Forensic experts from Australia and Singapore will join their Indonesian counterparts in identifying the remains of the passengers of the ill-fated Air Asia flight.
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Families of Air Asia passengers grieve as rescuers find bodies and wreckage off the coast of Borneo
(Reuters) — Families of passengers on board missing Air Asia flight struggled to cope with their grief on Tuesday (December 30), after rescuers found wreckage and bodies in the sea off the coast of Borneo. Indonesia AirAsia’s flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air traffic control early on Sunday (December 28) during bad weather on a flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore. Indonesia’s search and rescue agency confirmed the debris was […]
Search for missing AirAsia flight intensifies
The search for the missing AirAsia flight intensifies as many countries send help to the search operations, including Malaysia, Australia and Singapore.
Debris suspected part of missing AirAsia flight
Two large debris floating in the Java Sea were suspected as parts of the missing AirAsia flight.
AirAsia promises to help passengers’ families to visit site of incident
Indonesian airline AirAsia promised to take to the search site the family members of the passengers’ families of the ill-fated flight.
40 bodies recovered off the coast of Borneo, presumed to be from missing AirAsia flight
(Reuters) — Search and rescue teams carried debris, presumed to be from missing Air Asia flight QZ8501, onto land from a helicopter on Tuesday (December 30) evening. Indonesian rescuers searching for the missing plane, carrying 162 people, pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of Borneo on Tuesday. The navy said 40 bodies had been recovered as dusk fell. The plane has yet to be found and there was no word on […]
Wider search for missing AirAsia flight
A wider search area was proposed for the missing AirAsia Flight UC8501, with Indonesia asking help from the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Indonesia says search still on for missing Airbus, 162 passengers on board
The search resumed Monday for the missing Air Asia flight Q8501 from Indonesia with 162 passengers on board, as families turn to prayer for their loved ones who went missing along with the plane. Indonesia’s Air Transportation Department on Sunday (December 28) said the search was still on for missing Air Asia flight Q8501 and that nothing had been found of the plane so far. The plane lost contact with Indonesian air traffic controllers after […]
Hippo jumps from moving truck in Taiwan, startles locals
(Reuters) — A hippo being transported on a truck in South Taiwan’s Miaoli County on Friday (December 26) jumped out of the vehicle, and broke its leg and tooth, being left stranded on the street for hours before being rescued, local media reported. The hippo jumped through the window of the moving truck and hit a parked car before falling on the ground, local media said. Footage aired on FTV, a local broadcaster, showed the […]
Former HK chief secretary convicted for corruption
Former Hong Kong chief secretary Rafael Hui was sentenced by Hong Kong’s High Court on Tuesday to seven-and-a-half years for corruption and misconduct. Hui was ordered to pay the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government a fine of 11.182 million H.K. dollars (about 1.437 million U.S. dollars). Hui was convicted on five counts of misconduct and corruption, which makes him the highest-ranking official in Hong Kong’s history to be found guilty of taking bribes. […]
Cyber attack of NoKor is not an Act of War – Obama
United States President Barack Obama said that the massive hacking of Sony Pictures was “not an act of war” on North Korea which it suspected for hacking the controversial movie, “The Interview.” For several years now, North Korea has been on the radar of the U.S. long been on the wrong side of the United States. Whatever tension there was between the two has just become more severe. The recent massive hacking of movie giant, […]
North Korea suffers Internet outage, hacking may be to blame, says U.S. expert
(Reuters) – North Korea experienced Internet outages on Monday, a U.S. company that monitors Internet infrastructure said, adding that the reason for the problems was not known. “For the past 24 hours North Korea’s connectivity to the outside world has been progressively getting degraded to the point now that they are totally offline,” said Doug Madory, director of Internet analysis at New Hampshire-based Dyn Research. “There’s either a benign explanation – their routers are perhaps […]
