1. MISSING PLANE What next?: As the underwater sonar device plunged into the Indian Ocean for its 13th mission today, authorities are focusing on what to do if it comes up empty. That outcome seems likely. The Bluefin-21 has slowly scoured 95% of the ocean floor searchers narrowed down for it, and has found no trace of […]
1. MISSING PLANE 90% done: Malaysia has a preliminary report on the disappearance of Flight 370, but isn’t releasing it publicly. Malaysia says it has nothing to hide. So why not release it?Families with loved ones on the flight have been begging for information. Withholding it will increase their frustration. At sea, the underwater search for MH370 continues. […]
1. SOUTH KOREAN FERRY Student memorial: Hundreds of people paid their respects today to the students lost in last week’s ferry sinking off the South Korean coastline. No survivors have been found since 174 people were rescued on the day the ship went down. More than two-thirds of those on board were students from Danwon High School in […]
1. NIGERIAN GIRLS KIDNAPPED Life in the north: More than a week ago, 230 girls were abducted from a school in northern Nigeria, and about 190 are still missing. As tragic as it is, these sorts of occurrences aren’t unusual. The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has regularly bombed churches and mosques; kidnapped women and children; and assassinated politicians […]
1. SOUTH KOREA SHIP Serious charges: South Korean President Park Geun-hye gets real in her assessment of the captain and some of the crew in the deadly ferry sinking. “The actions … are akin to murder,” she said today, after weekend reports of chaos and confusion as the disaster unfolded. Tell us what you really think, Madam President. […]
1. MISSING PLANE Adding up: The underwater drone looking for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 dipped into the ocean today for a fifth time in its hunt for the missing plane. So far, nothing of consequence has been found. While Bluefin-21 has just barely gotten started scanning the deep, the costs are adding up. Australia’s top transport official says […]
1. FERRY BOAT SINKS Frustration mounts: The death toll officially stands at 9, but 287 more passengers remain missing after the sinking of a South Korean ferry. Families are desperate for news about their loved ones, but little of it was being delivered. CNN affiliate YTN reported today that only one out of 46 lifeboats attached to the […]
1. MISSING PLANE Underwater scans: The search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is a highly sophisticated affair. The underwater vessel looking for traces of the missing jetliner in the Indian Ocean resurfaced today ahead of schedule to fix a technical issue. It was the second day in a row the Bluefin-21 cut short its scanning mission. None of […]
1. MISSING PLANE Time to try it again: The first deployment of an underwater vehicle to hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was aborted early, sending the drone back to the surface 10 hours before expected. Crews will try to send the Bluefin-21 probe back into the Indian Ocean today, weather permitting. So what went awry the first time? […]
1. MISSING PLANE A new phase: It’s been almost a week since any underwater pulses have been heard, so Australian authorities said today that they will stop listening for pings coming from the floor of the Indian Ocean and will nowdeploy an underwater vehicle. “We haven’t had a single detection in six days,” Australian chief search coordinator […]
1. MISSING PLANE Getting closer or not?: A bit of a mixed message from the Australians today. On one hand, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that officials are “very confident” the signals being picked up in the Indian Ocean are coming from the black boxes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. On the other, Australian chief search coordinator Angus […]
1. SCHOOL STABBINGS No bail: Alex Hribal, 16, has been charged as an adult after his alleged stabbing rampage at his high school in Murrysville, Pennsylvania. In all, 20 students and a security officer were stabbed or slashed yesterday with two kitchen knives the teen was allegedly carrying. Four people are in critical condition. Hribal faces four counts of […]
