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
SURABAYA, Dec 31 – Divers, ships and aircraft began a new search in the waters off Indonesia Wednesday, a day after spotting the first signs of debris from AirAsia Flight QZ8501. The grim discovery of wreckage from the missing plane and several bodies dealt a heartbreaking blow to families whose loved
SURABAYA, Dec 31 – As AirAsia faces its most serious crisis to date, the man who built up the budget airline from scratch has put himself front and centre. Chief executive Tony Fernandes has engaged the public, visited families and rallied his staff, even as search parties scoured the seas for
JAKARTA, Dec 30 – Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency chief said Tuesday that just three bodies had been recovered so far in the search for the AirAsia plane which crashed in the Java Sea, after another official said 40 had been found. “Today we evacuated three bodies and they are
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 – AirAsia Indonesia, albeit devastated by the news of the QZ8501 debris find, will prioritise the well-being of the family members of those on board the flight. In a statement issued today, AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said: “I am absolutely devastated. This is a very
JAKARTA, Dec 30 – Indonesian rescuers searching for a missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people pulled bodies and wreckage from the sea off the coast of Borneo today as relatives of those on board broke down in tears on hearing the news. Indonesia AirAsia’s flight QZ8501, an Airbus A320-200, lost contact with air
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 – Dispelling fears that insurance compensation may not be paid on damage from floods, the General Insurance Association of Malaysia (PIAM) today said its member insurance firms “will process all flood claims so long as flood is an insured peril, regardless of whether a state of emergency
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 30 – Amid the ongoing spate of bad news overshadowing the usual end-of-year revelries, a sliver of light looks likely to shine on the new year come tomorrow evening. By 8pm, the government will announce just how much fuel prices will drop under the managed market price formula –
