Boeing insists on 737 Max safety amid widespread groundings

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:22:02 +0000

Boeing insists on 737 Max safety amid widespread groundings

JAKARTA — Boeing is insisting that its 737 Max planes are safe, despite the increasing number of countries that are prohibiting them from flying, following an Ethiopian Airlines crash in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday.

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Wife blows herself, children up after suspected terrorist husband’s arrest—police

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:19:16 +0000

Wife blows herself, children up after suspected terrorist husband’s arrest—police

The National Police have said the wife and children of suspected terrorist Husein, aka Abu Hamzah, blew themselves up early on Wednesday in the family’s residence in Sibolga, North Sumatra, following Husein’s arrest.

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Fire leaves 450 families homeless in Quezon City

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:29:23 +0000

FIRE hit a residential area in Quezon City on Monday, damaging 150 homes made of light materials and leaving 450 families homeless, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) said. The…READ

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DFA checks for Filipinos on board crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:13:04 +0000

THE Department Foreign Affairs (DFA) directed the Philippine embassies in Cairo and Nairobi to determine if there were Filipinos on board the Ethiopian Airlines, which crashed on Sunday morning shortly…READ

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UPDATE: No survivors from crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:58:52 +0000

ADDIS ABABA: There were no survivors among the 149 passengers and eight crew on board a Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopian Airlines said Sunday. “The group…READ

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Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashes with 157 aboard

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 09:11:50 +0000

NAIROBI: An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed Sunday morning en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi with 149 passengers and eight crew believed to be on board, Ethiopian Airlines said,…READ

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Fire hits Quezon City, Makati residential areas

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:37:41 +0000

FOUR people were injured and about 30 families were displaced as fires hit Quezon City and Makati, police said on Tuesday. The fire in San Antonio, Quezon City started at 10 a.m….READ

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Dramatic increase in 2018 airline fatalities offset by improvements in accident rates — IATA

Credit to Author: jbalboa| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 13:16:19 +0000

Dramatic increase in 2018 airline fatalities offset by improvements in accident rates — IATA

2018 saw the number of airline-related fatalities spike sharply with 11 accidents killing 523 passengers and crew, according to a new report.

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