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AirAsia Flight 8501: Bad weather hobbles Indonesia jet recovery; 7 bodies found
Officers of the National Search And Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) carry a body of one of the victims on board the ill-fated AirAsia Flight 8501, from a helicopter upon arrival at the airport in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, on Wednesday. (Source: AP photo) Bad weather hindered efforts to recover victims of AirAsia Flight 8501 Wednesday, and sent wreckage...
More planes in air, more ships in sea as search for missing AirAsia flight widens
More planes will be in the air and more ships on the sea Tuesday hunting for AirAsia Flight 8501 in a widening search off Indonesia that has dragged into a third day without any solid leads. At least 30 ships, 15 aircraft and seven helicopters were looking for the jet carrying 162 people, said Indonesia’s Search and Rescue Agency chief...
Missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501’s request to change course was denied
elatives and next-of-kin of passengers on the AirAsia flight QZ8501 wait, some in tears while others in prayer, for the latest news on the search of the missing jetliner at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. (Source: PTI) The pilots sought permission to climb above threatening clouds. Air...
What might have happened to missing AirAsia flight QZ8501
A military personnel points to a map of Indonesia at the crisis center set up by local authorities in search of the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Monday, Dec. 29, 2014. (Source: AP) Rescue crews are searching Indonesian waters for AirAsia Indonesia Flight 8501, which disappeared...
LIVE: Search expands for missing AirAsia QZ8501flight
The search for a missing AirAsia jet carrying 162 people that disappeared more than 24 hours ago on a flight from Indonesia to Singapore expanded Monday with planes and ships from several countries taking part. First Admiral Sigit Setiayana, the Naval Aviation Center commander at the Surabaya air force base, said that 12 navy ships, five planes,...
AirAsia QZ8501: Missing flight is 3rd Malaysia-linked air incident
The disappearance on Sunday of AirAsia Flight 8501 was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here’s a look at the two other disasters, as well as the latest missing flight, which went missing with 162 people aboard less than an hour after taking off from Surabaya, Indonesia, for...
Ukraine truce hangs in balance after ‘difficult’ talks
The much-anticipated talks on a settlement of the Ukrainian crisis began in the capital of Belarus on Wednesday. (Source: AP Photos) The latest push for peace in Ukraine appeared moribund today after initial talks failed to agree when the warring sides should meet again to try ending their eight-month conflict. Negotiations mediated by European...
Vladimir Putin: West is trying to ‘defang’ the Russian bear
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. (Source: AP) President Vladimir Putin vowed Thursday to fix Russia’s economic woes within two years by diversifying away from its heavy reliance on oil and gas and voiced confidence that the plummeting ruble will soon...
80 per cent back Putin even as ruble falls: poll
In this Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 file photo people walk past a huge Christmas tree installed in Red Square, with St. Basil Cathedral. (Source: AP Photo/Misha Japaridze, File) From a Western perspective, Vladimir Putin’s days as president of Russia should be numbered: The ruble has lost more than half its value, the economy is in crisis and...
Russian Ruble is mixed after Tuesday’s collapse
Office employees take a break near the skyscrapers of the “Moscow City” in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. The Russian ruble came under intense selling pressure Tuesday, falling at one point by a catastrophic 20 percent to a new historic low despite a massive pre-dawn interest rate hike from Russia’s Central Bank. Russian officials...
