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Lion Air crash report faults Boeing, pilots, maintenance
Associated Press, Published on 25/10/2019
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian investigation found a Lion Air flight that crashed and killed 189 people a year ago was doomed by a combination of aircraft design flaws, inadequate training and maintenance problems.
Navy warplane down from US carrier
Associated Press, Published on 12/11/2018
» TOKYO: A US Navy warplane based on the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan has crashed into the sea northeast of the Philippines, but its two aviators were safely rescued.
Indonesian airline whose plane crashed a low-cost high flyer
Associated Press, Published on 29/10/2018
» Lion Air, the airline whose plane crashed early Monday while traveling from Jakarta to an island off Indonesia's Sumatra with 189 people on board, is a fast-growing low cost airline with a mixed safety record.
Chopper crashes on US warship in Asia
Associated Press, Published on 19/10/2018
» TOKYO: A US Navy helicopter crashed on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier on Friday, causing non-fatal injuries to sailors, the Navy said.
Four dead after Maryland warehouse shooting
Associated Press, Published on 21/09/2018
» ABERDEEN, Maryland: A woman working a temporary job at a drugstore warehouse in Maryland got into an argument at work Thursday morning and began shooting colleagues, killing three before fatally turning the gun on herself, authorities and witnesses said.
Catholic priest says life in danger for criticising Duterte
Associated Press, Published on 27/08/2018
» MANILA: A Roman Catholic priest who was one of the earliest critics of the Philippine president's deadly crackdown on drugs has gone into hiding due to what he says were signs he's being targeted by motorcycle-riding hitmen.
Waste landslide at Myanmar jade mining site kills 14
Associated Press, Published on 04/05/2018
» A landslide of a mound of mining waste has killed at least 14 people in northern Myanmar's jade mining region.
Indonesia bootleg alcohol deaths exceed 100
Associated Press, Published on 11/04/2018
» JAKARTA: Deaths from drinking toxic bootleg alcohol in Indonesia have exceeded 100 this month, police said Wednesday as they vowed a “scorched earth” crackdown on the makers and distributors of black-market liquor.
Iranian rescuers find wreckage from plane crash
Associated Press, Published on 19/02/2018
» TEHRAN: Iranian search and rescue teams on Monday reached the site of a plane crash that authorities say killed all 65 people on board, Iran's Press TV reported.
Restored Iran plane crashes, kills 65
Associated Press, Published on 19/02/2018
» TEHRAN: An Iranian commercial airplane brought back into service only months ago after being grounded for seven years crashed Sunday in a foggy, mountainous region of southern Iran, and officials said they feared all 65 people on board were killed.