peace push
Ukrainian prisoners stand as a militant of the self-proclaimed "People’s Republic of Donetsk" stands guard during a prisoner exchange with Ukraine in the eastern Ukrainian city of Yasinovataya, near Donetsk, on Friday. — AFP KOSTYANTYNIVKA , Ukraine — Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels were on Saturday set t...
Poroshenko hails Ukraine ‘warriors’ freed by rebels
KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Saturday welcomed home as heroes 145 soldiers freed by pro-Russian rebels during the largest prisoner swap of the eight-month separatist war. The Western-backed leader, beaming and wearing a black bomber jacket, walked up to the back cargo bay of a military transport plane that landed at a military...
