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11 Dead or Missing After ATR 42-500 Plane Crashes - Indonesia

A journalist stands near the debris of the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft near the summit of Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 18, 2026. Indonesian rescuers have found one victim from the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft on Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, authorities said on Sunday. The ATR 42-500 aircraft reportedly lost contact over Maros regency in South Sulawesi province. The plane was operating a flight from Yogyakarta to Makassar when communication with air traffic control was cut off on Saturday. According to official data, 10 people were on board the aircraft at the time it lost contact, comprising seven crew members and three passengers. Photo by Muchtamir Zaide/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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11 Dead or Missing After ATR 42-500 Plane Crashes - Indonesia

Rescue team members transfer the debris of the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft near the summit of Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 18, 2026. Indonesian rescuers have found one victim from the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft on Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, authorities said on Sunday. The ATR 42-500 aircraft reportedly lost contact over Maros regency in South Sulawesi province. The plane was operating a flight from Yogyakarta to Makassar when communication with air traffic control was cut off on Saturday. According to official data, 10 people were on board the aircraft at the time it lost contact, comprising seven crew members and three passengers. Photo by Muchtamir Zaide/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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11 Dead or Missing After ATR 42-500 Plane Crashes - Indonesia

Rescue team members stand near the debris of the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft near the summit of Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 18, 2026. Indonesian rescuers have found one victim from the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft on Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, authorities said on Sunday. The ATR 42-500 aircraft reportedly lost contact over Maros regency in South Sulawesi province. The plane was operating a flight from Yogyakarta to Makassar when communication with air traffic control was cut off on Saturday. According to official data, 10 people were on board the aircraft at the time it lost contact, comprising seven crew members and three passengers. Photo by Muchtamir Zaide/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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11 Dead or Missing After ATR 42-500 Plane Crashes - Indonesia

Rescue team members stand near the debris of the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft near the summit of Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 18, 2026. Indonesian rescuers have found one victim from the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft on Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, authorities said on Sunday. The ATR 42-500 aircraft reportedly lost contact over Maros regency in South Sulawesi province. The plane was operating a flight from Yogyakarta to Makassar when communication with air traffic control was cut off on Saturday. According to official data, 10 people were on board the aircraft at the time it lost contact, comprising seven crew members and three passengers. Photo by Muchtamir Zaide/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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11 Dead or Missing After ATR 42-500 Plane Crashes - Indonesia

Rescue team members stand near the debris of the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft near the summit of Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, January 18, 2026. Indonesian rescuers have found one victim from the crashed ATR 42-500 aircraft on Mount Bulusaraung in Pangkep regency, South Sulawesi, authorities said on Sunday. The ATR 42-500 aircraft reportedly lost contact over Maros regency in South Sulawesi province. The plane was operating a flight from Yogyakarta to Makassar when communication with air traffic control was cut off on Saturday. According to official data, 10 people were on board the aircraft at the time it lost contact, comprising seven crew members and three passengers. Photo by Muchtamir Zaide/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Helicopter Crash Wreckage Found In South Kalimantan - Indonesia

- This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search And Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Banjarmasin shows a rescuer transferring the body of a victim to an ambulance after a helicopter crash at Emil Baru village in Tanah Bumbu regency, South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, on Sept. 4, 2025. The wreckage of a helicopter carrying two crew members and six passengers was found in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, Yudhi Bramantyo, operational director of Basarnas, said on Wednesday evening. The helicopter, operated by Eastindo Air, lost contact with air traffic control just eight minutes after taking off from an airport in Kotabaru district in South Kalimantan on Monday. Photo by Basarnas Banjarmasin/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Helicopter Crash Wreckage Found In South Kalimantan - Indonesia

- This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescuers standing near the wreckage of a helicopter in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, Sept. 3, 2025. The wreckage of a helicopter carrying two crew members and six passengers was found in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, an official said Wednesday evening, according to state news agency Antara. The helicopter, operated by Eastindo Air, lost contact with air traffic control just eight minutes after taking off from an airport in Kotabaru district in South Kalimantan on Monday. Photo by BASARNAS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Helicopter Crash Wreckage Found In South Kalimantan - Indonesia

- This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search And Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Banjarmasin shows rescuers transferring the body of a victim to an ambulance after a helicopter crash at Emil Baru village in Tanah Bumbu regency, South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, on Sept. 4, 2025. The wreckage of a helicopter carrying two crew members and six passengers was found in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, Yudhi Bramantyo, operational director of Basarnas, said on Wednesday evening. The helicopter, operated by Eastindo Air, lost contact with air traffic control just eight minutes after taking off from an airport in Kotabaru district in South Kalimantan on Monday. Photo by Basarnas Banjarmasin/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Helicopter Crash Wreckage Found In South Kalimantan - Indonesia

- This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescuers checking the wreckage of a helicopter in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, Sept. 3, 2025. The wreckage of a helicopter carrying two crew members and six passengers was found in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, an official said Wednesday evening, according to state news agency Antara. The helicopter, operated by Eastindo Air, lost contact with air traffic control just eight minutes after taking off from an airport in Kotabaru district in South Kalimantan on Monday. Photo by BASARNAS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Helicopter Crash Wreckage Found In South Kalimantan - Indonesia

- This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescuers standing near the wreckage of a helicopter in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, Sept. 3, 2025. The wreckage of a helicopter carrying two crew members and six passengers was found in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, an official said Wednesday evening, according to state news agency Antara. The helicopter, operated by Eastindo Air, lost contact with air traffic control just eight minutes after taking off from an airport in Kotabaru district in South Kalimantan on Monday. Photo by BASARNAS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Helicopter Crash Wreckage Found In South Kalimantan - Indonesia

- This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) shows the wreckage of a helicopter in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, Sept. 3, 2025. The wreckage of a helicopter carrying two crew members and six passengers was found in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, an official said Wednesday evening, according to state news agency Antara. The helicopter, operated by Eastindo Air, lost contact with air traffic control just eight minutes after taking off from an airport in Kotabaru district in South Kalimantan on Monday. Photo by BASARNAS/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Helicopter Crash Wreckage Found In South Kalimantan - Indonesia

- This photo provided by Indonesia's National Search And Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Banjarmasin shows rescuers transferring the body of a victim to an ambulance after a helicopter crash at Emil Baru village in Tanah Bumbu regency, South Kalimantan province, Indonesia, on Sept. 4, 2025. The wreckage of a helicopter carrying two crew members and six passengers was found in a jungle in Indonesia's South Kalimantan province, Yudhi Bramantyo, operational director of Basarnas, said on Wednesday evening. The helicopter, operated by Eastindo Air, lost contact with air traffic control just eight minutes after taking off from an airport in Kotabaru district in South Kalimantan on Monday. Photo by Basarnas Banjarmasin/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ryanair Press Breakfast - Brussels

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media at NH Hotel Berlaymont on August 27, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, Ryanair, through its President Michael Kevin O'Leary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently reform the failing European air traffic control system and ensure the protection of overflights, after 99 flights were delayed, disrupting 17,800 European passengers, during the first two days (20-21 August) of the 40-day strike at Belgrade air traffic control. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ryanair Press Breakfast - Brussels

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media at NH Hotel Berlaymont on August 27, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, Ryanair, through its President Michael Kevin O'Leary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently reform the failing European air traffic control system and ensure the protection of overflights, after 99 flights were delayed, disrupting 17,800 European passengers, during the first two days (20-21 August) of the 40-day strike at Belgrade air traffic control. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ryanair Press Breakfast - Brussels

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media at NH Hotel Berlaymont on August 27, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, Ryanair, through its President Michael Kevin O'Leary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently reform the failing European air traffic control system and ensure the protection of overflights, after 99 flights were delayed, disrupting 17,800 European passengers, during the first two days (20-21 August) of the 40-day strike at Belgrade air traffic control. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ryanair Press Breakfast - Brussels

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media at NH Hotel Berlaymont on August 27, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, Ryanair, through its President Michael Kevin O'Leary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently reform the failing European air traffic control system and ensure the protection of overflights, after 99 flights were delayed, disrupting 17,800 European passengers, during the first two days (20-21 August) of the 40-day strike at Belgrade air traffic control. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ryanair Press Breakfast - Brussels

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media at NH Hotel Berlaymont on August 27, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, Ryanair, through its President Michael Kevin O'Leary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently reform the failing European air traffic control system and ensure the protection of overflights, after 99 flights were delayed, disrupting 17,800 European passengers, during the first two days (20-21 August) of the 40-day strike at Belgrade air traffic control. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ryanair Press Breakfast - Brussels

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media at NH Hotel Berlaymont on August 27, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, Ryanair, through its President Michael Kevin O'Leary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently reform the failing European air traffic control system and ensure the protection of overflights, after 99 flights were delayed, disrupting 17,800 European passengers, during the first two days (20-21 August) of the 40-day strike at Belgrade air traffic control. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ryanair Press Breakfast - Brussels

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media at NH Hotel Berlaymont on August 27, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, Ryanair, through its President Michael Kevin O'Leary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently reform the failing European air traffic control system and ensure the protection of overflights, after 99 flights were delayed, disrupting 17,800 European passengers, during the first two days (20-21 August) of the 40-day strike at Belgrade air traffic control. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ryanair Press Breakfast - Brussels

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media at NH Hotel Berlaymont on August 27, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, Ryanair, through its President Michael Kevin O'Leary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently reform the failing European air traffic control system and ensure the protection of overflights, after 99 flights were delayed, disrupting 17,800 European passengers, during the first two days (20-21 August) of the 40-day strike at Belgrade air traffic control. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ryanair Press Breakfast - Brussels

Irish businessman, CEO of Ryanair Michael O'Leary talks to media at NH Hotel Berlaymont on August 27, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Today, Ryanair, through its President Michael Kevin O'Leary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, to urgently reform the failing European air traffic control system and ensure the protection of overflights, after 99 flights were delayed, disrupting 17,800 European passengers, during the first two days (20-21 August) of the 40-day strike at Belgrade air traffic control. - Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Control Tower Catches Fire At Charlotte International Airport, North Carolina

Air traffic control tower caught fire at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina on Thursday morning, June 20. Videos posted on social media showed black smoke billowing from the tower. The fire was controlled in 10 minutes, according to reports.

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240509) -- BEIJING, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 8, 2024 shows the construction site of an air traffic control tower in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The capping of the main structure of an air traffic control tower of a new airport in Hohhot has been completed on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-HOHHOT-NEW AIRPORT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(240508) -- HOHHOT, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 8, 2024 shows the construction site of an air traffic control tower in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The capping of the main structure of an air traffic control tower of a new airport in Hohhot has been completed on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-HOHHOT-NEW AIRPORT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(240508) -- HOHHOT, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker works at the construction site of an air traffic control tower in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 8, 2024. The capping of the main structure of an air traffic control tower of a new airport in Hohhot has been completed on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-HOHHOT-NEW AIRPORT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(240508) -- HOHHOT, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers are seen at the construction site of an air traffic control tower in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 8, 2024. The capping of the main structure of an air traffic control tower of a new airport in Hohhot has been completed on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-HOHHOT-NEW AIRPORT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(240508) -- HOHHOT, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers carry construction materials at the construction site of an air traffic control tower in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, May 8, 2024. The capping of the main structure of an air traffic control tower of a new airport in Hohhot has been completed on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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CHINA-HOHHOT-NEW AIRPORT-CONSTRUCTION (CN)

(240508) -- HOHHOT, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on May 8, 2024 shows the construction site of an air traffic control tower in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The capping of the main structure of an air traffic control tower of a new airport in Hohhot has been completed on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)

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Flights Set To Be Cancelled Due To Air Traffic Strike - Paris

An Air France airliner takes off behind the control tower at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, north of Paris, on April 23, 2024. A strike by air traffic controllers this Thursday (April 25) has not been called off, as the airport authorities hoped, making the outlook of hundreds of flight cancellations probable. Negotiations between unions and France’s civil aviation authority (Direction générale de l'aviation civile, DGAC) regarding changes to their job role have broken down. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Flights Set To Be Cancelled Due To Air Traffic Strike - Paris

An Air France airliner takes off behind the control tower at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, north of Paris, on April 23, 2024. A strike by air traffic controllers this Thursday (April 25) has not been called off, as the airport authorities hoped, making the outlook of hundreds of flight cancellations probable. Negotiations between unions and France’s civil aviation authority (Direction générale de l'aviation civile, DGAC) regarding changes to their job role have broken down. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Flights Set To Be Cancelled Due To Air Traffic Strike - Paris

An Air France airliner takes off behind the control tower at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy-en-France, north of Paris, on April 23, 2024. A strike by air traffic controllers this Thursday (April 25) has not been called off, as the airport authorities hoped, making the outlook of hundreds of flight cancellations probable. Negotiations between unions and France’s civil aviation authority (Direction générale de l'aviation civile, DGAC) regarding changes to their job role have broken down. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rising air pollution brings in restrictions in Delhi

STORY: Rising air pollution brings in restrictions in Delhi SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 23, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:17 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the air pollution in New Delhi STORYLINE: Restrictions on movement of vehicles and construction activities were once again imposed in Delhi on Saturday in view of rising air pollution levels. The state's Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that air quality index (AQI) in the national capital had entered into "severe" category, restrictions on movement of traffic and construction activities were hence imposed. The federal government's Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) ordered a ban on non-essential construction work and plying of BS-III petrol and BS-IV diesel four-wheelers in Delhi and its surrounding National Capital Region (NCR) amid worsening AQI in the region. An AQI of 447 was recorded in Delhi which comes under the "severe" category, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showe

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Air pollution rises again in Delhi amid Diwali celebrations

STORY: Air pollution rises again in Delhi amid Diwali celebrations SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. shot of India gate 2. shots of air pollution after Diwali festival 3. shots of traffic STORYLINE: Air pollution shot up again in Delhi to alarming levels on Monday morning as people indulged in bursting firecrackers and fireworks to celebrate the Diwali festival on Sunday night, despite a strict ban imposed by the Delhi government. Areas surrounding Delhi also reported hazardous air pollution levels. The Taj Mahal, one of Seven Wonders of the World, situated around 150 miles from Delhi, was seen engulfed by a thick layer of smog. Days ahead of the Diwali festival, the Delhi government imposed a ban on the sale and bursting of firecrackers and fireworks in the national capital in a bid to keep air pollution in check. The Delhi Pollution Control Board said that the city saw a sharp spike in pollution levels af

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10 killed in light aircraft crash in Malaysia's Selangor state: official

STORY: 10 killed in light aircraft crash in Malaysia's Selangor state: official DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the crashed light aircraft 2. various of search and rescue work STORYLINE: Ten people were killed following the crash of a light aircraft in Malaysia's Selangor state on Thursday afternoon, Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said. Speaking at a press conference following the incident, Loke said there were no survivors among the aircraft's six passengers and two crew, with another two being killed on the ground where the aircraft crashed. The aircraft which departed from Langkawi International Airport at 2:08 p.m. was headed to Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport and had been cleared to land at 2:48 p.m., the Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia said in an earlier statement. "At 2:51 p.m., the Subang Air Traffic Control Tower observed smoke originating from the crash site, but no mayday call was made by the ai

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Around 4.61 mln passengers to pass through Hong Kong during May Day holiday: HKSAR gov't

STORY: Around 4.61 mln passengers to pass through Hong Kong during May Day holiday: HKSAR gov't DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists visiting Hongkong STORYLINE: Around 4.61 million passengers will pass through Hong Kong's sea, land and air control points during the upcoming five-day May Day holiday, the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government estimated on Wednesday. The department said among these passengers (including Hong Kong residents and visitors), around 3.91 million will pass through land control points. The department estimated that Lo Wu will be the busiest control point, with around 1.13 million passengers, a daily average of about 188,000 passengers, traveling via it during the festive period. Also, the passenger traffic at the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Control Point will be heavy, with a daily average of about 134,000 and 92,000 pa

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U.S. to return Okinawa air control rights to Japan

NAHA, Japan - A U.S. forces air traffic controller (R) hands a headset to a Japanese controller during a ceremony in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 30, 2010, ahead of the transfer from the United States to Japan of air traffic control rights around the main Okinawa island on March 31.

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U.S. to return Okinawa air control rights to Japan

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows a new flight control room in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, opened to the media on March 30, 2010, ahead of the transfer from the United States to Japan of air traffic control rights around the main Okinawa island on March 31.

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U.S. agrees with Japan to return Okinawa air control on March 31

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Seiji Maehara speaks about a Japan-U.S. agreement on air traffic control rights around the main Okinawa island at a news conference in Tokyo on March 18, 2010. Maehara said the United States agreed to return to Japan on March 31 the rights that have long been controlled by U.S. forces in Japan.

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Panoramic simulator at Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Air traffic controllers receive training on using a new simulator equipped with a 360-degree panoramic projector at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 14, 2009, ahead of the completion next year of a fourth runway and a new 116-meter-high control tower. The 17 color panels on the 1 billion yen simulator can display weather changes and images of airplanes complete with airline tail logos to aid air traffic controllers in smoothly guiding aircraft at the gateway to Tokyo.

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Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off to launch weather satellite

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - A Japanese-developed H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Feb. 18 and successfully put into orbit a satellite for weather observation and air traffic control for the state-run Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off to launch weather satellite

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - A Japanese-developed H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Feb. 18 and successfully put into orbit a satellite for weather observation and air traffic control for the state-run Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Flights suspended for 1 hour at Haneda after power failure

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers wait for the resumption of boarding procedures at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 2 after all flights in and out of the airport were suspended due to a power failure involving the air traffic control system.

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Planes temporarily grounded at Japan airports

TOKYO, Japan - Airline staff are busy dealing with passengers at Tokyo's Haneda airport March 1 after flight schedules were disrupted at airports in Japan. All airplanes were temporarily grounded due to a breakdown of an air control system at the Tokyo Air Traffic Control Center earlier in the day.

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(1)Panel concludes multiple errors caused near-miss of JAL planes

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi (L) receives a final report on the near-miss incident between two Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger planes in January 2001 from Junzo Sato, chairman of the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission on June 12. The report concluded that air traffic control's error in giving the wrong flight numbers when asking the pilots to change course and the pilots' decision to follow air traffic control instead of the computerized Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) were two of the main causes.

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Ministry warns air traffic controllers over near-miss

TOKYO, Japan - Air traffic controllers work at the Tokyo Air Traffic Control Center in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Feb. 1. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport issued an order to air traffic controllers across Japan to pay the closest attention to secure air safety following the Jan. 31 near-miss involving two Japan Airlines (JAL) airplanes flying over western Japan. The incident left 42 passengers and crew injured, some seriously.

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Mumbai's pollution level 9 times above WHO limit

STORY: Mumbai's pollution level 9 times above WHO limit DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: MUMBAI, India CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of plants, traffic and air pollution control board STORYLINE: The air that people in India's Mumbai breathe is almost nine times worse than the healthy levels recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), reveals a recent report by IQAir, a Swiss group that measures air quality based on the concentration of carcinogenic PM2.5 in the air. According to the report, India was home to 11 of the 15 most polluted cities in Central and South Asia in 2021. Delhi saw a 14.6 percent increase in PM2.5 concentrations in 2021 with levels rising to 96.4 µg/m3 from 84 µg/m3 in 2020. No cities in India met the WHO air quality guideline of 5 µg/m3. In 2021, 48 percent of India's cities exceeded 50 µg/m3, or more than 10 times the WHO guideline. In 2021, 48 percent of India's cities exceeded 50 µg/m3, or more than 10 times the WHO guideline. India was home t

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Japan, U.S. in talks on return of Yokota base's air traffic cont

TOKYO, Japan - Japan has entered the final stages of negotiations with the United States over the return of a vast airspace whose traffic control rights are currently held by the U.S. Yokota Air Base (in file photo taken in October 1990) in western Tokyo, Japanese government sources said on June 25. (Kyodo)

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Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off to launch weather satellite

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - A Japanese-developed H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Feb. 18 and successfully put into orbit a satellite for weather observation and air traffic control for the state-run Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (Kyodo)

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Japan's H-2A rocket lifts off to launch weather satellite

TANEGASHIMA ISLAND, Japan - A Japanese-developed H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan on Feb. 18 and successfully put into orbit a satellite for weather observation and air traffic control for the state-run Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. (Kyodo)

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Panoramic simulator at Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Air traffic controllers receive training on using a new simulator equipped with a 360-degree panoramic projector at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 14, 2009, ahead of the completion next year of a fourth runway and a new 116-meter-high control tower. The 17 color panels on the 1 billion yen simulator can display weather changes and images of airplanes complete with airline tail logos to aid air traffic controllers in smoothly guiding aircraft at the gateway to Tokyo. (Kyodo)