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PM condoles death of nearly 190 people in Indonesian air crash
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday condoled the death of nearly 190 people in an Indonesian plane crash. The Indonesia Lion Air flight crashed into the sea with 189 passengers and crew aboard and no survivors were expected, reports said. The plane was being flown by Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja. "My thoughts are with the families and friends of those who lost their lives in the plane crash in Indonesia. May Almighty give them strength and courage in this hour of grief," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted quoting Modi, who is in Japan.
India's first engine-less train unveiled
The Rs 100-crore indigenously developed high-tech, energy-efficient, self-propelled or engineless train was flagged off by Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani here on Monday.
Australia restricts officials flying Lion Air after crash
The Australian government on Monday issued an instruction asking its officials and contractors not to fly on Indonesian low-cost airlines Lion Air, after one of its plane crashed into the Java Sea with 189 people on board.
Man who died inside DJB sewage pumping station tank not provided safety gear: Ministry
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment said Monday the man who died working inside a DJB sewage pumping station tank in northwest Delhi was not provided the prescribed safety gear. It said only mask and safety belt were provided to Dooman Ray, a 32-year-old native of Katihar in Bihar, who died inside the DJB tank in Jahangirpuri on October 21. The prescribed manpower, including doctor with ambulance, and safety gears were not provided at the time of accident, which show a clear violation of provision of the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013, the ministry said in a statement. It said not providing the adequate safety gear also violated a Supreme Court order dated February 27. The National Human Rights Commission on October 22 sent notices to the Centre and the Delhi government over Ray's death. On Monday, the National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK) sought a report from the Delhi government, the police and other authorities
Marathon held to promote healthy lifestyle
More than 2000 runners participated in a marathon to raise awareness on healthy living where every participant also donated winter clothing for the underprivileged, the organisers said here. The run, LaYuvathon, was held here on Sunday. "The event was organised to promote the spirit of well-being and witnessed more than 2000 participants from various fields including educational institutions, corporate organisations and public service," the organisers said in a press release. "Every runner who joined the event donated one warm clothing item for the underprivileged and Team LaYuva with Bharosa Foundation distributed it to the needy people on the streets of Gurugram." The event comprised a series of runs ranging from 1km, 3 km, 5km, 10 km and 21km. A total prize money of Rs 1.5 lakh was distributed in the 5km, 10km and 21 km categories to both male and female participants.
Australia tells officials to not fly Lion Air
Australia's foreign affairs ministry says Australian government officials and contractors "have been instructed not to fly on Lion Air or their subsidiary airlines" following the crash of a Lion Air jet carrying 189 people. The statement posted on the ministry's website said the decision will be reviewed when the findings of the crash investigation are clear. It said its overall level of travel advice for Indonesia was unchanged from its recommendation to exercise a high degree of caution. Indonesia's search and rescue agency says it's not expecting to find survivors from the plane that plunged into seas off Jakarta just 13 minutes after takeoff. A search and rescue agency official says he's not expecting any survivors from the Lion Air plane that crashed into seas off Jakarta with 189 people aboard. The operations director at the agency, Bambang Suryo Aji, says the search effort is focusing on finding bodies. He said six body bags have been used so far for human remains ...
Indian pilot dead in Indonesian plane crash
Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja died on Monday after the Indonesian plane he captained with 188 passengers and crew on board the budget carrier crashed in the Java Sea, Indian Embassy here confirmed. Suneja, 31, was flying the Lion Air flight JT610 which lost contact with the ground officials 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft en-route to Pangkal Pinang city crashed near Kerawang, 32 miles east of Jakarta. "Our deepest condolences on the tragic loss of lives in the Lion Air Plane crash, off the coast of Jakarta today. Most unfortunate that Indian Pilot Bhavye Suneja who was flying JT610 also lost his life," Indian Embassy in Indonesia said in a tweet. "Embassy is in touch with Crisis Center and coordinating for all assistance," it said. The flight carried 178 adults, 1 child and 2 infants. The plane also had 3 crew under training and 1 technician, the statement said. The aircraft was commanded by Captain Suneja and ..
Odisha CM Patnaik launches EDWS
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched India's first automatic Early Warning Dissemination System (EDWS) on Monday.The inauguration coincided with Odisha Government observing Disaster Preparedness Day. On this day, 19 years ago, the state was left devastated by "Super Cyclone" in 1999.In total 122 alert towers have been set up under the National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP) along the coastal line of Odisha to give early warning on the risk in impending natural calamities like tsunami, cyclone and flood.During the launch, Patnaik also announced the programme for preparations of Village Disaster Management Plans (VDMPs) in 7000 villages in the first phase to build resilient community and to undertake a study on the vulnerability of landslides in Gajapati district of Odisha for taking preventive measures against loss of lives and property due to disasters in future.Other than EDWS, NCRMP also includes satellite-based mobile data voice by terminals (SBMDVT), digital ...
Odisha launches early warning system
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday launched an early warning dissemination and mass message system to provide timely information on natural calamities to the people in state.
Raj: 6-month-old girl dies in road accident
A six-month-old girl was killed and her family members suffered severe injuries after their car rammed into a truck in Rajasthan's Baran district Monday, police said. The accident took place on the National Highway-27 bypass. The car crashed into the truck from behind after it suddenly slowed down. The girl died on the spot, Station House Officer (SHO), Baran, Devesh Bhardwaj, said. Police have lodged a case of negligence against the truck's driver who fled with his vehicle after the accident, he said. The injured people were identified as Ramswroop Mahajan (70) and his wife Nathibai; Gunjan Goyal and Madhurima, the police officer said. They were referred to the Maharao Bhim Singh hospital here after being administered first aid at the Baran District Government Hospital, the SHO said.
Patnaik launches EWDS system to inform people of impending
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Monday launched the early warning dissemination system (EWDS) and the mass message system to inform people in advance of impending calamities on the occasion of Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day. The system is the first of its kind automatic public address system in the country to alert the general people about the possible cyclone, tsunami and others, official sources said. Odisha Disaster Preparedness Day is observed every year on October 29, the day on which super cyclone hit the state and killed over 10,000 people. The EWDS will help to warn the vast population residing along the coast in the state from the state headquarters through alert siren system from towers installed at 122 locations. The towers have been placed at a distance of 1.5 km approximately from the coastline. Patnaik also offered condolences to human lives lost in the recent landslide and heavy rains in the state. No state in the country faces natural disaster with as ...
Indian pilot, Bhavye Suneja, commanded Lion Air flight has no survivors
The Lion Air flight JT610 that crashed on Monday morning was commanded by Delhi-born Captain Bhavye Suneja and co-pilot Harvino.Captain Suneja, who was a resident of Mayur Vihar, Delhi, did his schooling from Ahlcon Public School in 2005. He was a trainee pilot for the Boeing 737NG and later went onto join as an airline pilot for the PT Lion Air from March 2011.The passenger plane which was travelling from Soekarno-Hatta (Tangerang) to Pangkalpinang crashed near Kerawang on Monday morning after taking off from Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport."The Lion Air flight JT610 en-route to Pangkalpinang has crashed near Kerawang (S 5'49.052" E 107' 06.628"), 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport at 6:20 AM. The flight carried 178 adults, 1 child and 2 infants, including 3 crew under training and 1 technician. The aircraft is a Boeing 737 MAX 8 with registration number PK-LQP. It is made in 2018 and started its operation at Lion Air since 15 ..
Four killed, 11 injured in jeep-truck collision in UP
A speeding truck collided with a jeep carrying passengers on Lakhimpur-Nanpara highway here, killing four people and injuring 11, police said Monday. The accident occurred Sunday night when the vegetable traders were returning home from a local market here, Deputy Superintendent of Police Vijay Prakash said. While Fariyad, Sajid and Aas Mohammad succumbed to injuries in a local hospital, Kamal died on the way to a hospital in Lucknow, Prakash said, adding all the deceased were aged between 22 and 25. The truck driver has been arrested, he said.
Something amiss in Lion Air Flight take-off, shows data
The ill-fated Lion Air flight JT610, an almost new Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed into the sea on Monday had a weird take-off from Jakarta, the flight data showed.
Indonesia plane crash: Search and rescue operation underway
Search and rescue operation is underway in waters of Karawang Bay to track down survivors of Lion Air flight which crashed in the sea on Monday morning.Indonesian plane Lion Air flight JT 610 carrying 189 passengers and crew, went missing 13 minutes after the takeoff and later crashed in the sea, reported Straits Times.The Indonesian authorities confirmed that Boeing 737 took off at 6:20 am (local time) and subsequently lost its contact with air traffic controllers at 6.33 am.According to officials, the plane had requested to return to the base minutes before it disappeared from the radar.A spokesperson for Indonesia's search and rescue agency, Yusuf Latif, said, "It has been confirmed that it has crashed."The head of Indonesia's national transportation safety committee (KNKT) Soerjanto Tjahjono revealed that Boeing 737 had entered services in August and had clocked almost 800 flight hours.More details into the incident are awaited.
Indonesian plane flown by Indian crashes off Jakarta with 189 aboard (Afternoon Lead)
An Indonesian Lion Air Boeing passenger plane carrying 189 people and flown by Indian captain Bhavye Suneja crashed into the Java Sea on Monday shortly after taking off from here, with authorities saying they have found no survivor.
Indian pilot captained Indonesian plane that crashed into sea
Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja captained the ill-fated Indonesian plane which crashed into the sea on Monday with 188 passengers and crew on board while en-route to Pangkal pinang city, the airline said. The Lion Air flight JT610 crashed into the sea off Indonesia's island of Java, 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport. The flight en-route to Pangkal pinang city lost contact with ground officials and crashed in the Java Sea on its way to Indonesia's tin-mining hub. The flight carried 178 adults, 1 child and 2 infants, including 3 crew under training and 1 technician, the airline said in a statement. The aircraft was commanded by Captain Suneja and co-pilot Harvino with six cabin crew members. The 31-year-old captain has 6,000 flight hours and the co-pilot more than 5,000 flight hours, the statement said. Captain Suneja was a resident of Jakarta originally from New Delhi. He attended Ahlcon Public School in Mayur Vihar. According to his Linkedin ...
Lion Air 'repaired' technical issue on crashed jet after previous flight: CEO
A brand new Indonesian Lion Air plane that crashed into the sea on Monday had a technical issue that required the Boeing jet to be briefly grounded for repairs, the carrier's CEO said. "It got repaired in Denpasar (in Bali) and then it was flown to Jakarta," Edward Sirait told AFP, without specifying the nature of the problem. "Engineers in Jakarta received notes and did another repair before it took off" on Monday. "That's the normal procedure for any plane.
Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja captained Indonesian plane Lion Air that crashed into sea
Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja captained the Indonesian plane Lion Air which crashed into the sea on Monday with 188 passengers and crew, the airline said. The flight flight JT610 en-route to Pangkalpinang crashed near Kerawang, 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport. The flight carried 178 adults, 1 child and 2 infant, including 3 crew under training and 1 technician, the airline said in a statement. The aircraft was commanded by Captain Suneja and co-pilot Harvino with six cabin crew members. The 31-year-old captain has 6,000 flight hours and the co-pilot more than 5,000 flight hours, the statement said.
Eight workers injured in bamboo scaffolding collapse in Thane
At least eight construction workers were injured, half of them seriously, when a scaffolding of bamboo poles erected for painting work in a housing complex here crashed Monday, officials said. The incident took place late in the morning in the Balkum area of the city, they said. Santosh Kadam, chief of Thane's Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC), said eight workers were injured in the scaffolding collapse. Four of them, who were seriously injured, were rushed to the Thane Civil Hospital, he said. A group of workers, engaged by a contractor, was busy painting the walls of the multi-storey residential building when the scaffolding caved in at about 11 am, causing all of them to fall down, Kadam said. Eyewitnesses put the figure of the injured at 11 and added that at least a dozen workers were on the bamboo scaffolding at the time of the mishap.