Wednesday, March 25, 2015
BREAKING NEWS UPDATING SITUATION OF CRASHED BOEING 320 IN FRANCE
BBC posted picture of damaged Black Box, and NBC announced that 2 Americans probably are in the list of people on board the aircraft.
RUSSIA - Russia Tries, and Fails, to Stop UN Same-Sex Staff From Getting Benefits
Russia has failed in a bid to stop the United Nations extending staff benefits to all same-sex couples after a UN General Assembly budget committee voted 80 to 43 against the proposal. There were 37 abstentions and 33 countries did not vote on Tuesday.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in July that the United Nations would recognize all same-sex marriages of its staff, allowing them to receive UN benefits. Previously, staff members' personal status was determined by the laws of their country of nationality. But the United Nations now recognizes all same-sex couples married in a country where it is legal, regardless of their nationality. Russia wanted the 193-member General Assembly Fifth Committee, which deals with the UN budget, to overturn Ban's decision and had been threatening to put the measure to a vote since December.
Read article HERE
INC News, 25/03/2015 - via Moscow Times
RUSSIA - Confirmation of what on web: Russian UTair Passenger Plane Makes Emergency Landing in St. Petersburg
A Russian airline UTair plane, carrying 78 passengers plus crew, made an emergency landing at the main airport in St. Petersburg on Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the company said one of its Boeing 737 airplanes had requested an emergency landing at Pulkovo Airport earlier on Wednesday. A Russian aviation source said one of the plane's engines had failed and that the plane had been due to land at 12:25 p.m. (0925 GMT) Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry refused immediate comment.
INC News, 25/03/2015 - via Moscow Times
BREAKING NEWS FROM ENGLAND ON BOEING CRASHED - BREAKING NEWS FROM ENGLAND ON BOEING CRASHED
Secondo fonti del Foreign Office Britannico,
tre dei passeggeri periti nell'incidente aereo di ieri in Francia
sono Inglesi.
RUSSIA - Che sta succedendo all'aviazione civile? Plane with failed engine emergency landing in St Petersburg, 78 onboard
A Boeing 737 plane has made an emergency landing in St Petersburg due to an engine failure. The UTair plane was carrying 78 passengers and an unspecified number of crewmembers. Utair has confirmed that its plane, Flight UT369, flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, made an emergency landing at the city's Pulkovo airport. The plane made the emergency landing "after the transmitter went off, signaling the right engine’s failure,” a source told RIA Novosti news agency. The jet landed at about 12:35 pm Moscow time (9:35 am GMT).
INC News, 25/03/2015 - via RT
Disastro aereo: i primi soccorritori sul luogo dell'incidente - Germanwings: lo schianto al simulatore
Le prime immagini dei soccorritori tra i rottami nei pressi di Barcellonette, luogo dello schianto del volo Airbus A320. Dall'alto visibile anche le la fusoliera dell'aereo Germanwings. A bordo c'erano 67 cittadini tedeschi e 45 spagnoli, tra le vittime ci sarebbero 2 insegnanti e 16 studenti del liceo Joseph Koenig del paesino tedesco di Haltern Am See, vicino a Dusseldorf.
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