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NEW YORK, April 10, 2024 (AFP) – Federal aviation authorities are investigating claims by a Boeing engineer that the 787 Dreamliner suffers from assembly defects that threaten safety, US officials said Tuesday. Attorneys for the whistleblower, Sam Salehpour, accuse the company of putting profit over safety — and retaliating against him after he raised concerns by “involuntarily” transferring him to the 777 program. At the 777 program, he raised more issues, for which his attorneys […]
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, Oct 29, 2023 (AFP) – Kazakhstan held nationwide mourning on Sunday after 42 people died in a blaze at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst accident in the Central Asian country’s post-Soviet history. The tragedy, which struck at the Kostenko coal mine in the Karaganda region Saturday, came after a series of deadly incidents at ArcelorMittal mines and has prompted the nationalisation of the company’s local affiliate. “As of 3 pm (0900 GMT) the […]
Paris, France (AFP) French carrier Air France has suspended two pilots after a heated disagreement in which “inappropriate gestures were exchanged” in the cockpit of a Geneva-Paris flight in June, the company said Monday. “Following an argument between the two pilots at the controls of an Airbus A320… inappropriate gestures were exchanged,” Air France said. “The pilots involved are currently suspended from flying and awaiting a managerial decision about how to deal with the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine National Police Chief Guillermo Eleazar has ordered the regular conduct of gun safety and marksmanship training for all police uniformed personnel. Eleazar gave the order as he noted the responsibility that should be instilled in each police personnel who carry service firearms everyday. He said his order was also to part of continuous efforts to further improve the PNP’s operational capability and to professionalize the organization. He noted the standard on […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities escorted a a distressed vessel off Surigao City to safety, the Philippine Coast Guard said on Friday, July 23. According to the PCG, it dispatched a Deployable Response Group to search for MV Vince Gabriel, which had reported seawater entering its deck. The PCG said the vessel carrying 57 people had left Dapa Port, Surigao del Norte for Surigao Baseport, Surigao City, but, while off Hinatuan Island, encountered huge waves and […]
by Marlowe HOOD Agence France Presse Doctors from major hospitals in England sounded an alarm on Wednesday over a fivefold increase in the number of young children requiring medical treatment after swallowing magnets from toys. Nearly half of these kids aged four months and up required surgery to remove the magnets, often followed by complications, they reported in a research letter published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, a medical journal. From 2016 […]
by Marc BURLEIGH / Esteban ROJAS CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — President Nicolas Maduro blamed “terrorists” for a new, near-nationwide blackout that gripped Venezuela Tuesday, two weeks after a similar outage caused deaths and chaos. In a statement on Twitter, Maduro said a deliberately set “large-scale fire” hit facilities around the Guri hydroelectric plant in the south of the country that supplies power to 80 percent of Venezuela’s 30 million inhabitants. Another operation by “criminal hands” […]
by Luc OLINGA NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Boeing has flown test flights of its 737 MAX to evaluate a fix for the system targeted as a potential cause of two deadly plane crashes, two sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The aviation giant, which has been under fire and has seen its flagship narrow-body planes grounded since March 13, tested the system upgrade on Monday, two days after pilots from American and […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s drug regulator said it has launched a nationwide inspection of vaccine production as authorities step up the response to a fraud case that has re-ignited public fears over the safety of the country’s medicines. The State Drug Administration (SDA) said in an announcement issued late Wednesday that it had dispatched inspection teams “to thoroughly investigate the whole process and entire chain of vaccine production of all vaccine producers”. The […]
(Eagle News) — Isinusulong ng grupong pinangungunahan ni Atty. Ariel Inton ang personal passenger insurance para sa mga pasahero at driver ng tricycle. Paliwanag ni Inton, marami nang naitatalang aksidenteng kinasasangkutan ng tricycle pero wala naman itong insurance. Kahit mayroon aniya silang third-party liability, hindi naman kasama dito ang coverage para sa kaligtasan ng mga pasahero. “Sa isang pasahero po na sumasakay sa tricycle, pero never pong naisip na oo nga pala,wala nga pala tayong […]
(Eagle News) — Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III assured the public that there will be no violation of privacy and other rights even if the National Identification system is put into law. The proposed measure to be known as the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) aims to issue permanent identification cards for all Filipinos even those who are abroad. Sotto said the public should not worry if the bill is enacted into law since Congress […]
It’s Fire Prevention Month! Here are a few tips on how to prevent fire incidents in your area. In case of fire, try these pieces of advice as well.
