Some 70 flights canceled in India with crew on mass sick leave

STORY: Some 70 flights canceled in India with crew on mass sick leave SHOOTING TIME: May 8, 2024 DATELINE: May 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of an airport 3. various of flights STORYLINE: Air India Express canceled approximately 70 flights after cabin crew members reported sick at the last minute, a senior airline official confirmed. Air India Express is a subsidiary of Air India and a part of the Tata group. With a fleet of more than 70 Boeing 737s and Airbus A320s, the airline operates over 2,500 flights weekly across 31 domestic and 14 international airports. "A section of our cabin crew has reported sick at the last minute, starting last night, resulting in flight delays and cancellations," an Air India Express spokesperson said. "While we are engaging with the crew to understand the reasons behind these occurrences, our teams are actively addressing this issue to minimize any inconvenience caused to our guests as a

Gov't deplores alleged rape, urges U.S. to prevent recurrence

Gov't deplores alleged rape, urges U.S. to prevent recurrence

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka (L) meets with Joseph Donovan, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Japan, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 12 over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine in Okinawa. Japan has lodged a protest with the United States over the incident and has called for thorough measures to prevent similar occurrences, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said.

Gov't deplores alleged rape, urges U.S. to prevent recurrence

Gov't deplores alleged rape, urges U.S. to prevent recurrence

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka (L) meets with Joseph Donovan, deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Japan, at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 12 over the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl by a U.S. Marine in Okinawa. Japan has lodged a protest with the United States over the incident and has called for thorough measures to prevent similar occurrences, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said. (Kyodo)

Sediment layers prove 6 temblor occurrences in past 7,300 years

Sediment layers prove 6 temblor occurrences in past 7,300 years

Professor Makoto Okamura of Kochi University points to samples of sediment layers, recovered from below the bottom of a pond in Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on May 13, 2015, as evidence that six huge earthquakes had occurred over the past 7,300 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Empress celebrates her 64th birthday

Empress celebrates her 64th birthday

Empress Michiko, who turns 64 Oct. 20, walks in an Imperial Palace garden in Tokyo. The empress said she sees the next century as a new age of mutual help and caring in which people will go beyond the framework of the family and build greater social solidarity. ''Within this new, strong frame of solidarity, I hope to live the same age, continually attentive to occurrences in society, helping and receiving help from people,'' the empress said in written replies to questions by the Japanese media. The photo, taken Oct. 2, was provided by the Imperial Household Agency. ==Kyodo