SURABAYA, JAN 1 – The crash of AirAsia flight QZ8501 has affected the sizeable community of Christians in Surabaya badly, with reports that one church has lost at least 41 members. Of the 155 people on board flight QZ8501, many were Christians of Chinese descent. A pastor of the city’s Mawar Sharon
BALI, JAN 1 – A pilot on an Indonesia AirAsia flight tested positive for morphine in a test conducted after the plane touched down in Bali, Indonesia’s Kompas website reported on Thursday. The unnamed pilot, with initials F I, took the test on Thursday morning after flight QZ7510 touched down at
PANGKALAN BUN, INDONESIA, Jan 1 — A much needed break in the weather gave searchers a window Thursday to “fight with full force” to find the victims of AirAsia Flight 8501, with officials also hustling to locate the fuselage of the plane that crashed in the sea four days ago. Only
SURABAYA, Jan 1 – There was no celebration to welcome 2015 in Surabaya, Indonesia last night, as people mourned the crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501, the BBC reports. The British broadcaster said hundreds of residents and relatives of those on board the jetliner lit candles and observed a minute’s silence for
PUTRAJAYA, Dec 31 – The price of RON95 and diesel for January, 2015 will be cheaper by 35 sen (RM1.91 per litre) and 30 sen (RM1.93 per litre) respectively, said Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Hasan Malek Hasan said in a statement earlier that the pricing for RON97
TANAH MERAH, Dec 31 – A police helicopter crashed in Kursial housing estate here, injuring three police officers and a civilian. They have been rushed to the Tanah Merah Hospital. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar when contacted confirmed the incident. MORE TO COME…………
SURABAYA, Dec 31 – A body recovered today from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, an official with Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said, raising questions about how the disaster unfolded. Rescuers believe they have found the plane on the ocean floor off Borneo, after sonar detected a large,
KUALA LUMPUR, DEC 31 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak should have referred to the Kelantan government first before attributing floods in the state to uncontrolled logging. Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob said logging carried out in the east coast state was done according to the yearly allocation of 5,960ha approved
SURABAYA, Dec 31 – AirAsia boss Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said yesterday he was experiencing an airline chief executive’s “worst nightmare” after wreckage and bodies were found in the search for Flight QZ8501. Speaking in Indonesia’s second-biggest city of Surabaya after meeting with distraught relatives of some of the 162 passengers, Fernandes
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 – Malaysia is continuing to assist Indonesia with the search and recovery operations for AirAsia flight QZ8501 and its victims. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said Malaysia’s search and rescue coordination centre in Subang Jaya is in constant contact with Indonesian authorities on help needed. “Our
SURABAYA, Dec 31 – The Crisis Centre for the next of kin of the ill fated QZ8501 Indonesia Air Asia flight will be moved to the Bhayangkara Hospital here. For now it remains at the Juanda Airport Terminal Two but the operations will switch to the nearby hospital once remains
JAKARTA, Dec 31 –Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency has obtained a sonar image it says may be the body of the missing AirAsia jet at the bottom of the Java Sea, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday. The newspaper quoted the agency as saying the image appeared to show an airplane
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 31 – Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 victims’ identification process is expected to rely on the information before death or the ante-mortem data. A spokesman of Ministry of Health Indonesia said the ante-mortem data matching had to be taken as the victims’ bodies were found in a condition which
SURABAYA, Dec 31 – Indonesian rescuers believe they have found the wreck of a crashed AirAsia plane on the ocean floor off Borneo, after sonar detected a large, dark object beneath waters where debris and bodies were found floating. Ships and planes had been scouring the Java Sea for Flight QZ8501
SYDNEY, Dec 31 – The sheer volume of flights in the skies over Southeast Asia is putting pressure on air traffic control and on pilots to take risky unilateral action in crises such as that possibly faced by Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501. Pilots who have flown the Indonesia to Singapore route
JAKARTA, Dec 31 – The Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) unit of East Java Police is ready to conduct the identification process for the bodies of Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 victims recovered from Karimata Strait, reports Indonesia’s Antara news agency. Chairman of East Java DVI team Senior Commissioner Budiono remarked during
SURABAYA, Dec 31 – Sonar detection showed an image of a large, dark object under the sea which was presumed to be the missing AirAsia plane, an official with Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said. “It’s about 30-50 metres under water,” said the official, Hernanto, as reports emerged of a seventh
SURABAYA, Dec 31 – DEVASTATED family members wailed, cried and embraced each other as officials informed them that bodies and parts of the missing Indonesia AirAsia QZ8501 aircraft has been found. All were sombre and calm earlier in the day as they awaited news of their loved ones and some
SURABAYA, Dec 31 – Six bodies from AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501 have been recovered so far, including that of a flight attendant, Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) chief Bambang Soelistyo said today, CNN Online reported. Four days after the Airbus320-300 went down in the Java Sea en route
IPOH, Dec 31 – A second landslide occurred in Cameron Highlands yesterday, killing an Indonesian migrant worker, police said Wednesday. The landslide smashed into a ‘kongsi’ (workers’ quarters) at a vegetable farm in Jalan Desa Corina, Kampung Raja, at 5.30 pm, trapping the worker, M. Sainul, 29, said Cameron Highlands Police
