Investigations were underway on Thursday (March 26) at two properties linked to the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings Airbus, believed to have flown the plane into a mountain on purpose. In Duesseldorf, lights were on and journalists gathered at an apartment believed to be that of 28-year-old Andreas Lubitz, who was in control of the Airbus A320 and set it on its fatal descent. Prosecutors in the German city said police were searching his home […]
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Co-pilot deliberately crashed Germanwings plane, wasn’t known as terrorist — prosecutor
The co-pilot of the Germanwings airliner that crashed in the French Alps killing all 150 people aboard appears to have brought the A320 Airbus down deliberately, the Marseille prosecutor said on Thursday (March 26). German Andreas Lubitz, 28, left in sole control of the Airbus A320 after the captain left the cockpit, refused to re-open the door and operated a control that sent the plane into its final, fatal descent, the prosecutor Brice Robin told […]
Teenager climbs Hong Kong skyscraper
A German teenager climbed a 700 ft. tall building in Hong Kong without safety equipment.
Visually impaired artist paints using vivid colors
In Texas, United States of America (USA), a man with visual impairment was able to paint using vivid colors and details.
Investigators seek clues into why jet ploughed into French mountainside
By Jean-Francois Rosnoblet SEYNE-LES-ALPES, France Tue Mar 24, 2015 11:13pm EDT (Reuters) – French investigators will sift through wreckage on Wednesday for clues into why a German Airbus ploughed into an Alpine mountainside, killing all 150 people on board including 16 schoolchildren returning from an exchange trip to Spain. The A320 jet operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline was obliterated when it went down in a rugged area of ravines on Tuesday while flying over […]
Bus gets swallowed by large crater in Brazil
A bus fell through a large crater that had formed in a road in northern Brazil and was suddenly carried away by rushing flood water on Monday (March 23). The passengers of the bus were able to escape the doomed bus before it was swallowed up by the massive hole and nobody was hurt. Several of the passengers managed to film the incident and their images were circulating on social media in Brazil. The accident […]
Colorful lanterns light up Baghdad’s sky, signal Iraqis’ hope for peace
Hope was in the air in Baghdad city over the weekend as hundreds of colorful lanterns were released into the sky signaling Iraqis’ wishes for peace and stability in the country. Flying sky lanterns that decorated the evening sky on Saturday (March 21), more than three thousand young men and women flocked to a festival organized by the young group ‘Anummaki’. The festival aimed to signal a sign of support for more than 20,000 troops […]
Thousands evacuated after unexploded World War Two bomb found in London
British army bomb disposal experts were on Tuesday (March 24) working to make safe a massive unexploded World War Two bomb discovered on a central London building site, police said. The 1000 lb (454 kilos) explosive measured five feet (1.5 meters) long and had a tail fin was discovered during construction work on Monday (March 23). Over a thousand residents were evacuated from within a 200-metre safety cordon around the Bermondsey site, with many offered […]
Giant New Jersey sinkhole forces home evacuations
A 20-foot deep sinkhole forced the evacuation on Tuesday (March 24) of four New Jersey homes after crumbling part of a roadway and swallowing up a car, police said. An underground water main break likely caused the hole to form suddenly in a residential area of South Amboy, New Jersey, a city about 20 miles south of Newark, the South Amboy Police Department said in a statement. There were no reported injuries and no homes […]
Duesseldorf airport spokesman says Airbus crash “black day” for German air transport
Spokesmen for Duesseldorf airport and for Lufthansa said on Tuesday (March 24) that it was a “black day” German air traffic after an Airbus operated by Lufthansa’s Germanwings budget airline crashed in a remote snowy area of the French Alps on Tuesday and all 150 on board were feared dead. Germanwings confirmed its flight 4U9525 from Barcelona to Duesseldorf crashed in the French Alps with 144 passengers and six crew members on board. Officials said […]
OFWs return from Libya
As tensions continue to rise in Libya, 164 more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) were repatriated from the said country via Tunisia.
Crackdown in Malaysia kills 3 Filipino teenagers
Malaysia conducted a crackdown against undocumented individuals in Sabah wherein three Filipino teenagers were killed.
