Section: Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia)
Pentagon study claimed Putin has Asperger’s syndrome
WASHINGTON: A Pentagon study from 2008 claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has Asperger’s syndrome, giving him a need to exert “extreme control” when faced with crises, according to the report released Thursday. Experts studying his movements and facial expressions in video footage theorized Putin’s neurological development...
ICAO confident Russia will back post-MH17 air safety plan
MONTREAL: United Nations aviation officials sought on Wednesday to allay Russian concerns about a plan to help airlines anticipate risks from conflict zones, as they seek to prevent another disaster like last year’s downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Russia called on Tuesday for more time to discuss the plan to set up a global...
A year of high-profile plane crashes
PARIS: A TransAsia Airways plane crashed into a river outside the Taiwanese capital Taipei Wednesday, leaving at least 22 dead, the latest high-profile accident this year, especially in Asia. Despite several headline-grabbing crashes, 2014 continued a long-term trend of improving air safety, online accident database Aviation Safety Network said...
TransAsia plane crashes into Taiwan river
TAIPEI: At least nine people were killed and dozens were unaccounted for after a Taiwanese TransAsia Airways plane with 58 passengers and crew on board crash-landed in a Taipei river on Wednesday, officials and domestic media said. Dramatic pictures taken by a motorist and posted on Twitter showed the plane cartwheeling over a motorway close to...
UN proceeds with conflict zone flight plan despite Russian doubts
MONTREAL: The United Nations aviation agency said at a major safety conference on Tuesday it will press ahead with plans to establish a warning system for airlines on conflict zone risks despite reservations from Russia. Aviation officials also rallied behind a plan to track commercial aircraft in a twin response to several Malaysian airline...
Aviation body to disseminate data on war zone risks to flights
MONTREAL: The International Civil Aviation Organization said Tuesday it plans to collect all data on flight risks over conflict zones and disseminate this information to airlines, despite reservations from Russia. The measure is a response to the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 last July after being shot down over eastern Ukraine. Kiev and...
Russia sparks UN aviation spat over conflict zone plan
MOSCOW: Russia clashed with Europe and the United States on Tuesday over the aviation industry’s response to the downing of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner, calling for a delay in plans to establish a warning system on risks from conflict zones. A senior Russian official told a gathering of the United Nations’ aviation agency that plans...
Search team recovers remains, MH17 wreckage in Ukraine
AMSTERDAM: A Dutch search team recovered human remains and wreckage from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine on Monday, the Dutch government said. The plane was shot down on July 17, killing 298 passengers and crew, two-thirds of them Dutch. Forensics teams in the Netherlands have so far identified 295 victims with...
UN must make conflict zone air risk reporting mandatory
MONTREAL: Malaysia, which suffered two commercial air disasters last year after one jet disappeared and another was shot down over Ukraine, said on Monday the United Nations must make reporting of risks to airlines over conflict zones mandatory. The International Civil Aviation Organization, the UN’s aviation agency, been under pressure to...
Aviation leaders seek new safety mandate after deadly 2014
MONTREAL: Aviation leaders will try to secure a mandate to implement new safety standards when they meet next week after a string of high-profile accidents around the world made 2014 the deadliest year for commercial airlines in almost a decade. Efforts to adopt new standards for global plane tracking and co-operation on the risks of flying over...
